Nuptse | 2003 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Nuptse in 2003 via SW Ridge, led by Scott Connery. Summit reached on 13th April 2003. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4355
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID NUPT03101
Peak ID NUPT
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Scott Connery
Sponsor American Nuptse Expedition 2003
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Canada
Approach Standard
Basecamp Date 2003-04-10
Summit Date 2003-04-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 3
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2003-04-20
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6100m due to snow conditions and limited time
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/04,5335m),C1(13/04,6096m),xxx(13/04,6096m)
Route Notes The expedition's plan was to climb up to C2 only. Leader Connery left KTM on about April 19 due to home sickness. Lantz and Plouffe including BC Manager Mrs. Davis returned to KTM on April 23. Paul Giorgio was with the expedition but not on the permit. Plouffe has no idea about the arrival and departure of Canadian members. The permit is for 12 members. No summit attempt planned. Giorgio will try Everest from South.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Madness
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456051
Year 2003
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Scott J. Connery M 1977 USA Leader Fitchburg, Massachusetts Teacher Details Other expeditions
Mario Dutil M 1959 Canada Climber Beauport, Quebec Refrigeration contractor Details Other expeditions
William Alan Houghton M 1954 USA Climber Gardner, Massachusetts Physician Details Other expeditions
Elizabeth M. Imhof F 1942 USA Climber Dumfries, Virginia Department of the Army employee Details Other expeditions
Maxime Jean M 1968 Canada Climber Levis, Quebec Electronic navigation specialist Details Other expeditions
Jason P. Lantz M 1977 USA Climber Charlton, Massachusetts Sporting goods retail sales management staff Details Other expeditions
Philip A. Plouffe M 1956 USA Climber Mystic, Connecticut Postal carrier Details Other expeditions
Marianne M. Starr F 1945 USA Climber Santa Rosa, California - Details Other expeditions
Claude St. Hilaire M 1963 Canada Climber - Chiropractor Details Other expeditions
David M. Targan M 1955 USA Climber Providence, Rhode Island University professor (Brown University) Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.