Nuptse | 2011 W Shoulder-W Ridge (to 6500m)

A Russia expedition to Nuptse in 2011 via W Shoulder-W Ridge (to 6500m), led by Valeri Shamalo. Summit reached on 10th May 2011. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7180
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID NUPT11102
Peak ID NUPT
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Shoulder-W Ridge (to 6500m)
Route 2 N Face (to 6500m)
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Valeri Shamalo
Sponsor Russian Nuptse
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-05-04
Summit Date 2011-05-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to route difficulty?
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(04/05,5350m),C1(09/05,6100m),xxx.W Shoulder(10/05,6500m); N Face(18/05,6500m)
Route Notes Information about this team's climb is chiefly from Damian Benegas on Everest, who reported that they were seen on about 10 May climbing from their C1 at 6100m to the West Shoulder to about 6500m, then down the mountain's West Ridge to Gorak Shep, where they had their BC. Benegas said the two men seen were probably Gukov and Moldozhen. A week later the same two climbers were seen on the Nuptse's North Face. They were 200 meters from the bergschrund, which is at 6500m, and then rappelling down onto hard ice. They abandoned their attempt on Nuptse when one member fell sick. They had no Sherpas with them, not even a BC cook, and no artificial oxygen.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459008
Year 2011
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w shoulder-w ridge (to 6500m)

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Pavel Chochia M 1951 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Manager of institute dealing with information transmission problems Details Other expeditions
Alexander Gukov M 1976 Russia Climber Novorossiysk, Russia Seaman Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Molodozhen M 1979 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Owner of shops in several cities Details Other expeditions
Valeri Shamalo M 1965 Russia Leader St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Construction company owner Details Other expeditions
Eduard Rubtcov M 1965 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Construction company owner Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.