Nuptse | 2013 N Ridge

A Spain expedition to Nuptse in 2013 via N Ridge, led by Alex Chicon (Alex Txikon). Summit reached on 16th May 2013. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8119
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID NUPT13102
Peak ID NUPT
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Alex Chicon (Alex Txikon)
Sponsor Bizkaia Gailurretan Nuptse Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Mexico
Approach Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2013-04-10
Summit Date 2013-05-16
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 36
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2013-05-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7864
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 80
Total Members 4
Summit Members 1
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 Summited Lhotse on 21 May (LHOT-131-07)
Campsites BC(10/04,5350m),C2(15/04,6400m),C3(05/05,6800m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes BC 10 Apr 5350m C1 ---- 6000m C2 15 Apr 6400m C3 05 May 6800m Smt 16 May by Txikon at 10:30 am. Chicon (Txikon) left C3 at 2:15 am together with Kenton Cool from the UK and the Himex team. Weather was clear with gust of wind. He summited at 10:30 am. Txikon and Cool were trying to fix about 80m of rope length up to one of the cornices. However, the cornice was full of holes and very dangerous, so they decided to leave it. After having spent about 2 hours on the "summit", he descended to C3, where he arrived at 4 pm. The following day he descended to C2, where he stayed until 19 May when he ascended again to C3 on the Lhotse Face to climb Lhotse. Tamayo reached about 7500m during a summit attempt on 6 May with Txikon. They abandoned the first summit attempt as they had been going for 12 hours and were still far from the summit. It was before the Himex Sherpas had fixed the ropes, which meant they took a lot longer as they were climbing alpine-style. It was also very windy. After their first summit attempt on Nuptse they descended to BC. On 14 May Tamayo woke up at BC with a swollen knee and found out that it was a torn meniscus. He took a helicopter to Kathmandu the same day. Oxygen: Not taken, not used [Note: according to Ralf Dujmovits the true summit is further to the left. It involves traversing underneath the two horns and then joining the ridge left of the horns.]
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459747
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Juan Ramon (Juanra) Madariaga Abaitua M 1962 Spain Climber Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain Teacher Details Other expeditions
Jorge Antonio Salazar Gavia M 1961 Mexico Climber Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico Architect Details Other expeditions
Jose Carlos Tamayo Gegundez M 1958 Spain Climber Sestao, Vizcaya, Spain Trekking guide Details Other expeditions
Jon Alexander (Alex) Chicon Navarez M 1981 Spain Leader Lemona, Vizcaya, Spain Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.