Nuptse | 2015 S Face (Bonington rte)

A France expedition to Nuptse in 2015 via S Face (Bonington rte), led by Helias Millerioux. Summit reached on 23rd October 2015. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8963
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID NUPT15302
Peak ID NUPT
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face (Bonington rte)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Helias Millerioux
Sponsor French Nuptse Expedition 2015
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 Khumbu Valley
Basecamp Date 2015-09-30
Summit Date 2015-10-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2015-10-25
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6900m due to wind and snow conditions
High Point (m) 6900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Summited Island Peak by Millerioux
Campsites BC(30/09,4730m),xxx(23-24/10,6900m)
Route Notes BC 30/09 at Chhukung (4730) HPt 24/10 6900m by all members. Ueli Steck shared his permit with French youngsters team (Helias Millerioux and Benoit Guigonnet), so both of those teams mixed together during the expedition time. Acclimatization first on small bumps afoot of Nuptse’s South Face. Considered the face looking in dry bad conditions. Then went on Island Peak North Col by the east trail, bivouacked on the North Ridge at 6000m on the 6 Oct. The day after they went back on their steps then descended by west couloir of North Col until Lhotse South Face base camp (met with Korean expedition there). Team descended back to Namche for some rest during a bad weather period. Helias went for a second time on Island Peak with Colin, traversing from N Ridge up to normal route down (summit on 17 Oct). Meanwhile Ben and Ueli had some rock climbing block session. On 21 Oct Ben went with Colin Haley on the Bonington route up to 6050m. Meanwhile Helias went with Ueli and Kilian Jornet for a running session: starting from Chhukung at 7:30 am, they reached Amphu Lapcha La at 11 am then followed the SE Ridge of a 6230m peak (On Finn Map, located S of Imja Tsho Lake, NW of Amphu Lapcha La) reached at 1 pm. On 23 Oct considering their low chances on their both objectives (new route for the French between "Are you experienced" and "Zorro (unclimbed) ridge," Babanov route for Ueli and Colin), all 4 members teamed up together for the Bonington route. Starting at 4:30 am from Chhukung, Ueli did the tracks all way long from the footstep of the face (others hardly managing to follow him behind) until they reached a bivouac place at 6900m at 2 pm (10:30 am for 220m positive). Difficulty of the route like French grade D, similar to Jaeger/Macho couloirs of Mont Blanc du Tacul. After a windy (50m/h) cold night, dealing with a very uncertain weather forecast, all members decided to go down. Ueli straight down climbing the whole route, others first hesitating to put abseils in the steepest section (only Ben did indeed put some when his 2 other mates chose to do like Ueli). "If we would have been just between us, we would have definitely put abseils" reports Millerioux. Same day all were back safely in Chhukung. One day after, Ueli offered the helicopter to the both teams to go straight back to Kathmandu.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Royal Orchid Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460639
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face (bonington rte)

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Helias Jean Millerioux M 1987 France Leader Paris, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Jean Joseph Guigonnet M 1988 France Climber Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Tenzing (Tenji) Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pema Tamang M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
NUPT15302 AAJ Popier, Rodolphe - - 90:347 (2016) -
NUPT15302 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201213684/Nuptse-South-Face-Attempt - - -