Nuptse | 2018 NE Spur

A UK expedition to Nuptse in 2018 via NE Spur, led by Tim Mosedale. Summit reached on 2nd May 2018. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9936
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID NUPT18102
Peak ID NUPT
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Spur
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Tim Mosedale
Sponsor Tim Mosedale's Everest-Lhotse-Nuptse Expedition 2018
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 Australia
Approach Lukla->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-14
Summit Date 2018-05-02
Summit Time -
Summit Days 18
Total Days 38
Termination Date 2018-05-22
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7650m due to avalanche danger
High Point (m) 7650
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Summited Everest (EVER-181-10) and Lhotse (LHOT-181-04)
Campsites BC(14/04,5350m),C1(21/04,6100m),C2(23/04,6350m),C3(01/05,6830m),xxx(02/05,7650m)
Route Notes Nuptse Attempt: BC 14/04 5350m C1 21/04 5900m C2 23/04 6400m C3 01/05 6830m HPt 02/05 7650m Rope was fixed by AC Sherpas. Mosedale, Booth, Chhebi and Pemba Dorje together with Plain and Gupta left C3 at 2 am. Weather was good. At around 7300m at sunrise 5 am wind picked up. They grouped up with Guy Cotter and his group at 7400m, discussed and carried on. They reached their high point at about 9:30 am and the fixing team said it would be too avalanche-prone higher up. They descended to C3, packed up and reached C2 at 5:30 pm. Team left BC on 22/05 be heli. From Jon Gupta's Facebook page: Nuptse 7864m Update - Totally epic & SO close but sadly no summit! On Tuesday 1st Steve, Tim, Adam & I, alongside Pemba & Cheddi Sherpa headed round from Everest Camp 2 6350m to the other side of the Western Cwm to Nuptse Camp 3 6830m in just under 3 hours. We dug out 2 tent platforms next to the 3 tents from Adventure Consultants & jumped in 3 to a tent. At 02:00am we heading out into the clear cold night - it was super bright with a huge moon over head...perfect!! Just 50m away the route started up a steep snow arete (note: steeply...& it never relented!). Not once during the entire route was there a nice flat bit to stand on, it was simply just super steep all the time! Adam & I decided to climb without oxygen whilst Tim & Steve wore their masks on a low flow-rate. At about 7200m my left toes were getting very cold (some minor damage left over from Denali) & refused to warm up with the usual tricks so I turned my oxygen on & they soon warmed up. (I was carrying 1 bottle ‘in case’). Way up ahead 2 skilled climbing Sherpas from the Adventure Consultants team were fixing the final 400m of the route ahead of us, I could see their head torches from time to time. These guys had spent 3 full days fixing the route up to that point (over the last week or so) & were phenomenal mountaineers, I was super impressed as I climbed the route thinking about what they had done that days before. At around 08:00am we all caught up with one another: Steve, myself, Tim, Adam & our two Sherpas, and Guy Cotter, Keshan (his client) & their Sherpas. It was quite windy & spindrift snow was being blasted around making it difficult for the 2 fixing Sherpas above. The slopes we were standing on where also substantially avalanche prone & a few sluffs were being self-triggered close by. The radio call came through from above & the thumbs up to continue. Tim & I took the lead, both feeling good & took turns breaking trail for the next 2 hours. Spindrift had wiped out any sign of old footprints so we just had the rope to give us direction. The going was tough & deep but it felt amazing...every now & then looking around to see the view literally made me smile! Eventually at around 7630m (just 200m short of the top) we caught up with the 2 fixing Sherpas who delivered the blowing news that the next slopes that lead to the summit were substantially loaded & prone to avalanche & therefore too dangerous to cross. Understandably we were gutted but accepted the decision without question. So so close but yet so far. We descended via a number of abseils & arm wraps all the way back to our camp - this took about 3 hours or so. Exhausted but safe, we got the stove on & packed our stuff away & hauled the tents, cookers, oxygen, etc. back around to Camp 2 on Everest. We got in around 17:00 - we all enjoyed a huge 12 hour sleep!
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID EVER18110
Checksum 2463409
Year 2018
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne spur

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Timothy John (Tim) Mosedale M 1965 UK Leader Keswick, Cumbria, England Expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Adam Stephen Booth M 1981 UK Climber Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Physician Details Other expeditions
Jonathan Christian Gupta M 1986 UK Climber Bristol, Avon, England - Details Other expeditions
Steven William Plain M 1981 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Chhebi Bhote M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Dorje Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.