Nuptse | 1987 S Spur

A USA expedition to Nuptse in 1987 via S Spur, led by Rob Newsom. Summit reached on 12th October 1987. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 277
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Expedition ID NUPT87302
Peak ID NUPT
Year 1987
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Spur
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Rob Newsom
Sponsor 1987 American Nuptse Expedition
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 Chhukung
Basecamp Date 1987-10-03
Summit Date 1987-10-12
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5640m due to bad snow, lack of motivation
High Point (m) 5640
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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(03/10,5240m),xxx(12/10,5640m)
Route Notes BC at end of Lhotse Nuptse Glacier High point at base of South Face. Waited for Italians to go for it as they were there first and were well acclimatized. Also problem of LO who did not agree to abide by ministry's oral permission to be on same route as Italians. When LO did get radioed permission from KTM, big snowstorm had hit and snow buried gear at BC and did not consolidate. Went to base of the wall only on about 12th Oct, saw clouds coming and retreated to wait a couple of days for expected minor storm to pass (Yoder). Actually Newson and Yoder were not a good team. Yoder got various ailments because he didn't like the climb he found himself faced with. If both had been well motivated, they could have done the climb.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency Nepal Himal
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450373
Year 1987
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s spur

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Rob Newsom M 1952 USA Leader Leavenworth, Washington Director of alpine guide firm Details Other expeditions
James Yoder M 1958 USA Climber Leavenworth, Washington Worker, lumber mill Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
NUPT87302 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. & Hawley, Elizabeth - - 62:206 (1988) -
NUPT87302 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198820603/Asia-Nepal-Nuptse-Attempt - - -