Paldor | 1949 E Ridge

A UK expedition to Paldor in 1949 via E Ridge, led by H. W. Tilman. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	2995
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Peak ID	PALD
Year	1949
Season	2
Host Country	1
Route 1	E Ridge
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	UK
Leaders	H. W. Tilman
Sponsor	-
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	1st
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	True
Countries	-
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	-
Summit Date	-
Summit Time	0930
Summit Days	0
Total Days	0
Termination Date	-
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	Success claimed (few details available)
High Point (m)	5903
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	1
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	3
Summit Members	2
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	2
Summit Hired	2
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	Recon Ganesh I (GAN1-492-01) and Langtang Lirung (LANG-492-01); attempted Ganchempo (GANC-492-01)
Campsites	C1(5180m),Smt
Route Notes	Ian Howell and John Cleare Found that Tilman really didn't climb Paldor by his account, but some unknown peak nearby. Howell and Cleare climbed Paldor in early Nov 74 by SE Ridge. Found that Tilman's E Ridge didn't exist at top. They rapelled down E Face to E Ridge.
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	-
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	3299
Year	1949
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	e ridge

Members

Field	Value
ID	21943
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Member ID	01
Peak ID	PALD
Year	1949
Season	2
First Name	Harold William
Last Name	Tilman
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1898
Calculated Age	50
Citizenship	UK
Status	Leader
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	True
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	5903
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0930
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	1
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1898-1977) Lost at sea in late 1977 in South Atlantic
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2412403
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	harold william tilman
Year of Birth	1898
Year	1949
Age at Expedition	51
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	21944
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Member ID	02
Peak ID	PALD
Year	1949
Season	2
First Name	Peter
Last Name	Lloyd
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1907
Calculated Age	41
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	True
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	5903
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0930
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	1
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1907-2003) Died 11 April 2003
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2415662
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	peter lloyd
Year of Birth	1907
Year	1949
Age at Expedition	42
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21945
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Member ID	04
Peak ID	PALD
Year	1949
Season	2
First Name	Tenzing Norgay
Last Name	-
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1914
Calculated Age	35
Citizenship	India
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Darjeeling, India
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	True
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	True
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	5903
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0930
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	1
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	HC #48
Necrology	(1914-1986) Died 9 May 1986 in Darjeeling
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	48
Checksum	2418184
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	tenzing norgay
Year of Birth	1914
Year	1949
Age at Expedition	35
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	21946
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Member ID	05
Peak ID	PALD
Year	1949
Season	2
First Name	Da Namgyal
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1925
Calculated Age	23
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Darjeeling, India (from Solukhumbu)
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	True
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	5903
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0930
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	1
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	HC #157
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	157
Checksum	-2109
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	da namgyal sherpa
Year of Birth	1925
Year	1949
Age at Expedition	24
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	26094
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Member ID	03
Peak ID	PALD
Year	1949
Season	2
First Name	Oleg Vladimirovitch
Last Name	Polunin
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1914
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	UK
Status	Scientist
Residence	Godalming, Surrey, England
Occupation	Botanist & schoolmaster at Charterhouse
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1914-1985) Died 2 July 1985
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	2418415
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	oleg vladimirovitch polunin
Year of Birth	1914
Year	1949
Age at Expedition	35
Role	BC Only

5 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Harold William Tilman	M	1898	UK	Leader	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Peter Lloyd	M	1907	UK	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Norgay	M	1914	India	H-A Worker	Darjeeling, India	-	Details Other expeditions
Da Namgyal Sherpa	M	1925	Nepal	H-A Worker	Darjeeling, India (from Solukhumbu)	-	Details Other expeditions
Oleg Vladimirovitch Polunin	M	1914	UK	Scientist	Godalming, Surrey, England	Botanist & schoolmaster at Charterhouse	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	855
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Reference ID	01
Year	1949
Type	2
Journal	AJ
Author	Tilman, H. W.
Title	The Nepal Himalaya
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1950
Language	-
Citation	57:305-312 (May 1950)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	856
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Reference ID	02
Year	1949
Type	1
Journal	-
Author	Tilman, H. W.
Title	Nepal Himalaya
Publisher	Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Publication Date	1952
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	T166
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	13975
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	PALD49201
Reference ID	03
Year	1949
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1950_files/AJ57%201950%20305-312%20Tilman%20Nepal%20Himalaya.pdf
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
PALD49201	AJ	Tilman, H. W.	The Nepal Himalaya	-	57:305-312 (May 1950)	-
PALD49201	-	Tilman, H. W.	Nepal Himalaya	Cambridge University Press, Cambridge	-	T166
PALD49201	-	-	https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1950_files/AJ57%201950%20305-312%20Tilman%20Nepal%20Himalaya.pdf	-	-	-