Pangbuk North | 2017 NE Face (via 6150m col)

A France expedition to Pangbuk North in 2017 via NE Face (via 6150m col), led by Max Bonniot. Summit reached on 19th October 2017. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9748
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PANN17301
Peak ID PANN
Year 2017
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face (via 6150m col)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Max Bonniot
Sponsor Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne Lunag Ri Expedition 2017
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 2nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Thami->Arya->BC
Basecamp Date 2017-10-09
Summit Date 2017-10-19
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 10
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2017-10-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6478
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 2
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(09/10,5100m),Biv(18/10,6150m),Smt(19/10)
Route Notes BC 09/10 5100m Biv 18/10 at col at 6150m Smt 19/10 of PANN by Max Bonniot and Pierre Sancier at 9 am. The 2 members of French GMHM first intended the West Face of Lunag Ri, notably attempted in the past 2 years by Conrad Anker and David Lama. Since the conditions there were quite bad, the pair decided to try for the 2009 Schaffter route on Pangbuk NE Face instead, knowing nothing about the controversy raised by the 2013 ascenders (USA, Wright, Adamson) in AAJ ("Purgation"). From the 6150m col where they bivied, they were stucked to discover no equipment remnants at all, when the face's hard sections below had been equipped and the main difficulties occurred in fact straight after the col, on the SE Ridge beginning. The pictures taken by the French on their official summit compared with the 2009 team clearly prove now that the 2009 team indeed stopped at the 6150m col, as anticipated by the Americans. Route called "Tolerance zero" (1100m/ED/WI5/80°) Fixed rope: 1 pitch fixed straight above the col 6150m. Team left BC on 28 Oct. Route: 2009 Schaffter attempt to Col 6150m Oxygen: Not taken, not used.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Tribes Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463708
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face (via 6150m col)

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Max Hugo Bonniot M 1988 France Leader Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Leo Jean Billon M 1992 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Cyril Roger Charles Duchene M 1986 France Climber Sallanches, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pierre Sancier M 1984 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

7 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PANN17301 - - https://www.facebook.com/pg/gmhm.chamonix/posts/?ref=page_internal - - -
PANN17301 - - http://www.gmhm.fr/spip.php?article358 - - -
PANN17301 - - http://www.gmhm.fr/spip.php?article358&artpage=3-3#outil_sommaire_2 - - -
PANN17301 - - http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/french-climb-new-route-up-pangbuk-north-in-nepal.html - - -
PANN17301 HCN Planet Mountain - - 37:42-42 (Feb 2018) -
PANN17301 AAJ Bonniot, Max To the Top, Settling Old Business on Pangbuk North - 92:332-333 (2018) -
PANN17301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201214594/Pangbuk-North-Northeast-Face-and-Southeast-Ridge - - -