Pharilapcha | 2006 Couloirs of NE Face to West Smt

A UK expedition to Pharilapcha in 2006 via Couloirs of NE Face to West Smt, led by Nick Bullock. Summit reached on 15th October 2006. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5541
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PHAR06301
Peak ID PHAR
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 Couloirs of NE Face to West Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Nick Bullock
Sponsor -
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 -
Basecamp Date 2006-10-10
Summit Date 2006-10-15
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2006-10-16
Termination Reason 2
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 5977
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(10/10,4800m),Biv1(13/10,5150m),Biv2(14/10,5600m),W Smt(15/10,5977m)
Route Notes 14th left biv at 6:30 am and 12:38 am, up very steep route up to 90 degrees but good ice; same day abseiled down to bottom of mountain and to Gokyo. Quite technical, more so than Bellochi's routes on Tengkangpoche.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st ascent of West Summit
Agency None
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457380
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) couloirs of ne face to west smt

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jonathan (Jon) Bracey M 1977 UK Climber France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nicholas Ivor (Nick) Bullock M 1965 UK Leader Luton, Bedford, England Alpinist/writer Details Other expeditions

References

6 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PHAR06301 CLIM - Bracey and Bullock Climb North Face of Phari Lapcha - 23:8 (Jan 2007) -
PHAR06301 AAJ Bullock, Nick - - 81:386-387 (2007) -
PHAR06301 AJ Bullock, Nick Silent Scream, A Year in the Life of ... - 112:3-16 (2007) -
PHAR06301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200738600/Asia-Nepal-Mahalangur-HimalKhumbu-Section-Dawa-Peak-North-Face-First-Ascent-of-Snottys-Gully - - -
PHAR06301 - - http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP17/newswire-phari-lapcha-machermo-snotty's - - -
PHAR06301 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2007_files/AJ%202007%201-16%20Bullock%20Scream.pdf - - -