Peak 41 | 2012 NE Face

A UK expedition to Peak 41 in 2012 via NE Face, led by Rob Greenwood. Summit reached on 25th October 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7846
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PK4112301
Peak ID PK41
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Rob Greenwood
Sponsor Peak 41 North Face 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 -
Basecamp Date 2012-10-12
Summit Date 2012-10-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2012-10-26
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5840m due to sugar snow
High Point (m) 5840
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(12/10,6450m),Biv(24/10,5650m),xxx(25/10,5840m)
Route Notes Bivouac at top of couloir High pt at top of a ridge on NE Face. The two-man team approached the mountain (known as the true Mera Peak) from Lukla and an eight-day trek to BC; they crossed the Zatrwa La and from Tangnag village across the Mera La, north up the Hinku Valley to BC in the Nup Hinku Valley. From BC, which they established on 12 October, they spent the first week acclimatizing by climbing some hills in the area and with a member of the British Hunku team, Gary Smith, trekked to the West Col near the normal site for Baruntse base camp. Then back to Peak 41 BC and two days rest. On 23 Oct the two Britons set out to scale Peak 41. They left BC at 5:20 am to cross a large moraine field, which once was the Hunku Tang Glacier but no longer a glacier, to the base of a 600m long couloir on the NE Face of the mountain. Their first pitch was on very thin ice, which was climbable but without any protection: the ice was too thin and the rock underneath broke up when hit. They bivouacked here at the top of the couloir at 5650m at 5:15 pm. The next day, the 24th, they encountered sugar on top of very loose shale; the snow cover got thinner and thinner as they climbed to 5840m at the top of a ridge on the NE Face. They turned around. It was just 10:00 am. They went down to BC at 3:30 that afternoon. Snow was falling and the sky was very very cloudy.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Loben Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459588
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jack Geldard M 1981 UK Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Editor Details Other expeditions
Robert George (Rob) Greenwood M 1985 UK Leader Llanberis, Caernafon, Wales Sales representative for climbing gear company Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PK4112301 - - http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=5520 - - -
PK4112301 AAJ - - - 87:336-337 (2013) -
PK4112301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212254/Peak-41-6648m-north-face-attempt - - -