Pumori | 2003 SE Face-E Ridge

A USA expedition to Pumori in 2003 via SE Face-E Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 7th April 2003. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4357
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUMO03101
Peak ID PUMO
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face-E Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Pumori Expedition 2003
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 139,140
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2003-03-23
Summit Date 2003-04-07
Summit Time 1430
Summit Days 15
Total Days 18
Termination Date 2003-04-10
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7138
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1750
Total Members 13
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 3
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(23/03,5250m),ABC(28/03,5600m),C1(29/03,6140m),C2(06/04,6450m),Smt(07-08/04)
Route Notes BC at normal site ABC above Lake C1 on SE Face glacier over mixed rock & snow slope C2 at 10m below big rock. Westlake disoriented and not above C1; Mills respiratory problem and not above ABC. Mazur climbed Pumori years ago and now mountain totally different: glacier receding and smaller and more broken up below C2. Had no avalanching at all (but in autumn very dangerous from avalanching). Fixed most of rope between C1 and C2 at very steep face (none above C2) because not enough time to fix more and every one ready to go for top. Weather was very warm.
Accidents Manning was disoriented and not above C1 and left BC about 31 March; Schwemberger failed to acclimatize and left 1 April; Mills respiratory problem and not above ABC
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456135
Year 2003
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face-e ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Erich Bonfert M 1941 Germany Climber Rheinfelden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Teacher Details Other expeditions
Frederick Levi Borst M 1979 USA Climber Fort Collins, Colorado Lumber worker Details Other expeditions
Dene William (Deno) Hewson M 1971 New Zealand Climber Tokyo, Japan Management consultant Details Other expeditions
Bruce Manning M 1950 UK Climber Bristol, Avon, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Seattle, Washington House builder and expedition organizer and leader Details Other expeditions
Frederik Emmanuel J. Muylaert M 1978 Belgium Climber Aalst, Belgium Accountant Details Other expeditions
Gregory Mills M 1960 USA Climber Modesta, California Writer Details Other expeditions
Jay Mark Reilly M 1972 Australia Climber Kemarra Beach, QLD, Australia Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Wolfgang Schwemberger M 1969 Austria Climber Jenbach, Tirol, Austria Electrician Details Other expeditions
Ulrich Hermann Sure M 1969 Germany Climber Haar, Bavaria, Germany Salesman Details Other expeditions
Koenraad Van Huffel M 1966 Belgium Climber Mechelen, Belgium Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Ryan Powers Waters M 1973 USA Climber Atlanta, Georgia Outdoor guide & geologist Details Other expeditions
Clive D. Westlake M 1945 UK Climber Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Teacher Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa (Kongle) Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.