Pumori | 2006 SE Face-E Ridge

A Australia expedition to Pumori in 2006 via SE Face-E Ridge, led by Jay Reilly. Summit reached on 24th March 2006. 18 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5350
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUMO06101
Peak ID PUMO
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face-E Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Jay Reilly
Sponsor SummitClimb Pumori Expedition 2006
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 Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, S Africa, Sweden, UK, USA
Approach Pangboche->Lobuche->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-03-10
Summit Date 2006-03-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 20
Termination Date 2006-03-30
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6900m due to non-fatal accident
High Point (m) 6900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 2200
Total Members 16
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 0
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 -
Campsites BC(10/03,5300m),ABC(12/03,5700m),C1(15/03,6100m),C2(20/03,6500m),xxx(24/03,6900m)
Route Notes C2 at East Col High point at 9:30 am on East Ridge Lhakpa Chhiri and Tenji were fixing rope at 6900m when Tenji lost his balance and fell, dragging Lhakpa Chhiri down with him. The fall caused two of the anchors to be pulled out. Jonsson was climbing below and got pulled down due to the impact. Tenji and Lhakpa fell about 400m; Jonsson was able to stop himself after about 5m; he sprained his ankle. Tenji stopped inside a small crevasse about 6550m; he was dislocated hip and shoulder. Tenji was lowered to C2 by Reilly and Phuri. There he was wrapped up and lowered down to C1, where they arrived at 2 am on 25 March. The next day (25 March) he walked with assistance to intermediate camp and he arrived at BC on the 27th. Lhakpa broke part of his knee. He was also lowered down from the site of the accident. He followed the same time frame as Tenji on his return to Kathmandu. He was kept in hospital for a few days. Jonsson stayed at C2 with Karlsson on 24 March but was picked up by Lhakpa Kongle on 25 March and helped down to C1. On 26 March Lhakpa Kongle and Phuri Sherpa helped him down to intermediate camp and on 27 March to BC. All three injured climbers were picked up by an army helicopter from BC on 27 March. Injuries: Jonsson: sprained ankle Tenji: dislocated right hip and shoulder Lhakpa: broken knee Other members: Fitscen climbed to ABC but abandoned the climb as it was too hard for her on 23 March. Radun only got to Lobuche, where he felt the start of pulmonary edema and descended on 8 March. Vulk, Reisinger, Segelstrom, Fordberg were on their way to C1 when the accident happened (24 March). Vulk and Reisinger carried on to C1 and stayed the night; they descended to BC the next day. Segelstrom and Fordberg turned back and stayed the night at ABC. Sherpas: - Tenji Sherpa - Patle/Okhaldhunga - 1982, Everest Spring 2004 and 2005 - Lhakpa Chhiri Sherpa - Kurima/Solukhumbu - 1964, Everest X2 - Lhakpa Karmu Sherpa - Patle/Okhaldhunga - 1978, no 8000ers - Lhakpa "Kongle" Sherpa- Patle/Okhaldhunga - 24/1/64, Everest Spring 05 - Phuri Sherpa - Patle/Okhaldhunga - 1969, Everest N Spring 04 - Nima Doma Sherpa - Ghat/Solukhumbu - 1986, no 8000ers - Ang Shera Sherpa - Patle/Okhaldhunga - 1976, no 8000ers Jay Reilly left BC on 30 March with Lhakpa Karmu. All remaining members left on 29 March for Namche. Australian Pumori expedition - Spring 2006 Leader Jay Reilly, 2 May 2006 The climb was abandoned immediately after the accident on 24 March because of the effort and the manpower needed to evacuate the injured Sherpas. After three days' effort, members and uninjured Sherpas were exhausted. There are two explanations of how the accident happened. One is that Tenji lost his balance and pulled the others with him. The other and more probable one is that Jansson pulled out a snowbar anchor and the Sherpas fell as a result of the Swede's fall. The normal route via the SE Face to east ridge is becoming increasingly dangerous from avalanching and more and more technical with, for example, newly-opened large crevasses across the East Ridge. The safer route is the South Ridge.
Accidents Tenji, Lhakpa Chhiri and Jonsson fell at 6900m
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457220
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face-e ridge

Members

18 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jonas Ahlman M 1982 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden School junior Details Other expeditions
Amanda Fitschen F 1964 S Africa Climber Cape Town, S Africa Economist Details Other expeditions
Mikael Fordberg M 1965 Sweden Climber Stromstad, Sweden Trekking and climbing agent Details Other expeditions
Jack Michael Hudock M 1964 USA Climber North Berwick, Maine Flight attendant Details Other expeditions
John Kazanas M 1970 Australia Climber Brunswick, Victoria, Australia Marketing and communications manager Details Other expeditions
Richard Karlsson M 1969 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden Trader in commodities and energy derivatives Details Other expeditions
Dennis Jonsson M 1975 Sweden Climber Uppsala, Sweden Journalist Details Other expeditions
Philip K. Ling M 1968 Australia Deputy Leader Bowral, NSW, Australia Skiing instructor and guide Details Other expeditions
John Percy M 1972 UK Climber London, England Indoor climbing wall manager Details Other expeditions
Friedrich Radun M 1954 Germany Climber Gundelfingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Geologist Details Other expeditions
Jay Mark Reilly M 1972 Australia Leader Kewarra Beach, QLD, Australia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Walter Markus Reisinger M 1962 Canada Climber Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Tony Segelstrom M 1964 Sweden Climber Karlskona, Sweden Police officer Details Other expeditions
Matthew L. (Matt) Vulk M 1963 USA Climber Napa, California Investor Details Other expeditions
Bert Veldhuis M 1966 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Dentist Details Other expeditions
Leslie (Les) Williams M 1960 New Zealand Climber Auckland, New Zealand Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chhiring/Chhiri Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUMO06101 - Kazanas, John Reaching for Everest ReachYourEverest, Melbourne - -