Pumori | 2009 SW Ridge

A Canada expedition to Pumori in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Tim Rippel. Summit reached on 28th October 2009. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6690
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUMO09302
Peak ID PUMO
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Tim Rippel
Sponsor Peak Freaks Pumori Expedition 2009
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 Australia, Ireland, Norway, Oman, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-10-13
Summit Date 2009-10-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 15
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2009-10-30
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6350m due to dangerous snow conditions
High Point (m) 6350
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 100
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(13/10,5250m),ABC(18/10,5700m),C1(27/10,6100m),xxx(28/10,6350m)
Route Notes BC at shore of lake close to East Face [??] ABC on east face of SW Ridge C1 150m below SW Ridge xxx on SW Ridge horizontal section leading to Kalapattar. On 28 October a party of climbers left C1 to establish C2 at 6400m, but they never got there. Those in the party were Asiyabi, Bates, Havgen, Noonan, White and Williams. Sherpas Pasang Kaji, Tashi Thundu and Palden Namgyal went ahead of the members to fix rope all the way to C2 and arrived at 6350m at 1:00 pm, when Tashi Thundu radioed to Rippel, who was in BC because of his injury that the snow was in dangerous condition: it was waist deep and very unstable -- unable to hold snowbars or crampons; they were going no farther. Rippel immediately radioed Bates, who was at 6200m with the other members of the party, that it was too dangerous to continue the climb and they should come down. The climb was over. In their descent that day, Williams stopped in C1, Noonan and White in ABC, and Asiyabi, Bates and Havgen at BC. All were together in BC on the 29th. Other members: Rippel was with the group who established C1 on 27 October. At 3:00 am on the 28th, he was asleep in his tent when a chunk of ice (50 x 20 cm) fell from the SW Ridge and crashed onto his tent. The impact broke one rib and bruised another. He descended to BC, but was kept informed of progress above C1 by walkie-talkie. Higgins did not go above BC; he did not acclimatize well and left the expedition on 20 October. Powys reached C1 on 23 October, then ran out of energy and went no higher. Sherpas: Pasang Kaji, 27/5/73 (14/2/2030), Bhakanje-5, Solu Palden Namgyal, 20/9/72, Phortse, Annapurna I X1, Everest X3, Lhotse X4, Manaslu X1 Tashi Thundu, 10/4/85, Khumjung, Everest X5
Accidents Rippel's broken rib
Achievement -
Agency Senge Treks & Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458537
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Khalid Sulaiman Humaid Al Siyabi M 1973 Oman Climber Muscat, Oman Education ministry official Details Other expeditions
Darren Bates M 1982 Canada Climber Kelowna, British Columbia Shopkeeper Details Other expeditions
Lars Havgen M 1972 Norway Climber Notuoden, Norway Hospital medical director Details Other expeditions
James (Jim) Higgins M 1947 USA Climber Huntsville, Alabama Military systems analyst Details Other expeditions
Michael Noonan M 1986 Ireland Climber Dublin, Ireland Pilot Details Other expeditions
Emmela (Cuff) Powys M 1947 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Retired travel agent Details Other expeditions
Timothy Leonard (Tim) Rippel M 1961 Canada Leader Nelson, British Columbia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Fergus J. White M 1972 Ireland Climber Dublin, Ireland IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Wake Williams M 1949 Canada Climber Trail, British Columbia Ski coach & consultant on social services for indigenous people Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kaji/Kazi Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Bhakanje-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Thundup/Thundu Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Namgye/Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.