Pumori | 2009 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Pumori in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Wally Berg. Summit reached on 28th October 2009. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6691
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUMO09303
Peak ID PUMO
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Wally Berg
Sponsor Expedition Hanes Brands Pumori
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
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-10-18
Summit Date 2009-10-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2009-10-31
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6260m due to dangerous rock fall
High Point (m) 6260
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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(18/10,5200m),ABC(22/10,5700m),C1(27/10,6100m),xxx(28/10,6260m)
Route Notes BC by large lake at bottom of East Face ABC on serac and around a big serac slightly off route to right C1 at 100m below horizontal section of SW Ridge high point at 6260 m at southwest ridge. Clarke, Craig and Simper left C1 at 6100m to establish C2 on 28 October at 4:40 pm, hoping that from late afternoon they would be safer from falling rock than in the warmer hours of the day. However, when the reached 6260m at 7:30 pm, they became worried that when the sun came up and shone warmly, the route would be unsafe for load-carrying porters, so they abandoned their climb and turned around. Craig descended to BC, while Clarke and Simper stopped in C1 that night. All were in BC on the 29th. The expedition's climb was over. Craig had gone to ABC and 100m above it on the 20th, when a bad chest infection caused him to retreat to BC and next day to Pheriche to recover. Fully recovered, he returned to BC on the 24th. The leader, Berg, stayed in BC for the entire climbing period. Lingafelter also did not go above BC. She had a bad headache from the altitude, went to Pheriche with Craig, returned on the 25th and remained in BC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Peak Promotion
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

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Wallace Wayne (Wally) Berg M 1955 USA Leader Canmore, Alberta Alpine and trekking groups organizer and leader Details Other expeditions
Ian Jamie Clarke M 1968 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Alpine gear store owner Details Other expeditions
Todd Craig M 1965 Canada Climber Golden, British Columbia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sara Lingafelter F 1976 USA Climber Bremerton, Washington Writer Details Other expeditions
Scott G. Simper M 1969 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Cameraman Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.