Pumori | 1987 E Face

A Netherlands expedition to Pumori in 1987 via E Face, led by Joost Pielage. Summit reached on 7th May 1987. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 255
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Expedition ID PUMO87101
Peak ID PUMO
Year 1987
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Joost Pielage
Sponsor Dutch Pumori Expedition Nepal 1987
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 Gokyo Peak & Lobuje Peak
Basecamp Date 1987-05-05
Summit Date 1987-05-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 2
Total Days 3
Termination Date 1987-05-08
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5500m due to serac danger on steep bare ice face
High Point (m) 5500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
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(05/05,5350m),xxx(07/05,5500m)
Route Notes BC at 1 hour beyond Gorak Shep High point at bottom of face. 6th May at BC till 11 pm when had breakfast and set out at midnight for line had picked out, but saw 2 avalanches came off it on E Face. Decided to have closer look, reached foot of E Face at 2:30 am having seen another avalanche on the way there. Waited for light for good look and then saw upper part of face was bare ice with big threatening seracs and avalanche cone below. Decided exposure to big seracs too risky on bare ice too slow to climb; never took out crampons and rope. Left BC 8 and 9 May.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450350
Year 1987
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bart Jordans M 1957 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Worker, construction Details Other expeditions
Joost Pielage M 1961 Netherlands Leader Amstelveen, Netherlands Investment advisor Details Other expeditions
Anja Van Dostwaard F 1950 Netherlands Member Amstelveen, Netherlands Nurse Details Other expeditions
Marc Van Leeuwen M 1957 Netherlands Member Amstelveen, Netherlands Tropical medicine biologist Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUMO87101 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. & Hawley, Elizabeth - - 62:206-207 (1988) -
PUMO87101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198820604/Asia-Nepal-Pumori-Attempt - - -