Pumori | 1988 SW Ridge from E

A Australia expedition to Pumori in 1988 via SW Ridge from E, led by Jeffery Williams. Summit reached on 10th October 1988. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 861
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Expedition ID PUMO88303
Peak ID PUMO
Year 1988
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge from E
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Jeffery Williams
Sponsor Australian Pumori Expedition 1988
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 38th,39th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Canada, New Zealand, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1988-09-24
Summit Date 1988-10-10
Summit Time 1545
Summit Days 16
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7138
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(24/09,5300m),ABC(28/09,5500m),C1(03/10,6180m),C2(09/10,6500m),Biv(6800m),Smt(10-11/10)
Route Notes BC east of Kalapattar's high point ABC at moraine at base of snow C1 at col on SW Ridge where it breaks up into 2 ridges south of summit C2 (biv) ice cave on SW Ridge Biv summit snow slopes at top of ridge. Climbed ice face on east side of SW Ridge; 80-degree water ice just below C2 (at 6700m). 2 summit teams left C2 at 6 am and 7 am on 10th Oct (C2 had no tents but sleeping bags, etc.) Woolums and Vran fixed some rope got to top at 3:45 pm and on descent at 4:20 pm met Howes and Corvini moving slowly upwards at 400m below summit. 1st party to C2 at 9 pm while 2nd party on up about 50m and then bivouacked out of wind in small hole; went to top [next day] at 12:10-12:25 pm at 15 degrees centigrade and 50-knot gusts of wind and down to C2 at 10:00 pm. Corvini dropped the rope. Corvini developed frostbite over next few days having failed to remove his 4 pairs of socks for days. Route has no great technical difficulties, but people die on it because they make their last camps too low.
Accidents Corvini's toes frostbitten (may lose nothing)
Achievement -
Agency Lamjung
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450873
Year 1988
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge from e

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Armando Corvini M 1939 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Stone mason Details Other expeditions
Matthew (Matt) Godbold M 1963 Australia Climber Coogee, NSW, Australia Joining police force on returning to Australia Details Other expeditions
Richard Howes M 1960 Canada Climber Vancouver, British Columbia Student Details Other expeditions
Andrew James Lock M 1961 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Police detective Details Other expeditions
Raymond Peter Vran M 1956 Australia Climber Chapman, ACT, Australia IBM computer communications consultant Details Other expeditions
Jeffery Williams M 1954 New Zealand Leader Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Book editor Details Other expeditions
Charles Scott Woolums M 1957 USA Climber Skamania, Washington Alpine guide & photographer Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUMO88303 AAJ Williams, Jeffery - - 63:205 (1989) -
PUMO88303 MM - - - 125:12 (Jan 1989) -
PUMO88303 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198920503/Asia-Nepal-Pumori - - -