Pumori | 1996 SE Face/Ridge-E Ridge

A UK expedition to Pumori in 1996 via SE Face/Ridge-E Ridge, led by Richard Haszko. Summit reached on 8th November 1996. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1991
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUMO96304
Peak ID PUMO
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face/Ridge-E Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Richard Haszko
Sponsor Pumori South Face Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 114
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Germany
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1996-10-21
Summit Date 1996-11-08
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 18
Total Days 19
Termination Date 1996-11-09
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7138
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 1
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(21/10,5300m),ABC(29/10,5700m),C1(01/11,6200m),Smt(08/11)
Route Notes BC near lake ABC at top of rock buttress of SE Face C1 at top of spur/narrow snow ridge of SE Face. On 6 Nov Hartland & Halliwell left BC, slept at ABC; 7th to C1; 8th at 5:30 am left for top, Halliwell got to East Ridge and 150 vertical meters below top and turned back because worried about windslab above while Hartland kept on with no problem despite some deep snow which had settled since Habeler had been there and turned back. On top at 11:30 am and returned to C1 at 3:30 pm with Halliwell. All members reached C1 but only Hartland and Halliwell went higher.
Accidents Nothing on mountain; Hartland altitude sickness before BC and arrived at BC at 27 Oct
Achievement -
Agency Arun Treks
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453877
Year 1996
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face/ridge-e ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bruce French M 1959 UK Climber Newark, Nottingham, England Builder Details Other expeditions
Karen Grueneberg F 1963 Germany Climber Lenggries, Bavaria, Germany Travel agent & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Anthony H. Halliwell M 1956 UK Climber Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, England Market researcher Details Other expeditions
Steven (Steve) Hartland M 1964 UK Climber Rachup, Gwynedd, Wales Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Richard Haszko M 1949 UK Leader Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England Management development trainer Details Other expeditions
Thomas Alexander (Tom) Richardson M 1955 UK Climber Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh & Sheffield, England - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUMO96304 HIGH - - - 175:86 (Jun 1997) -