Pumori | 1997 SE Face

A New Zealand expedition to Pumori in 1997 via SE Face, led by Timothy O'Leary. Summit reached on 10th May 1997. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2220
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUMO97102
Peak ID PUMO
Year 1997
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Timothy O'Leary
Sponsor 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 USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1997-04-29
Summit Date 1997-05-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 12
Termination Date 1997-05-11
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6900m due to dangerous snow conditions
High Point (m) 6900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 100
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 Attempted Ama Dablam (AMAD-971-04)
Campsites BC(29/04,5300m),C1(08/05,6200m),xxx(10/05,6900m)
Route Notes High point on SE Face. Chumba Neru and Mingma went up to 5800m to fix the rope. 30 April rest. 1 May 2 reconnaissance up to 5600m by O'Leary. 2 May reconnaissance up to 5800m by Hasler, O'Leary, Staples. 3 May all 3 and Sherpas tried to establish C1 but left gear at 6100m as the snow was too hard. May 4 rested. 5 May set up C1 at 6200m. 6-7 May rest. 8 May slept at C1 (all three). 9 May reconnaissance by all 3 up to 6400m and came down to C1. 10 May summit attempt by all 3 but abandoned at 6900m due to snow conditions. Staples and Hasler slept at C1 and O'Leary went to BC. 11 May left BC. Stewart and Penny left early because of the weather and they had to take pictures at Periche.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454061
Year 1997
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bruce Graeme Hasler M 1976 New Zealand Climber Queenstown, New Zealand Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Timothy James (Tim) O'Leary M 1965 New Zealand Leader Frankton, Queenstown, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dean Douglas Staples M 1964 New Zealand Climber Frankton, Queenstown, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David (Dave) Penny M 1960 USA Climber Crested Butte, Colorado Climbing equipment salesman Details Other expeditions
Alexander (Sandy) Stewart M 1952 USA Climber Evergreen, Colorado Photographer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUMO97102 HIGH - - - 179:22 (Oct 1997) -