Putha Hiunchuli | 2012 NE Face

A Germany expedition to Putha Hiunchuli in 2012 via NE Face, led by Thomas Merkel. Summit reached on 18th October 2012. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7872
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUTH12303
Peak ID PUTH
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Thomas Merkel
Sponsor Amical Alpin Putha Hiunchuli Expedition 2012
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 50th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria, Switzerland
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2012-10-08
Summit Date 2012-10-18
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 10
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2012-10-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7246
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 13
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(08/10,4920m),C1(12/10,5480m),C2(16/10,6115m),C3(17/10,6510m),Smt(18/10)
Route Notes Eight members and two Sherpas went to the summit on 18 October. They were Astelbauer, Hawel, Leist, Merkel, Reiners, Schwab, Tuechler and Wehnelt with Sherpas Pemba Jangbu and Sonam Jangbu. They left C3 at 3:00 am. First on the top was Merkel at 8:00 am and the last was Hawel at 11:30 am. In their descent, Merkel went all the way down to BC at 3:00 pm. The last were Hawel and Tuechler, who got to BC at 9:00 pm. Two members are not in good enough condition to get all the way to the top: Staedale and Vedani reached 6600m and 6900m respectively on summit day and retreated to C1 for the night. Sherpas summiters: Pemba Jangbu, 16/2/86, Bupsa, Jubing, Solu, Everest X1, Makalu X1 Sonam Jangbu, 23 yrs old, Bupsa (brother of Pemba Jangbu)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459716
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Margit Astelbauer F 1964 Austria Climber Luxembourg Translator Details Other expeditions
Gerald Hawel M 1966 Austria Climber Gallenkirch, Aargau, Austria Employee Details Other expeditions
Matthias Dieter Leist M 1966 Germany Climber Seehausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Medic Details Other expeditions
Thomas Karl Merkel M 1964 Germany Leader Erfweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Cordula Maria Netzer F 1973 Germany Climber Basel, Switzerland Physician Details Other expeditions
Gabriele Maria Reiners F 1976 Germany Climber Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Architect Details Other expeditions
Tobias Schwab M 1976 Germany Climber Trostberg, Bavaria, Germany Controller Details Other expeditions
Thomas Richard Staedele M 1974 Germany Climber Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Johann Tuechler M 1955 Austria Climber Vienna, Austria Technician Details Other expeditions
Angelo Vedani M 1952 Switzerland Climber Allschwil, Basel, Switzerland Professor of pharmacy Details Other expeditions
Ludwig Weh M 1946 Germany Climber Basel, Switzerland Orthopedic specialist Details Other expeditions
Philipp Karl Alexander Wehnelt M 1965 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Rudolf Weigell M 1957 Germany Climber Bobingen, Bavaria, Germany Jurist Details Other expeditions
Pemba Jangbu Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Bupsa, Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Jangbu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Bupsa, Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.