Putha Hiunchuli | 2017 NE Face

A Switzerland expedition to Putha Hiunchuli in 2017 via NE Face, led by Ivo Feierabend. Summit reached on 20th October 2017. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9756
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUTH17306
Peak ID PUTH
Year 2017
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Ivo Feierabend
Sponsor Nawa Asha Griha (HAG) Putha Hiunchuli Expedition 2017
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 Ireland, Sweden
Approach Nepalgunj to Dunai by bus, Juphal->Dunai->Kakkot->BC
Basecamp Date 2017-10-08
Summit Date 2017-10-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6100m due to high winds
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
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(08,16/10,4950m),C1(09/10,19/10,5440m),C2(20/10,6100m),xxx
Route Notes Feierabend and Lhakpa went ahead of team by bus from Nepalgunj to Dunai and established BC and C1 on 8-9 Oct. Rest of team arrived at BC on 16 Oct (by flight to Juphal). Team arrived at C1 on 19 Oct. Feierabend, Aeschbach and Johansson carry loads to C2 on 20 Oct, return to BC. Team starts summit push going to C1 on 22 Oct. Team aborts summit bid due to high winds on 24 Oct.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Adventure Trips
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463709
Year 2017
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ivo Feierabend M 1977 Switzerland Leader Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Dominik Aeschbach M 1979 Switzerland Climber Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Hans Olof Fredrik Johansson M 1968 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden Engineer Details Other expeditions
Juerg Merz M 1955 Switzerland Climber Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Robert Paul Mooney M 1968 Ireland Climber Dublin, Ireland Retailer Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUTH17306 - - https://puthahiunchuli.wordpress.com - - -