Ratna Chuli | 2000 W Ridge

A France expedition to Ratna Chuli in 2000 via W Ridge, led by Jean Annequin. Summit reached on 21st October 2000. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3740
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID RATC00301
Peak ID RATC
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Jean Annequin
Sponsor Himlung Himal 2000
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 4th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2000-10-11
Summit Date 2000-10-21
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 10
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2000-10-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7035
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 11
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 3
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(11/10,4600m),ABC(15/10,5200m),C1(18/10,6050m),C2(20/10,6500m),Smt(21/10)
Route Notes Oct 20 - Jean Annequin, Challeat, Charpentier, Guillou, Harles, Jartoux, Ullmann and Valentin and three Sherpas slept in C2. Oct 21 - Challeat and three Sherpas reached summit. They left C2 around 08:00 hours, summited around 12:30 hours, stayed about 15 minutes, back to C2 at about 15:00 hours. Leader and Charpentier had to retreat from about 200m below the summit due to exhaustion of Charpentier. Strong wind and cold. Sherpas: Nuru Ongchu (Everest, Baruntse) from near Phaplu Gulmin Sherpa (Ama Dablam) Dachiri Sherpa (Kang Guru) The expedition returned to KTM from Besisahar on Oct 30 and leaves on Nov 1 except Challeat. The Challeat is going to Bardia. He will leave Nepal after a week or so. From a another team in the region: Team actually climbed Ratna Chuli. Had intended to climb this mountain all along, but since it is not on government permitted list, they got a permit for Himlung. Made no attempt to climb Himlung. All camp details dates, etc., given to Jeevan Shrestha on 30 Oct 2000 were correct and route was via West Peak to West Ridge and to top via this West Ridge.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Khumbi-ila Mt. & Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455369
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jean-Christophe Annequin M 1970 France Leader Servoz, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pierrick Bonneau M 1972 France Climber Paris, France Bank staff Details Other expeditions
Ludovic Paul Nicolas Challeat M 1969 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christian Charpentier M 1956 France Climber Maureville, Haute-Garonne, France Financial advisor in bank Details Other expeditions
Patrick Durbiano M 1946 France Climber Limoux, Aude, France Motorcar salesman Details Other expeditions
Nathalie Guillou F 1966 France Climber Montiguy-le-Bretonneux, Yvelines, France Computer technician Details Other expeditions
Jean-Pierre Harles M 1972 France Climber Mexy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Cabinet maker Details Other expeditions
Xavier Jartoux M 1959 France Climber Fos-sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhone, France Engineer Details Other expeditions
Francois Morlon M 1960 France Exp Doctor Dijon, Cote-d'Or, France Physician Details Other expeditions
Gabriel Ullmann M 1958 France Climber St. Martin d'Uriage, Isere, France Engineer Details Other expeditions
Bernard Valentin M 1957 France Climber Puyricard, Aix-en-Provence, France Engineer Details Other expeditions
Nuru Ongchu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Phaplu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gulmin Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Da Chhiri Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
RATC00301 HIGH - - - 226:65 (Sep 2001) -
RATC00301 HJ Annequin, Jean Ratna Chuli I - 57:166-168 (2001) -
RATC00301 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/57/19/expeditions-and-notes-57/ - - -