Ratna Chuli | 2009 SW Face of W Smt

A Switzerland expedition to Ratna Chuli in 2009 via SW Face of W Smt, led by Ernst Marti. Summit reached on 7th November 2009. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6699
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID RATC09301
Peak ID RATC
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face of W Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Ernst Marti
Sponsor Swiss Ratna Chuli Expedition
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 -
Approach Phu Khola->Phugaon
Basecamp Date 2009-10-29
Summit Date 2009-11-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2009-11-09
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6604m (W Smt) due to difficult ridge to main summit
High Point (m) 6604
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 100
Total Members 8
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(29/10,5100m),C1(02/11,5800m),C2(06/11,6857m),xxx(07/11,6604m)
Route Notes BC at Phugau both C1 at east of point 6374m on HMG map glacier C2 on southwest face of West Ridge High point at West Summit (on Tibetan border). The team's summit push was launched on 7 November by seven members (all except Zweifel) and two Nepalese (Mingma Gyalbu Sherpa and Kangcha Lama Sherpa). They left C2 at 6:00 am on the southwest face of the West Ridge. This face was mostly a steep (30-45 degrees) snow face with short section of ice: one five meters high ice section was vertical. They gained the West Ridge and moved eastward on the ridge to the West Summit, 6604m high. As they looked ahead along the ridge to the main summit, they saw it was steep and covered by ice, which would have required 500 or more meters of fixed rope, taking four or five days to install. Since they were now short of time, they turned back from the West Summit and descended all the way to BC, where they arrived at 6:00 pm and the climb was finished. Marti had not expected so much bare ice in the post-monsoon period and was not prepared for it. Zweifel turned back at 6100m on 6 November as the team was climbing to C2. He was not strong enough to continue, so he returned to C1 instead. Sherpas: Kancha Lama Sherpa, 19/11/82 (4/8/2039), Taksindu-2, Solu, no 8000ers Mingma Gyalbu Sherpa, 19/1/88, Gyabla, Lelep, Taplejung, no 8000ers
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Active Holiday Nepal Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458682
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face of w smt

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Rolf Blumer M 1962 Switzerland Climber Bilten, Glarus, Switzerland Baker Details Other expeditions
Hans-Rudolf (Hansruedi) Gallati M 1948 Switzerland Climber Mollis, Glarus, Switzerland Artist Details Other expeditions
Luzia Silvia Manser F 1973 Switzerland Climber Mollis, Glarus, Switzerland Flight attendant Details Other expeditions
Ernst Marti M 1956 Switzerland Leader Elm, Glarus, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Ralph Hess M 1963 Switzerland Climber Mollis, Glarus, Switzerland Pilot Details Other expeditions
Ludwig Hauswirth M 1960 Switzerland Climber Weesen, St. Gallen, Switzerland Orthopedic surgeon Details Other expeditions
Herbert Koenig M 1958 Switzerland Climber Niederuzwil, St. Gallen, Switzerland Physician Details Other expeditions
Hansueli Zweifel M 1954 Switzerland Climber Glarus, Switzerland Pediatrician Details Other expeditions
Kanchha Lama Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gyalbu/Gyabu Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Gyabla, Lelep-8, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.