Ripimo Shar | 1952 N Face

A UK expedition to Ripimo Shar in 1952 via N Face, led by Eric Shipton. Summit reached on 29th May 1952. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	2997
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	RIPI52101
Peak ID	RIPI
Year	1952
Season	1
Host Country	1
Route 1	N Face
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	UK
Leaders	Eric Shipton
Sponsor	British Expedition to Cho Oyu
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	1st
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	-
Approach	From Menlung La
Basecamp Date	1952-05-28
Summit Date	1952-05-29
Summit Time	1100
Summit Days	1
Total Days	2
Termination Date	1952-05-30
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	6647
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	1
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	3
Summit Members	2
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	0
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	True
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	Climbed Palung (PLNG-521-01); attempted Cho Oyu (CHOY-521-01), Parchamo (PARC-521-01); recon Changtse (CTSE-521-01)
Campsites	BC.C1(28/05,6000m),Smt(29/05)
Route Notes	Upon reviewing map provided by Dennis P. Davis, it appears that this expedition and the 1955 Gregory expedition climbed an unnamed peak of 6705m south of Menlung La, not the true Pangbuk Ri which is much further north of Menlung La and Kangkuru (6320m). Letter from Ray Colledge to Salisbury - Mar 1, 2004 I agree with your assessment absolutely. We certainly did not climb Pangbuk Ri north of Kangkuru. The fact that "our" peak is now nameless does not bother me. It remains in my memory and photographs as an excellent climb, especially after the failure on Cho Oyu. Many thanks for the interesting maps. Letter from Ray Colledge to Salisbury - Feb 8, 2004 Thank you for your letter of Feb 2. First I cannot give you any dates of birth of members. After 5 years of war I learned to judge a man by his attitude, not his age, as did my comrades. We retreated from Cho Oyu largely because we had lost all our ice pitons. This was May 10. On May 22 we moved to 20,000 feet, for physiological and oxygen tests by Dr. Griffith Pugh. These continued until May 26. Every day I completed my diary and so knew May 26 was my birthday which was now 30 years of age. Tom Bourdillon and I decided to have a go at Pangbuk, a name which of course as unknown to us. Left camp at 7 am, each man carrying 35 lbs including a tent. No Sherpas. Crossed plateau to Tibetan side and descended very steep ice slope to the glacier to start up north side of Pangbuk. At some stage I took a photo of the north face before descent to glacier. At 19,700 feet we found a small terrace beneath an ice cliff and there in continuous snowfall, spent the night. That was May 28. Now on May 29, we left tent at 6 am. Route was steeply up and diagonally left to avoid seracs, climbing frozen snow. Evidently it was cold as I recorded spending an hour watching Tom rubbing his feet to restore his circulation, and also I have a photo of this. Tom recovered and after some interesting climbing we summited at 11 am on May 29. The descent to our tent took only 1-1/4 hours. At this time I was 30 years + 3 days. My home town was Coventry in Warwickshire. I cannot help regards to Tom or anyone else. Tom was killed on the Jagihorn in 1956 climbing with Dick Viney. We failed to record the height of Pangbuk, and I still do not know the true height. Regards, Ray Colledge
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	-
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	True
Primary Member	True
Primary Reference	True
Primary ID	CHOY52101
Checksum	2437644
Year	1952
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	n face

Members

Field	Value
ID	21963
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	RIPI52101
Member ID	01
Peak ID	RIPI
Year	1952
Season	1
First Name	Eric Earle
Last Name	Shipton
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1907
Calculated Age	44
Citizenship	UK
Status	Leader
Residence	London, England
Occupation	-
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	True
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1907-1977) Died 28 March 1977 (Obit AJ 83:271-273 1978)
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	2415921
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	eric earle shipton
Year of Birth	1907
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	45
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	21965
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	RIPI52101
Member ID	02
Peak ID	RIPI
Year	1952
Season	1
First Name	Thomas Duncan (Tom)
Last Name	Bourdillon
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1924
Calculated Age	28
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Aylesbury, Buckingham, England
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6647
Summit Date 1	1952-05-29
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1100
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	1
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1924-1956) Killed on 29 July 1956 in the Alps in alpine accident (Obit AJ 61:357-361 Nov 1956)
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2421895
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	thomas duncan (tom) bourdillon
Year of Birth	1924
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	28
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21966
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	RIPI52101
Member ID	03
Peak ID	RIPI
Year	1952
Season	1
First Name	Raymond Leslie Burrows (Ray)
Last Name	Colledge
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1922
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Coventry, Warwick, England
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6647
Summit Date 1	1952-05-29
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1100
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	1
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1922-2014) Died 10 April 2014
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2421237
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	raymond leslie burrows (ray) colledge
Year of Birth	1922
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	30
Role	Member

3 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Eric Earle Shipton	M	1907	UK	Leader	London, England	-	Details Other expeditions
Thomas Duncan (Tom) Bourdillon	M	1924	UK	Climber	Aylesbury, Buckingham, England	-	Details Other expeditions
Raymond Leslie Burrows (Ray) Colledge	M	1922	UK	Climber	Coventry, Warwick, England	-	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.