Sphinx | 2006 NW slope-NE Ridge-Sphinx Smt

A Slovenia expedition to Sphinx in 2006 via NW slope-NE Ridge-Sphinx Smt, led by Andrej Stremfelj. Summit reached on 28th April 2006. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5356
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID SPHN06101
Peak ID SPHN
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW slope-NE Ridge-Sphinx Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Slovenia
Leaders Andrej Stremfelj
Sponsor Slovenian Pathivara Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 4th-6th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Taplejung->Ghunsa->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-04-11
Summit Date 2006-04-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 17
Total Days 22
Termination Date 2006-05-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6825
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 9
Summit Members 5
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Attempted Pyramid Peak (PYRM-061-01); climbed Janak Chuli (JANK-061-01)
Campsites BC(11/04,5140m),ABC(15/04,5445m),C1(23/04,6200m),Smt(28-30/04)
Route Notes BC at Pangpema (Erpic & Plevnik arrive BC 15 April) ABC at southwest end of West Langpo Glacier C1 at below Langpo Col (Langpa La) High point at NE Summit. To acclimatize Zalokar, Stremfelj, Mihalic and Markovic climbed 6000m peak between Pangpema and Drohmo Peak on 13 April. Made an ABC because 25 km from BC to C1; was at start of West Langpo Glacier. 24 April went to Langpo Col at 6400m but later route avoided this col and joined NE Ridge at 6600m. From C1, Mihalic on 28 April alone tried to reach Pathivara's summit (via Sphinx summit at 6825m), but ridge knife-edged and avalanche prone from 18-19 April snowfall, so he returned to C1 because too dangerous for one climber alone. 29 April Stremfelj and Zalokar at 4:00 am left C1 and at 8:00 am on top of Sphinx via simple ridge (NE Ridge) of hard snow and ice easy to climb; (in descent fixed 200m for others but then decided too difficult for other members). Stremfelj and Zalokar continued from Sphinx to Pathivara NE Summit 7090m at about 3:00 pm along NE Ridge; from there to main summit was in clouds, and would have to biv and abandon their 2nd plan to go to Janak, so down to C1 same day. 30 April Stremfelj, Markovic and Novak went to Sphinx summit and down to ABC and on 1 May to BC. 3 May Stremfelj and Zalokar with 2 Sherpa porters to Janak Chuli. Sphinx (6825m) summited on 3 successive days: 28 Apr by Mihalic alone in 5 hours from C1 to summit. 29 Apr by Stremfelj and Zalokar in 4 hours C1 to summit. 30 Apr by Stremfelj (again), Markovic and Novak in 4 hours C1 to summit. Route: Northwest slope (snow slope 35 degree-40 degree) to NE Ridge (45 degree snow and ice) for all three parties. Had no permit for Sphinx. Health problems: Hartman had a back problem and reached ABC only. Horvat lost his way descending Pathivara Chuli from ABC to BC, had to bivouac and fingers frostbitten.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency Wilderness Experience
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457435
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw slope-ne ridge-sphinx smt

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrej Stremfelj M 1956 Slovenia Leader Kranj, Slovenia Sports instructor Details Other expeditions
Tomaz Erpic M 1971 Slovenia Climber Ljubljana, Slovenia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Jozef Hartman M 1958 Slovenia Climber Novo Mesto, Slovenia Press photographer Details Other expeditions
Stanislav Horvat M 1951 Slovenia Climber Dobrmic, Slovenia Architectural engineer Details Other expeditions
Marjan Markovic M 1953 Slovenia Climber Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia Salesamn in building hardware shop Details Other expeditions
Roman Mihalic M 1960 Slovenia Climber Novo Mesto, Slovenia Technician Details Other expeditions
Borut Novak M 1963 Slovenia Climber Novo Mesto, Slovenia Economist Details Other expeditions
Gorazd Plevnik M 1970 Slovenia Exp Doctor Novo Mesto, Slovenia Physician Details Other expeditions
Rok Zalokar M 1982 Slovenia Climber Krnica, Slovenia Geology student Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
SPHN06101 CLIM - - - 29:72-73 (Jul 2007) -