Tengi Ragi Tau | 2012 N Ridge

A USA expedition to Tengi Ragi Tau in 2012 via N Ridge, led by Alan Rousseau. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7850
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TENR12301
Peak ID TENR
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Alan Rousseau
Sponsor Mountain Madness Tengi Ragi Tau 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 -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date -
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 12
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 0
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
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 Summited Langmoche Ri (LMOC-123-01)
Campsites -
Route Notes The team approached their Rolwaling mountain by a jeep ride to Gongar village on the west side of the Bhote Kosi River. From there they trekked up the Bhote Kosi to Simigaon on a hill above the Rolwaling Khola, then east to the villages of Beding and Na. They stayed four days in Na, from where they trekked through the nearby high hills. Then southeast to the large Tsho Lake which is due west of Tengi Ragi Tau and north to a 6611m peak named Langmoche Ri. One member, Matthew Barela, had turned around and left the team on 7 November; the other two, Alan Rousseau and Tino Villaneuva, continued on to Tsho Lake and beyond. They had no fixed camps so far, but on 16 November they made a camp on a high pass (5891m) north of Langmoche Ri. On the 17th Rousseau and Villaneuva climbed from the pass up onto the NW Ridge of Langmoche Ri [and to the summit] and back to the pass on the same day. The climb had not been easy: there were some technically difficult places with numerous cornices, some of which were overhanging; to get onto the ridge, they had to climb a section of the snow covered North Face which got steeper the higher they went, up to 80 degrees by the time they reached the ridge. The next day, the 18th, they left the pass and moved westward to return to Na. They were tired after Langmoche Ri, and the wind was blowing at 60 mph. They never got to the North Ridge of Tengi Ragi Tau, their intended route.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Thamserku
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID LMOC12301
Checksum 3587
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Matthew Orlando Barela M 1980 USA Climber Albuquerque, New Mexico Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alan Patrick Rousseau M 1986 USA Leader Salt Lake City, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Roberto Karlo (Tino) Villanueva M 1983 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.