Thamserku | 2014 Central Spur of SW Face

A Russia expedition to Thamserku in 2014 via Central Spur of SW Face, led by Alexander Gukov. Summit reached on 3rd May 2014. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8505
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID THAM14101
Peak ID THAM
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Central Spur of SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Alexander Gukov
Sponsor Thamserku 2014
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Monjo
Basecamp Date 2014-04-10
Summit Date 2014-05-03
Summit Time 0630
Summit Days 23
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2014-05-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6618
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 6
Fixed Rope (m) 1900
Total Members 2
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 -
Campsites BC(10/04,4100m),C1(26/04,5450m),C2(28/04,5650m),C3(29/04,5900m),C4(30/04,6200m),C5(01/05,6500m),C6(02/05,6600m),Smt(03/05)
Route Notes The two Russian alpinists started their summit bid from Monjo on 24 April. They spent night at 5000m at west of Kusum Kangaru. On 26 April they spent night at 5450m and on 28 April at 5650m. Subsequently, on 29th at 5900m, on 30th at 6200m, on 1 May at 6500m and on 2 May at 6600m. They summited on 3 May and stayed on the summit for 40 minutes. They returned at top camp at 6600m at 7:20 am in bad weather. Visibility was so poor they find difficulty to find the way down. Then the climbers traversed from 6600m at 8 am down to South Ridge (6100m); the ridge was sharp and they had to abseil 400m vertical. They arrived (6100m) at 5 pm and slept there. Next day, 4 May the climbers started moving down at 7 am, vertical abseil to bottom of the mountain face where they reached at 8 pm. On 5 May they started moving down at 8 am to Monjo where they arrived at 6 pm. Weather condition, in general morning was good but in the afternoon most of the day snow fall, cloudy and windy. Summit day weather was good. Gukov and Lonchinskiy used a light tent bag without poles. It could be used as a bag.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency 7 Summits Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460370
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) central spur of sw face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alexander Gukov M 1976 Russia Leader St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Seaman Details Other expeditions
Aleksei Lonchinskiy M 1982 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Building manager Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
THAM14101 - - https://www.thebmc.co.uk/russian-pair-make-first-ascent-of-the-southwest-face-of-thamserku - - -
THAM14101 - - http://alpinist.com/doc/web14x/newswire-thamserku-russian-southwest - - -
THAM14101 HCN - Russians Climb Unclimbed 1900m Face of Thamserku - 30:13 (Oct 2014) -
THAM14101 AAJ Griffin, Lindsay Thamserku, Southwest Face, Shy Girl - 89:301-303 (2015) -
THAM14101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212874/Thamserku-Southwest-Face-Shy-Girl - - -