Tilicho | 2002 N Spur-N Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Tilicho in 2002 via N Spur-N Ridge, led by Meinhard Van de Reep. Summit reached on 12th November 2002. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4209
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TILI02301
Peak ID TILI
Year 2002
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Spur-N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Meinhard Van de Reep
Sponsor Dutch Tilicho Peak Expedition 2002
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 Around Dhaulagiri and up Mesakanto Pass
Basecamp Date 2002-11-07
Summit Date 2002-11-12
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 8
Termination Date 2002-11-15
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6935m due to deep snow
High Point (m) 6935
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Dhampus Peak (31 Oct by Erdman, Haster, Schielen, Van de Reep, Van der Broek, Vrolyk)
Campsites BC(07/11,4825m),C1(08/11,5850m),C2(11/11,6200m),xxx(12/11,6935m)
Route Notes BC at Tilicho Lake C1 at NE Spur C2 at junctions of Spur & North Ridge High point on North Ridge/Face. Attempt for top from C2 on 12th by Erdman, Schielen and Van den Brock and "Sherpas" Dawa Sherpa, Santa Gurung and Pasang. At 2:00 pm at 6935m, "snow clouds" brought snowfall, turned back at 3:00 pm and in end was whiteout so stopped 50m vertical above C2 and bived there to wait for daylight; got to C2 at 9:00 am after 2-1/2 hours descent. C2 covered by snow but Sherpas dug out tents and down to C2 and BC at 6:00 pm and now no more time to make 2nd attempt. Ropes used BC->C1 300m, C1->C2 300m more only Erdman got frostbitten feet and left by helicopter; seriousness not known yet. Vrolyk did not go above BC; had problem with nasal passages and left expedition on 9 Nov.
Accidents Erdman frostbitten toes
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking (Tendi)
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456213
Year 2002
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n spur-n ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Pasang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Kanko, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jeroen Erdman M 1979 Netherlands Climber Groningen, Netherlands Business student Details Other expeditions
Willem Groeneveld M 1950 Netherlands Climber Arnhem, Netherlands Technician Details Other expeditions
Reinhard Haster M 1950 Netherlands Climber Hengelo, Netherlands Economics teacher Details Other expeditions
Jaco Liefers M 1971 Netherlands Climber Hengelo, Netherlands Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Ralph Schielen M 1966 Netherlands Climber Utrecht, Netherlands Engineer Details Other expeditions
Meinhard Van de Reep M 1952 Netherlands Leader Hillegom, Netherlands Book publisher Details Other expeditions
H. T. Maria (Ronnie) Van den Broek M 1970 Netherlands Climber Groesbeek, Netherlands Technician Details Other expeditions
Bram Vrolyk M 1955 Netherlands Climber Hoofddorp, Netherlands Sports instructor Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Damdi, Tapting, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Santa Bahadur Gurung M 1959 Nepal H-A Worker Chisapani, Sunwara, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.