Tilicho | 2002 NE Spur

A Austria expedition to Tilicho in 2002 via NE Spur, led by Reinhold Oblak. Summit reached on 20th October 2002. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4210
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TILI02302
Peak ID TILI
Year 2002
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Spur
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Reinhold Oblak
Sponsor International 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 Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-10-11
Summit Date 2002-10-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2002-10-21
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5720m due to deep snow and refusal of Pasang Norbu to fix ropes higher
High Point (m) 5720
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(11/10,4950m),ABC(19/10,5250m),xxx(20/10,5720m)
Route Notes BC at 4950m just above Tilicho Lake ABC at 5250m start of NE Spur xxx at 5720m at NE spur After establishing ABC and sleeping there 2 nights, came down, climbed and summited a 6050m mountain (no none) north of Glacier Dome (probably climbed by '50 French Annapurna I expedition). Summit reached by all members except Tarmann and by Pasang Norbu Sherpa and Oishal Lama (Tamang) on 24 Oct and on 23 Oct by Oblak and Veider from this C3 at 5800m. 25th to Jomsom. On Tilicho, climbed from ABC towards C1 on 19th and 20th and reached 5500m and 5720m, respectively, but very deep snow and Pasang Norbu refused to fix rope above ABC complaining of wind, but wind really not strong.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Blue Sky Treks
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456190
Year 2002
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne spur

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Reinhold Oblak M 1963 Austria Leader St. Veit/Glan, Salzburg, Austria Press spokesman for printed circuit board company Details Other expeditions
Georges Reckinger M 1964 Luxembourg Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Media consultant Details Other expeditions
Christopher Ryder M 1975 USA Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Teacher of industrial English Details Other expeditions
Ulrich Scheler M 1968 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Administrator Details Other expeditions
Franz Tarmann M 1928 Austria Climber Neuziders, Voralberg, Austria Retired clerk Details Other expeditions
Reinhard Veider M 1958 Austria Climber St. Anton am Arlberg, Tirol, Austria Baker Details Other expeditions
Ulrich (Ulli) Walser M 1960 Austria Climber St. Anton am Arlberg, Tirol, Austria Accountant in bank Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nuru Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.