Tilicho | 2006 NE Spur-N Ridge

A Belgium expedition to Tilicho in 2006 via NE Spur-N Ridge, led by Yves Meremans. Summit reached on 28th October 2006. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5551
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TILI06305
Peak ID TILI
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Spur-N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Yves Meremans
Sponsor First Belgian Tilicho Expedition 2006
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 Bus to Beshisahar->Jagat->Chame->Manang->Khangsar->Tilicho BC
Basecamp Date 2006-10-22
Summit Date 2006-10-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2006-10-31
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to risk of avalanche (lot of snow)
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(22/10,4945m),C1(26/10,5800m),xxx(28/10,6000m)
Route Notes On 28 Oct Acke, Meremans, Vander Elst (Eddy) and Mingma climbed up to about 6000m planning to set up C2. The team met French expedition members descending and they told the Belgium team that it is not possible to go beyond C2 due to deep snow condition and risk of avalanche. Then the expedition team decided to descend to BC. Gielens and Vander Elst (Daniel) climbed up to 5500m on 26 Oct. The team returned to Kathmandu on 5 Nov and will leave on 8 Nov. Sherpa: Mingma Temba, 19/1/80, Yaplu-9, Sankhuwasabha, Ev 17/5/06
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cultural Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457663
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne spur-n ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Francis Acke M 1963 Belgium Climber Steenokkerzeel, Belgium Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Willy Gielens M 1945 Belgium Climber Zaventem, Belgium Retired salesman Details Other expeditions
Yves Oscar Clement Meremans M 1957 Belgium Leader Kortenberg, Belgium Technician Details Other expeditions
Daniel Vander Elst M 1953 Belgium Climber Meerbeek, Belgium Food store owner Details Other expeditions
Eddy Vander Elst M 1947 Belgium Climber Kortenberg, Belgium Technician Details Other expeditions
Mingma Temba Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.