Til Kang | 2018 W Spur

A UK expedition to Til Kang in 2018 via W Spur, led by Julian Freeman-Attwood. Summit reached on 15th October 2018. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10141
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TILK18301
Peak ID TILK
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Spur
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Julian Freeman-Attwood
Sponsor British Takphu Expedition 2018
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Germany
Approach Simikot->Nyalu La->Takchhe->Gumna Yak
Basecamp Date 2018-10-06
Summit Date 2018-10-15
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 9
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2018-10-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6369
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
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 See Route Notes
Campsites BC(06/10,4982m),ABC(14/10,5700m),Smt(15/10)
Route Notes Douglas and Normand departed ABC at 5 am on 15 Oct, summited at 13:00, spent 30 minutes on top, then returned to ABC. Weather very cold and less settled than usually expected by post-monsoon season. Nettekoven climbed Takphu Himal and had slight frostnip so declined on Til Kang. Freeman-Attwood had a chest infection as did Colton, so they climbed the smaller 6055m peak to the north. Summit acheivements: 1. 11 Oct 1st ascent Takphu Himal 6395m by W Ridge (Douglas-Nettekoven-Normand) 2. 11 Oct 1st ascent Pk 6055m (north of BC) by S Ridge (Colton-Attwood) 3. 15 Oct 1st ascent Til Kang 6369m by W Spur (Douglas-Normand) 4. 16 Oct 1st ascent Peak P1 6613m by N Face (Normand solo) 5. 17 Oct 1st Ascent Peak P3 6422m by S Ridge (Normand solo) 6. 18 Oct 1st ascent Peak P2 6521m by S Face (Normand solo)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Royal Mountain Travel
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463800
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w spur

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Julian David Warren Freeman-Attwood M 1953 UK Leader Oswestry, Shropshire, England Forester & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Nicholas Francis (Nick) Colton M 1954 UK Climber Manchester, England CEO of British Mountaineering Council Details Other expeditions
Edward Warwick Oliver (Ed) Douglas M 1966 UK Climber Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England Journalist & writer Details Other expeditions
Christof Josef Nettekoven M 1978 Germany Climber Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Self-employed Details Other expeditions
Bruce George Alexander Normand M 1966 UK Climber Nottingham, England Physics researcher Details Other expeditions

References

9 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
TILK18301 AAJ Freeman-Atwood, Julian The Wild West - 93:82-100 (2019) -
TILK18301 AAJ Freeman-Atwood, Julian Takphu 2018 - 93:101-103 (2019) -
TILK18301 AAN Nettekoven, Christof & Normand, Bruce UK-German Nalakankar Expedition 2018 - 55:2-11 (2019) -
TILK18301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215108 - - -
TILK18301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215136 - - -
TILK18301 AJ Freeman-Attwood, Julian Karnali Country - 123:45-69 (2019) -
TILK18301 AJ Freeman-Attwood, Julian & Normand, Bruce First Ascents in West Nepal - 123:70-83 (2019) -
TILK18301 - - http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2019_files/AJ%202019%20Vol%20123%2045-69%20Freeman-Attwood%20Karnali.pdf - - -
TILK18301 - - http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2019_files/AJ%202019%20Vol%20123%2070-83%20Freeman-Attwood%20Normand%20Nepal.pdf - - -