Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: May, 1997
Organized my own little trip to several trekking peaks in Nepal in the spring of 1997. For Island, I hooked up with an Australian climber, Ian Hatchett, in Dingboche. I was coming from Mera and he from an unsuccessful expedition to Numbur. The climb was quite nice with a bit of technical interest while soloing the cliff up to the summit ridge. Fortunately this was only a few pitches tall because a group of inexperienced climbers from the UK & NZ were also there and Ian and I ended up shepherding these fellows back down the mountain.
We did have a beautiful day, though, and were on top before the views became obscured by clouds. Absolutely stupendous place to spend some days, ringed in by a stunnning collection of peaks and glacial landforms.
Route Climbed: October 7th 2003 Date Climbed: normal route
We started at 4 am at the basecamp at the moraine and tumbled the loong hang upwards to the beginning of the glacier. Using a rope there seems to be not common in the Himalaya. The steep ascent to the summit ridge was well prepared with fix ropes, done by a Sherpa who works for the german association "DAV Summit Club". Thank you! Using the fix rope was easy but exhausting, and so were the final meters along the ridge, also well prepared with ropes. 10,15 am on the summit.
The descent made me very tired, probably the acclimatization wasn't completed.
peter and i did this one after having to turn around on ama dablam above the mushroom ridge. great full-on alpine clinb:talus, glacier, steep snow/ice and awesome cornices.
Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: September 20th 1999
Treat this peak as an Alpine one - Go light and set off as early as you can in the morning from the High Camp. 0430hrs is advisable in order to get the best of the snow conditions. Have fun - an excellent 1st Himalayan peak
SoloRed - Jan 28, 2004 8:20 am
Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: May, 1997Organized my own little trip to several trekking peaks in Nepal in the spring of 1997. For Island, I hooked up with an Australian climber, Ian Hatchett, in Dingboche. I was coming from Mera and he from an unsuccessful expedition to Numbur. The climb was quite nice with a bit of technical interest while soloing the cliff up to the summit ridge. Fortunately this was only a few pitches tall because a group of inexperienced climbers from the UK & NZ were also there and Ian and I ended up shepherding these fellows back down the mountain.
We did have a beautiful day, though, and were on top before the views became obscured by clouds. Absolutely stupendous place to spend some days, ringed in by a stunnning collection of peaks and glacial landforms.
Robt - Nov 5, 2003 3:30 pm
Date Climbed: April 2003See Dee Booth's "Mera" TR at:
http://www.climber.org/TripReports/2003/1063.html
Mathias Zehring - Oct 25, 2003 9:50 am
Route Climbed: October 7th 2003 Date Climbed: normal routeWe started at 4 am at the basecamp at the moraine and tumbled the loong hang upwards to the beginning of the glacier. Using a rope there seems to be not common in the Himalaya. The steep ascent to the summit ridge was well prepared with fix ropes, done by a Sherpa who works for the german association "DAV Summit Club". Thank you! Using the fix rope was easy but exhausting, and so were the final meters along the ridge, also well prepared with ropes. 10,15 am on the summit.
The descent made me very tired, probably the acclimatization wasn't completed.
Erling Juul - Jul 29, 2003 6:51 am
Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: 19. november 1999We reached the summit at 11 the 19. november 1999 in absolutely perfect conditions. I have also posted a trip report.
theis - May 7, 2003 6:55 am
Route Climbed: South Route Date Climbed: 26th of AprilStod on South Summit 10:39 am. The fog closed in immediately after. The Ice wall is more demanding the most people say.
kullaberg - Nov 30, 2002 10:10 am
Route Climbed: voie normale Date Climbed: nov 88peter and i did this one after having to turn around on ama dablam above the mushroom ridge. great full-on alpine clinb:talus, glacier, steep snow/ice and awesome cornices.
Chamonix Man - Aug 12, 2002 8:47 am
Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: September 20th 1999Treat this peak as an Alpine one - Go light and set off as early as you can in the morning from the High Camp. 0430hrs is advisable in order to get the best of the snow conditions. Have fun - an excellent 1st Himalayan peak