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2022
Bremont:
14 Peaks
Expedition

Expeditions

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Peak 1

Annapurna

Date of Summit: 28 April 2022, 11.26am
Height above Sea Level: 8,091 metres (26,545 ft)

Annapurna is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world and is well known for the difficulty and danger involved in its ascent.

Annapurna 2022

Track Information

Annapurna Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCApr 6
BC – C2Apr 246h7.4km
C2 – C3Apr 2510h 40min2.6km
C3 – C4Apr 27From C42h 50min0.9km
C4 – Peak – C4Apr 2818h 50min2.9km
C4 – BCApr 2910h 25min9.3km

Logistics to: Heli from Kathmandu to BC.

Logistics from: Heli from BC April 30 to Tatopani, b.

Challenging parties: Particularly prone to landslides just before C1 and from C2-C4. Long section/traverse without a rope from C4 towards the top. Stop sleeping in C3.

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Peak 2

Dhaulagiri

Date of Summit: 8 May 2022, 11.09am
Height above Sea Level: 8,167 metres (26,795 ft)

Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal).

Dhaulagiri 2022

Track Information

Dhaulagiri Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCMay 3
BC – C2May 49h 15min5.4km
C2 – C3May 7From C38h 05min0.39km
C3 – Peak – C2May 820h 30min
C2 – BCMay 94h 50min

Logistics to: Heli from Pokara on 3rd May.

Logistics from: Heli to Kathmandu on 9th May.

Challenging parties: Deep snow, especially over Camp 2. Had to wait 2 extra days in Camp 2 because of snow.

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Peak 3

Kangchenjunga

Date of Summit: 14 May 2022, 5.35am
Height above Sea Level: 8,586 metres (28,169 ft)

Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā and Khangchendzonga, is the third-highest mountain in the world.

Kanchenjunga 2022

Track Information

Kanchenjunga Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCMay 11
BC – C2May 115h 25min2.7km
C2 – C3May 124h 45min1.3km
C3 – C4May 13From C33h 21min0.7km
C4 – Peak – BCMay 1420h 55min7.64km

Logistics to: Heli from Kathmandu on 10th May. Weather dependant.

Logistics from: Heli from BC to Lukla on 15th May. Weather dependant.

Challenging parties: Rock jump just before Camp 2 (on the way up).

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Peak 4

Everest

Date of Summit: 22 May 2022, 8.43am
Height above Sea Level: 8,848 metres (29,029 ft)

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and is located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. It is part of the Seven Summits and is considered to be a part of the eight-thousanders. It also has a long history of being a challenge for climbers who attempt to reach the top.

Everest 2022

Track Information

Everest & Lhotse Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCMay 17
BC – C2May 197h 50min8.7km
C2 – C3May 202h 45min2.4km
C3 – C4May 21From C35h 40min0.95km
C4 – Peak – BCMay 2222h (to C2)8.6km

Logistics to: Heli from Lukla on 17th May.

Logistics from: Heli to Dingbuche on 23rd May.

Challenging parties: A lot of wind. No battery on the watch for 28 hours (22-23rd May).

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Peak 5

Lhotse

Date of Summit: 22 May 2022, 17.29pm
Height above Sea Level: 8,516 metres (27,940 ft)

Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world,after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu region of Nepal.

Lhotse 2022

Track Information

Everest & Lhotse Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCMay 17
BC – C2
C2 – C3May 20From C3
C3 – C4May 21
C4 – Peak – BCMay 22

Logistics to: Heli from Lukla on 17th May.

Logistics from: Heli to Dingbuche on 23rd May.

Challenging parties: None.

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Peak 6

Makalu

Date of Summit: 27 May 2022, 10.31am
Height above Sea Level: 8,481 metres (27,825 ft)

Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world andis located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km (12 mi)southeast of Mount Everest, in Nepal. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak in the shape of a four-sided pyramid.

Makalu 2022

Track Information

Nanga Parbat Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCMay 24
BC – C2May 255h3.7km
C2 – C3May 26C3 in the evening6h 55min1km
C4 – Peak – BCMay 27-2821h 15min8.5km

Logistics to: Heli from Dingbuche to BC on 24th May.

Logistics from: Heli to Dingbuche and Kathmandu on 29th May.

Challenging parties: Lost the ropes from Camp 3. Deep snow.

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Peak 7

Nanga Parbat

Date of Summit: 1 Jul 2022, 11.02am
Height above Sea Level: 8,126 metres (26,660 ft)

Nanga Parbat, known locally as Diamer, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth. It forms the western anchor of the Himalayan Range and is the western most eight-thousander. It lies just south of the Indus River in the Diamer District of Gilgit–Baltistan in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

Nanga Parbat 2022

Track Information

TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCJun 19
BC – C1Jun 273h 55min2.88km
C1 – C2Jun 28(a rest day in C2)8h 15min2km
C2 – C3Jun 306h 45min0.65km
C3 – Peak – C3Jul 1From C316h 10min4km
C3 – C2Jul 12h 25min0.8km
C2 – BCJul 25h 25min5km

Logistics to: Car from Ismabad to Chilas, car from Chilas until the end of the road, walk to BC with a night in tents on the road.

Logistics from: Walked to the road, took a car from there to Skardu.

Challenging parties: Hurt by a large rock after the top/right before arrival in BC. Fell out of the car from Chilas to the end of the road – hurt. One rotation up to Camp 1 before the summit.

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Peak 8

K2

Date of Summit: 22 Jul 2022, 2.30am
Height above Sea Level: 8,849 metres (29,032 ft)

K2 is the second highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It lies in the Karakoram range.

K2 2022

Track Information

Broad Peak Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCJul 8
BC – C2Jul 1911h 5min6.1km
C2 – C3Jul 20From C2 approx/bad form7h 20min1km
C3 – C4Jul 213h 55min1km
C4 – Peak – C1Jul 2218h 15min3.3km
C1 – BCJul 238h 15min5km

Logistics to: Heli from Skardu to BC because of hurt foot.

Logistics from: Broad Peak summit before Gasherbrum.

Challenging parties: Rock jump. Sick/food poisoning the day everyone began the ascent. Began a day after everyone else. Easy climb to the summit, only 5 hours and 600 meters.

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Peak 9

Broad Peak

Date of Summit: 28 Jul 2022, 9.02am
Height above Sea Level: 8,051 metres (26,414 ft)

Broad Peak is one of the Eight-thousander peak located in the Karakoram range of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world.

Broad Peak 2022

Track Information

TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCSame BC as K2
BC – C2Jul 26
C2 – C3Jul 274h 20min0.5km
C3 – Peak – BCJul 28From C323h11.1km

Logistics to: Same as K2 Base Camp.

Logistics from: Walked from K2/Broad Peak Base Camp to Gasherbrum Base Camp.

Challenging parties: A lot of stone, especially from Camp 2 and down, difficult to navigate in the icefall under Camp 1. Waited in K2/Broad Peak Base Camp from the 29th of July to 2nd of August because the company hadn’t ordered porters/bad logistics.

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Peak 10

Gasherbrum II

Date of Summit: 08 Aug 2022, 7.15am
Height above Sea Level: 8,035 metres (26,362 ft)

Gasherbrum II is the 13th highest mountain in the world. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang,China.

Gasherbrum Ii 2022

Track Information

Gasherbrum Ii Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCAug 2
BC – C1Aug 69h7.5km
C1 – C2Aug 77h 50min1.45km
C2 – Peak – C1Aug 8In C4 about 7400 moh18h4.77km

Logistics to: Walked from K2/Broad Peak Base Camp on 2nd of August. Long day.

Logistics from: Heli out of Base Camp.

Challenging parties: Banana Ridge, hold hight between Camp 3 and before turning left towards the summit. Sick on arrival to Camp 1, had to have oxygen.

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Peak 11

Gasherbrum I

Date of Summit: 11 Aug 2022, 7.26am
Height above Sea Level: 8,080 metres (26,510 ft)

Gasherbrum I is the 11th highest mountain in the world. It is located between Shigar District in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan and Tashkurgan inthe Xinjiang of China. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum Massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya.

Gasherbrum I 2022

Track Information

Gasherbrum I Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCAug 1
BC – C1(G2)5h3.7km
C1 – C2Aug 93h 10min3.9km
C2 – C3Aug 10From C3 (ca 7200)9h2.7km
C3 – Peak – BCAug 1113h2.4km

Logistics to: Walked from K2/Broad Peak Base Camp.

Logistics from: Heli out on 14th August.

Challenging parties: Waited for the heli out for two days/bad logistics/planning. Fixed rope while we were climbing between Camp 2 and Camp 3 – long day and bad weather. Without fixed rope from Camp 3 to the summit.

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Peak 12

Manaslu

Date of Summit: 22 Sep 2022, 14.55am
Height above Sea Level: 8,163 metres (26,781 ft)

Manaslu is the eighth-highest mountain in the world.It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Manaslu means “mountain of the spirit” and is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning “intellect” or “soul”.

Manaslu 2022

Track Information

Manaslu Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BCSep 125h6.7km
BC – C1Sep 194h 20min3.7km
C1 – C2Sep 203h1.3km
C2 – C3Sep 212h 05min0.5km
C3 – Peak – C3Sep 2223h4.3km
C3 – BCSep 233h 25min7.12km

Logistics to: Heli to Samagaun on 9th September. Walked from there to Base Camp 12th September.

Logistics from: Heli to Kathmandu on 23rd September.

Challenging parties: 1 rotation to Camp 1 – puked but otherwise OK form. Avalanche between Camp 3 and Camp 4. A lot of snow on the plateau from Camp 4.

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Peak 13

Shishapangma

Date of Summit: TBC
Height above Sea Level: 8,027 metres (26,335 ft)

Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the 14th-highest mountain in the world.

Kristin was unable to attain the visa permit for her 2022 expedition. However, she does not give up and will try again in her 2023 expedition. We will keep you updated…

Shishapangma

Photo source: Hiroki Ogawa

Track Information

Shisha Pangma Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BC
BC – C2
C2 – C3
C4 – Peak – BC
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Peak 14

Cho Oyu

Date of Summit: TBC
Height above Sea Level: 8,188 metres (26,864 ft)

Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world.

Kristin was unable to attain the visa permit for her 2022 expedition. However, she does not give up and will try again in her 2023 expedition. We will keep you updated…

Cho Oyu

Photo source: Cho Oyu (8201m) from Tingri

Track Information

Cho Oyu Map 2022
TrackDateOxygenTimeDist.
To BC
BC – C2
C2 – C3
C4 – Peak – BC
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Past Expeditions

Kristin Harila Achievements

2015

Kilimanjaro, Africa.
5895 meters (Seven Summits)

Kristin Harila Achievements

2019

Lobuche East, Nepal.
6119 meters

Kristin Harila Achievements

2019

Lobuche East, Nepal.
6119 meters

Kristin Harila Achievements

2015

Kilimanjaro, Africa.
5895 meters (Seven Summits)