Expeditions

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Apr 6 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | Apr 24 | – | 6h | 7.4km |
C2 – C3 | Apr 25 | – | 10h 40min | 2.6km |
C3 – C4 | Apr 27 | From C4 | 2h 50min | 0.9km |
C4 – Peak – C4 | Apr 28 | – | 18h 50min | 2.9km |
C4 – BC | Apr 29 | – | 10h 25min | 9.3km |
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.

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).

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | May 3 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | May 4 | – | 9h 15min | 5.4km |
C2 – C3 | May 7 | From C3 | 8h 05min | 0.39km |
C3 – Peak – C2 | May 8 | – | 20h 30min | – |
C2 – BC | May 9 | – | 4h 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.

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | May 11 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | May 11 | – | 5h 25min | 2.7km |
C2 – C3 | May 12 | – | 4h 45min | 1.3km |
C3 – C4 | May 13 | From C3 | 3h 21min | 0.7km |
C4 – Peak – BC | May 14 | – | 20h 55min | 7.64km |
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).

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | May 17 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | May 19 | – | 7h 50min | 8.7km |
C2 – C3 | May 20 | – | 2h 45min | 2.4km |
C3 – C4 | May 21 | From C3 | 5h 40min | 0.95km |
C4 – Peak – BC | May 22 | – | 22h (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).

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.

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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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | May 24 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | May 25 | – | 5h | 3.7km |
C2 – C3 | May 26 | C3 in the evening | 6h 55min | 1km |
C4 – Peak – BC | May 27-28 | – | 21h 15min | 8.5km |
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.

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Jun 19 | – | – | – |
BC – C1 | Jun 27 | – | 3h 55min | 2.88km |
C1 – C2 | Jun 28 | (a rest day in C2) | 8h 15min | 2km |
C2 – C3 | Jun 30 | – | 6h 45min | 0.65km |
C3 – Peak – C3 | Jul 1 | From C3 | 16h 10min | 4km |
C3 – C2 | Jul 1 | – | 2h 25min | 0.8km |
C2 – BC | Jul 2 | – | 5h 25min | 5km |
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.

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Jul 8 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | Jul 19 | – | 11h 5min | 6.1km |
C2 – C3 | Jul 20 | From C2 approx/bad form | 7h 20min | 1km |
C3 – C4 | Jul 21 | – | 3h 55min | 1km |
C4 – Peak – C1 | Jul 22 | – | 18h 15min | 3.3km |
C1 – BC | Jul 23 | – | 8h 15min | 5km |
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.

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Same BC as K2 | – | – | – |
BC – C2 | Jul 26 | – | – | – |
C2 – C3 | Jul 27 | – | 4h 20min | 0.5km |
C3 – Peak – BC | Jul 28 | From C3 | 23h | 11.1km |
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.

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Aug 2 | – | – | – |
BC – C1 | Aug 6 | – | 9h | 7.5km |
C1 – C2 | Aug 7 | – | 7h 50min | 1.45km |
C2 – Peak – C1 | Aug 8 | In C4 about 7400 moh | 18h | 4.77km |
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.

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.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Aug 1 | – | – | – |
BC – C1 | (G2) | – | 5h | 3.7km |
C1 – C2 | Aug 9 | – | 3h 10min | 3.9km |
C2 – C3 | Aug 10 | From C3 (ca 7200) | 9h | 2.7km |
C3 – Peak – BC | Aug 11 | – | 13h | 2.4km |
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.

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”.

Track Information
Track | Date | Oxygen | Time | Dist. |
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To BC | Sep 12 | – | 5h | 6.7km |
BC – C1 | Sep 19 | – | 4h 20min | 3.7km |
C1 – C2 | Sep 20 | – | 3h | 1.3km |
C2 – C3 | Sep 21 | – | 2h 05min | 0.5km |
C3 – Peak – C3 | Sep 22 | – | 23h | 4.3km |
C3 – BC | Sep 23 | – | 3h 25min | 7.12km |
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.

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…

Photo source: Hiroki Ogawa
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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…

Photo source: Cho Oyu (8201m) from Tingri
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Past Expeditions

2015
Kilimanjaro, Africa.
5895 meters (Seven Summits)

2019
Lobuche East, Nepal.
6119 meters

2019
Lobuche East, Nepal.
6119 meters

2015
Kilimanjaro, Africa.
5895 meters (Seven Summits)