Thursday 11 January 2007

About our Objective

Siguniang shan is a chain comprising four main peaks, the highest of them reaching 6250m in Qionglai shan, Sichuan Province (also referred to as Eastern Tibet). The status of the routes and attempts on the fourth sister is, in December 2006, the following:

South Side:
1981 - Japanese team, SE ridge. FA of the mountain. Summit. Style: expedition siege.
1992 - Japanese team, SW ridge. Summit. Style: expedition siege.
1997 Charlie Fowler (USA), variation of the first Japanese route. Summit. Style: solo/alpine
2003 - Jon Otto (USA), T Boelter (USA), variation on the first Japanese route. Failed. Style: expedition siege
2004 - Jon Otto (USA) and a Chinese team, variation on the first Japanese route. Summit. Style: expedition siege.
2004 ? - Russian attempt on S face. Failed. No details.
2006 - Cosmin Andron (Romania), Waiwah Yip (UK) (July) - SW face FA; no summit intended. Style: big wall
2006 - Sun Bin (China) - (September-October) several attempts on th SE face (Ch. Fowler route). Failed. Style: solo/alpine
2006 - P Batoux (France) and French team (October-November) - attempt of new line on the S face. Failed. Style: alpine

North Side:
1981 - Jack Tackle (USA), Jim Donini (USA), Kim Schmitz (USA) - attempt on the NW face. Failed. Style: big wall
2002 - M. Fowler (UK), P. Ramsden (FA) (April) - FA of the NW face. Summit. Style: alpine
2004 - Tom Chamberlain (UK), Dave Evans (UK), Andy Sharpe (UK), Dave Hollinger (UK) (May) - attempt on the NW face. Failed. Style: alpine
2005 - Chad Kellogg (USA), Joe Puryear (USA) and Stoney Richards (USA) (September-October) - attempt on the NW face. Failed. Style: big wall
2006 - P Batoux and French team (October-November), FA of Siguniang N independent peak. Summit. Style: alpine
2006 - Japanese team (November-December) - attempt on the NW face. Failed. Style: ?

The northwest face of the main peak(6250m) of Four Girls Mountains

Photo © Kenzo Okawa (picture linked from Summitpost.org) Click on the image for a larger version from the original site.





























Photo © Bob Keaty (picture linked from Summitpost.org)
Click on the image for a larger version from the original site.

Map of Siguniang Shan Photo © Dreams-travel.com (picture linked from Dreams-travel.com) Click on the image for a larger version from the original site.




11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Failed:
2005 - Chad Kellogg (USA), Joe Puryear (USA) and Stoney Richards (USA) (September-October)
Attempt on the NW face.
Style: big wall
Failed.

http://siguniang4nw.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-our-objective.html

Anonymous said...

Summit:
2006 - P Batoux and French team (October-November), FA of Siguniang N independent peak. Style: alpine
Summit.

Anonymous said...

Summit:
2002 - M. Fowler (UK), P. Ramsden (FA) (April) - FA of the NW face. Style: alpine
Summit.

Anonymous said...

All regarding the North Side of Siguniang Shan

Anonymous said...

Just picked this up about Chad Kellogg here
Some photocopy at toward the bottom & some other links for other things.

http://www.extremeforum.net/forums/mountaineering/60164-hoax-artist-chad-kellog.html
or http://tinyurl.com/2l46zq

Anonymous said...

It's apparent Chad has been not honest about certain of his record claims on Rainier and Denali ):

Anonymous said...

Bonjour

pouvez-vous m'indiquer la difficulté (cotation) de ce sommet ?
savez-vous si des guides locaux proposent son ascension ?
merci

Anonymous said...

RE: Bonjour

pouvez-vous m'indiquer la difficulté (cotation) de ce sommet ?
savez-vous si des guides locaux proposent son ascension ?
merci

the only route on the NW face is Ramsden/Fowler at ED+ Local guides do not climb this nor the mountain by the other sides. after the recent earthquake access ijn area si diffcult and locals are busy surviving and fixing tyhe damage.

c

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