2010 Rolwaling Ice and Takargo Expedition

Welcome to Climb Nepal and thanks for joining us on another adventure!  David and I will arrive in Kathmandu on February 1st to prepare for a 2-month trip into the Rolwaling Valley in the Nepal Himalaya, west of the Khumbu. We have planned a dual-mission climbing trip. Our first mission is to explore the vast potential of ice climbing in the Rolwaling Valley, climbing and documenting as many waterfall-ice routes as we can.

Here are a few waterfalls we observed on our 2008 trip:

Our second and main objective is to attempt the unclimbed 6,771-meter (22,215-foot) Takargo. Sitting in the heart of the Rolwaling, Takargo (a.k.a. Tarkargo or Dragkar-Go) is the highest peak in the uplift nearly completely surrounded by the Tradkarding Glacier and the Ripimo Glacier.

The top of Takargo from the southwest:

Chobutse (left) and Takargo (right) from the air:

We'll be posting short updates from Kathmandu and from the field, so come back and visit often to watch the adventure unfold.