Annapurna I | 2006 N Face

A Italy expedition to Annapurna I in 2006 via N Face, led by Marco Camandona. Summit reached on 12th October 2006. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5364
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN106301
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Marco Camandona
Sponsor Annapurna 2006
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 47th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach By helicopter Kathmandu->Pokhara->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-09-18
Summit Date 2006-10-12
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 24
Total Days 31
Termination Date 2006-10-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 5
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(18/09,4200m),C1(21-23/09,5000m),C2(23/09,5700m),C3(10/10,6700m),Smt(12/10)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 at deposit only (not slept in) Every year mountain changes and is necessary to find safe route each time, so it took time to find relatively safe way (from falling ice seracs above C2) and to fix the route from C2 to C3; this took long time. Spent 11 Oct in C3 because of strong wind; summit party left C3 for top at 1:30 am of 12 Oct; on top: Mondinelli and Pemba Rinzi at 12:00 and Confortola at 12:40 pm, Camandona 1:00 pm (Mondinelli well acclimatized from frequent climbs of 8000ers, other 2 members not and so slower and as day wore on, wind picked up and blow away tracks of Mondinelli and Pemba Rinji). Camandona slept in C3 12 Oct, tired and did not want to move in darkness, while other 3 summiters went all the way down to BC at 11:30 pm. Iacchini to C2 3 times but not acclimatizing well, so no higher. Blanc left expedition 25 Sept (son's death); had reached C1. Team left BC only on 19th because they waited for helicopter. Avalanching taking place "all the time" from several places. Note: The summit claims of Marco Confortola for ANN1, DHA1, LHOT, MAKA and KANG are now in dispute; see articles published by Explorers Web and Lo Scarpone (portal of the Italian Alpine Club). Statements by Silvio Mondinelli: From Lo Scarpone (7 July 2025): The real summit was reached by me and a Sherpa. And then he [Confortola, ed.] arrived on the ridge, but he didn't come to the summit. Let's say it was still half an hour away, on the ridge you'll be at 8000-7950 meters. And then we found ourselves on the ridge, me, him, and the Sherpa, and we took pictures. But I also have the other photo, with the ice axe and the stick, which are at the top. Afterwards, Marco Camandona [who confirms that he met them both just below the ridge where Confortola took the photo, ed.] stopped at camp 3, while he, the Sherpa, and I descended to base camp, walking all night. When we arrived, I showed the others the photo of the summit, and he showed them the other one. I didn't have the courage to say anything there, but the others noticed. I said to myself, ‘Let's leave it,’ also because the expedition had been unlucky [referring to Abele Blanc's return due to a family bereavement, ed.]. But it bothered me that Marco then wrote that he had reached the summit. From Silvio Mondinelli to Billi Bierling on 09/08/2025: I definitely confirm that Marco did not reach Annapurna' summit.
Accidents Nothing
Achievement -
Agency Monterosa Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458997
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Abele Blanc M 1954 Italy Climber Aymavilles, Aosta, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Marco Camandona M 1970 Italy Leader Aosta, Aosta, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Marco Confortola M 1971 Italy Climber Bormio, Sondrio, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Fabio Iacchini M 1967 Italy Climber Macugnaga, Verbano, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Silvio Mondinelli M 1958 Italy Climber Alagna Valsesia, Vercelli, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pemba Rinzi/Rinji Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANN106301 - - https://explorersweb.com/italian-climber-accused-of-fake-summit-claims/ - - -
ANN106301 - - https://www.loscarpone.cai.it/dettaglio/marco-confortola-la-fine-degli-ottomila/ - - -
ANN106301 - - https://www.loscarpone.cai.it/dettaglio/confortola-risponde-a-moro-sono-stato-in-cima-al-lhotse-mi-vuole-infangare/ - - -