Annapurna I | 2008 N Face

A Slovakia expedition to Annapurna I in 2008 via N Face, led by Jan Matlak. Summit reached on 29th April 2008. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5943
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN108102
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Slovakia
Leaders Jan Matlak
Sponsor Slovak Army Expedition to Annapurna I
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-03
Summit Date 2008-04-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 26
Total Days 33
Termination Date 2008-05-06
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6700m due to serious avalanching and route impassable
High Point (m) 6700
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
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(03/04,4300m),ABC(08/04,5050m),C1(14/04,5330m),C2(28/04,6500m),xxx(29/04,6700m)
Route Notes BC at normal N Face site C1 at normal C1 site for N Face High point below NW Ridge. Slovak Army Expedition to Annapurna led by Jan Matlak - 14 May 2008 Expedition arrived at BC at 4300m on 3 April and made an ABC at 5050m. because otherwise C1 would be too far from BC, and from BC it was not possible to see the route and the summit, whereas they could be seen from ABC. Their route from BC to their high point was basically the same as the German 1980 route. But they went no higher than 6700m because of serious avalanching. They first occupied C1 on 14 April at the site for C1 on the normal N Face route (French 1950 route). C1 was destroyed on 16 April and again on 30 April/1 May, when no one was in the camp. They made a new C1 following the first hit and from it they occupied C2 on 28 April. The team had been joined on 22 April by the two-member Czech-Slovak Annapurna team led by Roman Langr. These two went to ABC on 24 April and C1 on 28 april; Mrava turned back to ABC on the 29th because of pain in his knee while Langr joined Matlak's members in C2 on the 29th and went with three of them, Namcok, Supica and Svancar, to the high point of 6700m that day. The route was impassable above 6700m because the two large couloirs to their right and left contained big seracs, and snow and ice avalanches were coming down from the buttress farther right. The summiters went down to C2 and spent the nights of the 29th and 30th there and were back in BC on 1 May. Snow had been falling and piling up every afternoon in late April. Finally, a big avalanche from the buttress hit C2's two tents at 8:00 pm on 30 April and swept them down 300m. It hit the tent occupied by Da Temba and Dendi Sherpas with greater force. While the members in their tent at C2 were not hurt, the Sherpas in the other tent were seriously injured. Dendi was partly buried in an ice cave and stuck there all night with a fractured right arm and frozen toes, while Da Temba's ankle was sprained and he suffered chest and head contusions; a few days after the accident, he lost the sight in his right eye, which apparently was due to his head injuries. The two Sherpas were evacuated from BC to Kathmandu. The expedition had fixed 1000m of rope from BC to C2. Sherpas: Da Temba, 29/12/84, Gudel-4, Solu, no 8000ers Dendi Sherpa, 25/11/72 (10/8/2029), Sanam, Gudel, Everest X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Nepal Trans Himalayan Explorer
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459564
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jozef Hanzel M 1972 Slovakia Climber Detva, Slovakia Technical engineer Details Other expeditions
Andrej Harendarcik M 1964 Slovakia Exp Doctor Zuolen, Slovakia Physician Details Other expeditions
Jan Matlak M 1954 Slovakia Leader Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions
Pavol Mitter M 1971 Slovakia Climber Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions
Miroslav Nemcok M 1968 Slovakia Climber Benus Gasparovo, Slovakia Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions
Jozef Supica M 1972 Slovakia Climber Terchova, Slovakia Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Svancar M 1955 Slovakia Climber Mnichova Lehota, Slovakia Technical engineer Details Other expeditions
Roman Svantner M 1972 Slovakia Climber Polomka, Slovakia Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.