Annapurna I | 2008 NW Face

A Czech Republic expedition to Annapurna I in 2008 via NW Face, led by Martin Minarik. Summit reached on 19th October 2008. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6111
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN108302
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Czech Republic
Leaders Martin Minarik
Sponsor Annapurna 2008
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 Slovakia
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-10-08
Summit Date 2008-10-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2008-10-25
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7500m due to strong winds on NW Face and North Face
High Point (m) 7500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(08/10,3900m),Biv1(14/10,5200m),Biv2(15/10,6000m),Biv3(16/10,6400m),Biv4(17/10,7000m),Biv5(18/10,7400m),xxx(19/10,7500m)
Route Notes High point at NW Face. The leader, Martin Minarik, left Kathmandu on 23 Sept with a trekking group to Tilicho Lake. The other two members left Kathmandu on the 27th; they went to Jomsom via the Thorong La. The three met in Jomsom on the 4th of Oct and to the normal site for expeditions on the northern side of Annapurna I; they arrived at BC on 8 Oct. On the 11th, they climbed to a glacier under the NW Face and camped there at 4800m to acclimatize a bit and to look for good access to the face. They were back in BC the next day. On the 14th, the three men moved through the glacier and up onto the NW Face through seracs to camp at 5200m. This was the most dangerous part of their climb because of the seracs. On the 15th, they took their tents and climbed the steep section of the face at up to 80 degrees and camped at 6000m. On the 16th, they took their tents to 6400m, where there was plenty of space to pitch them, "a nest between seracs." But next day they stopped at their "poorest" camp site on snow under the largest serac at 7000m. There was little space here, and it was very windy. On the 18th, they camped at 7400m in the middle of a snow slope. From that afternoon till midnight half-meter of snow fell on their campsite. The next day, they tried to go up with a tent, but at 7500m it was very cold, very windy, and there was new snow on the mountain side. Here they turned around and descended to 6400m. The weather forecast was for continued strong winds. The team decided on the 19th that they had no chance to climb the NW Face, but thought they might be able to climb the North Face. In the evening of the 20th they arrived at a new BC. On the 21st, all three members were suffering from food poisoning and stayed in camp, but on the 24th they moved up to the normal site for BC for climbs of the North Face. However, the forecast was for a temperature of minus 30 degrees and 70-80 km/hr winds above 7500m. They decided that night not to try to climb the North Face, and on the 25th they left the North Face BC to return to Kathmandu.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking (Tendi)
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459737
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Josef (Dodo) Kopold M 1980 Slovakia Climber Bratislava, Slovakia Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Petr Masek M 1970 Czech Republic Climber Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic Owns business doing work on tall buildings & trimming tall trees Details Other expeditions
Martin Minarik M 1967 Czech Republic Leader Blatnicka, Czech Republic Tour operator Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANN108302 - - http://www.martinminarik.cz - - -