Annapurna I | 2009 S Face (near Humar 2007 rte)

A Italy expedition to Annapurna I in 2009 via S Face (near Humar 2007 rte), led by Romano Benet. Summit reached on 5th April 2009. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6326
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN109102
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face (near Humar 2007 rte)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Romano Benet
Sponsor Italian Annapurna-Kangchenjunga Expedition
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 2009-03-30
Summit Date 2009-04-05
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2009-04-22
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5600m due to extreme difficulty reaching east end of South Face
High Point (m) 5600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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 Attempted Kangchenjunga (KANG-091-02)
Campsites BC(30/03,4150m),Depot(04/04,5100m),C1(05/04,5600m),xxx(05,18/05,5600m)
Route Notes BC at west side of South Annapurna Glacier 1 hour from South Annapurna BC C1 at 7 km from BC High point at C1. Italian Annapurna I/Kangchenjunga Expedition, led by Romano Benet - 24 April 2009 Annapurna I Roman Benet and his wife, Nives Meroi, were unable to reach the foot of the South Face to start their ascent to the East Ridge because of the terrible condition of the glacier below the face. Crevasses were opening up and widening day by day. A crevasse that was two meters wide when they first arrived in just a few days became 20 meters wide; other crevasses widened to 50 meters across; it was impossible to descend down into them and climb up the other sides. Fallen seracs littered the glacier and were difficult to maneuver around. The face itself was in good condition: "perfect, snow, no ice." But getting to it was a nightmare. They placed their BC on 30 March at 4150m on the north side of the South Annapurna Glacier one hour up from the South Annapurna BC site, which is marked on trekking map. On 2 April they reached 5100m, made a deposit of gear there and returned to BC. On the 4th they returned to the deposit camp and slept there. On the following day, they moved farther east and gained altitude to 5600m; they pitched C1 there. It was seven kilometers away from BC, below the South Face on the left side of an icefall. They had been climbing near Tomaz Humar's autumn 2007 route. They returned to BC on the 6th, and now there was a period of bad weather with snow falling at BC, but not much new snow covering the face. But now seracs started falling. On 12 April they were able to return to the deposit site at 5100m. But now Benet had developed a chest infection, so they went back to BC the same day. On the 18th they set out for C1. It took them 12 hours to reach the camp because the glacier and the mountain side had been changed by the fallen seracs. They considered the site unsafe and packed it all up and descended 200m to bivouac in a safer place. They had seen no safe route beyond the C1 site to cross an icefall above it. They were back in BC on the 19th, and they now decided to abandon the climb and left BC on the 22nd to return to Kathmandu and go to Kangchenjunga. They were the last of three teams to leave the base camp area, and were back in Kathmandu on the 23rd with plans to leave on the 25th.
Accidents Romano Benet's mild chest infection
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID KANG09102
Checksum 2459906
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face (near humar 2007 rte)

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Romano Benet M 1962 Italy Leader Tarvisio, Udine, Italy Alpine gear shop manager Details Other expeditions
Nives Meroi F 1961 Italy Climber Tarvisio, Udine, Italy Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.