Annapurna I | 2010 N Face

A USA expedition to Annapurna I in 2010 via N Face, led by Nick Rice. Summit reached on 21st April 2010. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6742
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN110103
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2010
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Nick Rice
Sponsor Nick Rice on Annapurna
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 2010-04-05
Summit Date 2010-04-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 16
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2010-05-01
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6250m due to injuries suffered from falling ice
High Point (m) 6250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
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(05/04,4200m),C1(14/04,4870m),C2(15/04,5565m),xxx(21/04,6250m)
Route Notes Rice arrived at BC on 5 April and two days later went to C1, then returned to BC on the 8th. On the 9th he developed stomach trouble and stayed in BC while he recovered. He went back up to C1 on the 14th and on to C2 the next day. On the 6th he gave his light tent to Joao Garcia, the Portuguese climber on the expedition led by Piotr Pustelnik, for Garcia's summit push. Rice descended to BC. On the 20th, Rice climbed from BC to C2, and on 21 April he headed up to C3. He reached 6250m, where he was hit on the head by a block of ice, a part of a serac that had fallen, struck a rock and broken into pieces. His head was not visibly injured, but left him vomiting and dizzy, and his balance was not normal. He managed to go down alone to C1 at 4:00 pm in near white-out conditions. On the 22nd he was back in BC. He left BC on the 25th and went up to C2 with the intention of climbing the next to C4. However on the 26th, when he had not gone very far above C2, to only 5750m, he became dizzy again and abandoned his attempt on Annapurna I. He returned to BC that day and stayed there until 1 May, when a helicopter arranged by Pustelnik's expedition picked them (and him) up at BC and flew them to Kathmandu.
Accidents Rice hit by falling ice (stomach trouble earlier)
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460288
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nicholas Alexander (Nick) Rice M 1985 USA Leader Hermosa Beach, California Alpinist & photographer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.