Annapurna I | 2021 N Face

A Nepal expedition to Annapurna I in 2021 via N Face, led by Chhang Dawa Sherpa. Summit reached on 16th April 2021. 26 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10544
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN121101
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2021
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Chhang Dawa Sherpa
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks International Annapurna I Expedition 2021
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Brazil, Greece, Kosovo, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Taiwan, USA
Approach Both by trekking and by heli to BC
Basecamp Date 2021-03-23
Summit Date 2021-04-16
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 24
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2021-04-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 17
Summit Members 12
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 7
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites Smt(16/04)
Route Notes Seven Summit Treks Annapurna expedition was a combination of several independent individuals. Seven Summits provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. Their accounts are given below: Uta Ibrahimi (Kosovo) Appr: Trekked via Tatopani to BC Camps: BC(23/03,4200m),C1(04/04,5300m),C2(05/04,5600m),C3(12/04,6300m), C4(14/04,7200m),Smt(16/04) Left: Hired: 1 Term: Success at 13:00 Summit team: Viridiana with Dendi Sherpa, Antonios with Dawa Sherpa, Ago (Lu Chung-Han) with Gesman Tamang, Badia and Mauricio with Pemba [Lakpa Temba?] Sherpa...and my Sherpa (Tashi) was sick so I climbed without him, just with the team. We started our summit push on 15 April and 500-600m below the summit we had to return since there was no rope to fix. It was around 4-5 in the morning when we started to go down after all night of climbing. Later that day, they brought rope with helicopter. The night of the summit it was snowing all the time till 23:30 and our tent was almost completely covered with snow; that's why I started a bit later (I was also climbing without a Sherpa so I wanted to climb after others would open the route. In the first part, maybe the first 300m the snow was deeper, and then higher up the conditions were better. After some time I caught the fixing team and other climbers which were on Mingma Gyalje's team and I climbed after them. When we started to climb the couloir, again the fixing team didn't have enough rope and all teams and climbers started to collect and give our own rope and ice screws. We reached the summit in good weather, but not so much visibility. Going down was fast. I ran out of O2 (I had 1 bottle) - kind of mis-organization. I stayed on summit maybe 20 minutes, since I wanted to make room for other climbers who were coming. I think others stayed for 1 hour. Oxygen: Ibrahimi used 1 bottle from C4 to summit and down part way. Hired: Tashi Sherpa Injuries: Ago (Taiwan) he had just a little bit frostbite and I think on his fingers, he was climbing without O2 Jarek (Poland) he had frostbite on how 2 fingers (I am not sure what happen), they started without O2, but then they started to use it. Others: nothing in our team. Badia Bonilla (Mexico) Mauricio Lopez (Mexico) Appr: Helicopter to BC Camps: BC(28/03,4700m),C1(31/03,5100m),C2(01/04,5500m),C3(11/04,6500m), C4(14/04,6985m),Smt(16/04) Left: 1 Hired: Lakpa Temba Sherpa, 14/05/85, Makalu Term: Success at 13:30 First summit attempt on 15/04, but turned back due to lack of rope (rope then supplied by helicopter for summit attempt on the next day). Summit team of Bonilla, Lopez and Lakpa Temba Sherpa left C4 at 00:15 on 16/05, summited at 13:30 pm. Long way from C4 to summit. So much cold, may be -35 centigrade. Returned to C4 arriving at 6 pm. Oxygen: Used from C4 to summit to C4. Hired: Lakpa Temba Sherpa, 14/05/85, Makalu Waldemar Kowalewski (Poland) Jaroslav Zdanowicz (Poland) Appr: Trekked via Tatopani to BC (trekked in via a new and safer route from Tatopani) Camps: BC(243/03,4000m),C1(26/03,4500m),C2(28/03,5200m),C3(12/04,6400m), C4(14/04,7100m),Smt(16/04) Left: 18/04 Hired: 0 Term: Success by both members at 13:00 pm. They wanted to try without supplemental oxygen initially. As a reserve, they each had 3 liters of oxygen with them which they eventually used. First summit push on 15/04. Couldn’t reach summit because ropes not fixed in French Couloir. Started at C4 at midnight and turned back at 7400m at 5 am. Later that day a helicopter dropped the missing ropes and some food for them at C4. A lot of snowfall in the afternoon. Second summit push started at 1 am on 16/04. It was cold and windy, they measured -40°C. Started from C4 without using oxygen. Because of the cold, they took their reserve oxygen at 7800m. They had to wait in the queue of climbers, which made it more difficult because of the cold. Sherpas went ahead to fix the remaining ropes, which made progress slow. On the summit at 1 pm. Stayed for maybe 30 minutes. Many people on summit, some almost fell off the mountain because too little space for so many people. Down to C3 at 10 pm. Next day to BC. On 18/04 Jaroslaw took a heli from BC to Tatopani. Then Jeep to Pokhara, on 20/04 by plane to Kathmandu. Waldemar was involved in the heli search for the missing Russians on 18/04. He then flew to Pokhara by heli from BC on 20/04. He will attempt Dhaulagiri later this season. Jaroslaw frostbite (grade 3) on two of his fingers. No amputation, but lasting damage expected. Oxygen: taken and used from 7800m to summit to just before C4. Adrian Laza (Romania) Appr: Trekked via Marpha, Yak Kharka to Tukuche BC; then by heli to Annapurna BC Camps: BC(14/04,2200m),C2(14/04,5700m),C4(15/04,6900m),Smt(16/04) Left: 18/04 Hired: 2 Term: Success at 13:00 Prior to arriving at Annapurna BC, Laza went to Tukuche to acclimatize and reached 6850mm. Then left by heli for Annapurna BC, arriving on 14/04, then quickly ascended to C4 on 15/05. Summited at 13:30 pm, stayed 15-20 minutes, then descended to C4 arriving at 19:30 pm. Good weather. Dawa Sherpa abandoned at 7500m (5:00am) because his oxygen regulator failed. Oxygen: Used from C4 to summit and down. Hired: Dawa Sherpa, Nurbugaon Lu Chung-Han (Taiwan) Appr: Helicopter to BC Camps: BC(24/03,4000m),C1(29/04,5100m),C2(05/04,5500m),C3(11/04,6400m), C4(13/04,6800m),Smt(16/04) Left: 17/04 Hired: 1 Term: Success at 14:30 First summit push on 14/04, but not enough ropes fixed. Reached 7000m and back to C4. Started for second summit push at 10:30 pm on 15/04. Summit on 16/04 at 2:30 pm. On summit for maybe 30 minutes. Cloudy weather, many people on summit. Back to C4 at 7 pm. On 17/04 got frostbite on toes and fingers (grade 2). Helicopter from C4 to BC and on to hospital in Kathmandu. Oxygen: Carried for emergency, not used (both member and hired) Hired: Gesman Tamang (stayed to participate in the rescue of Russians). Dmitri Sinev (Russia) Alexandr Lutokhin (Russia) Sergei Kondrashkin (Russia) Appr: By heli from Tatopani to BC Camps: BC(02/04,4000m),C1(04/04,5100m),C2(05/04,5500m),C3(14/04,6400m), C4(15/04,7300m),Smt(16/04) Left: 19/04 Hired: 0 Term: Success by Sinev (15:00 pm) and Kondrashkin (13:30 pm) They had their C4 higher than normal C4, at 7300m. They didn’t climb together, but everyone in his own pace and time. All three started for summit push at C4 at 6 am on 16/04. Sergei reached summit at about 1:30 pm, together with Sadetskiy and Sykaris from other teams. Dmitri on the summit at around 3 pm. Sergei back at C4 at 5 pm. Dmitri back at C4 at 10 pm. Alexandr on his way up from C4 got frostbite on fingers and didn’t reach the summit. He turned back to C4. Wasn’t acclimatized enough. All three spent horrible night at C4, their tent was torn. Next morning down to normal C4 at 6800m. Sergei went first and got there in 1 hour. Dmitri got there after 5 hours, Alexandr after 9 hours. Sergei prepared an old tent he found there because they had left their broken tent behind. Alexandr was in bad condition, badly frostbitten. Their walkie-talkie was out of battery so they couldn’t call for help. Next day Sergei couldn’t find the fixed ropes down, they were buried in deep snow. In the night, they put a headlamp on their tent, with flashing light, hoping for someone below to see it and send help. Waldemar Kowalewski at Crampon Point spotted the flashing light. Next morning on 19/04 heli came and rescued them, one by one on long-line to BC. From BC to hospital in Kathmandu on the same day. Sergei has a pulmonary infection and bad cough. Dmitri slight frostbite on fingers, not serious. Alexandr severe frostbite on fingers, necessary amputation. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Antonios Sykaris (Greece) Appr: Trekked via Tatopani to BC Camps: BC(24/03,4190m),ABC(27/03,4450m),C1(28/03,5000m),C2(04/04,5500m), C3(12/04,6400m),C4(14/04,6890m),Smt(16/04) Left: 19/04 Hired: 1 Term: Success at 13:33 pm Summit attempt on 15/04, got to 7400m when team ran out of rope. Next day attempt, left C4 at 12:00 am, summited at 13:33, stayed 30 minutes, then descended to C4. Good weather, but extremely cold (-36C). Oxygen: Used from 7500m until 8090m after summit finish. Hired: Dawa Sherpa (Italian Dawa)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464582
Year 2021
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

26 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Chhang Dawa Sherpa M 1982 Nepal Leader Nurbu Chaur, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Viridiana Alvarez Chavez F 1983 Mexico Climber Aguascalientes, Mexico - Details Other expeditions
Badia Briseida Bonilla Luna F 1966 Mexico Climber Mexico City, Mexico Nutritionist Details Other expeditions
Moeses Fiamoncini M 1979 Brazil Climber Sao Paulo, Brazil CEO at Brave Explorers, UK (trekking agency) Details Other expeditions
Flutura (Uta) Ibrahimi F 1983 Kosovo Climber Prishtine, Kosovo Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sergei Kondrashkin M 1979 Russia Climber St. Petersburg, Russia Sculptor Details Other expeditions
Kalliopi Koni F 1965 Greece Climber Athens, Greece - Details Other expeditions
Waldemar Dominik Kowalewski M 1973 Poland Climber Szcezecin, Poland Property developer Details Other expeditions
Angiolo Wolfgang Laviziano M 1968 USA/Germany Climber San Francisco, California - Details Other expeditions
Adrian Laza M 1963 Romania Climber Piatra Neamt, Romania & New Westminster, British Colombia Forestry engineer Details Other expeditions
Mauricio Ernesto Lopez Ahumada M 1957 Mexico Climber Mexico City, Mexico Alpine guide & businessman (geology & engineering) Details Other expeditions
Chung-Han (Ago) Lu M 1983 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Teacher of outdoor activities Details Other expeditions
Alexandr Lutokhin M 1962 Russia Climber Chernogolovka, Moscow, Russia Director of electronics manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Purnima Shrestha F 1990 Nepal Climber Arughat-9, Gorkha Photojournalist Details Other expeditions
Dmitri Sinev M 1972 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Gemmologist Details Other expeditions
Antonios Sykaris M 1962 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Businessman Details Other expeditions
Jaroslaw Zdanowicz M 1967 Poland Climber - Janitor and groundskeeper for a camping site in Germany Details Other expeditions
Chhangwa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dendi Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Temba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenji Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Gesman Tamang M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Kerung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

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