Annapurna I | 2021 N Face

A Nepal expedition to Annapurna I in 2021 via N Face, led by Mingma Gyalje Sherpa. Summit reached on 16th April 2021. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10548
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN121105
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2021
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Mingma Gyalje Sherpa
Sponsor Imagine Nepal 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 Canada, China, Pakistan, USA
Approach Heli from Tatopani to BC
Basecamp Date 2021-03-23
Summit Date 2021-04-16
Summit Time 1330
Summit Days 24
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2021-04-18
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 9
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
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 BC(23/03,4200m),C1(27/03,5008m),C2(30/03,5515m),C3(12/04,6413m),C4(13/04,6986m),Smt(16/04)
Route Notes BC 23/03 02/04 4200m C1 27/03 04/04 5008m C2 30/03 05/04 5515m C3 12/04 14/04 6413m C4 13/04 15/04 6986m Smt 16/04 by all members listed below apart from Carriere at 1:30 pm. Sirbaz, Abdul and Dawa Yangjum ascended to C4 on 13/04 even though they knew that the summit push was not going to be on 14/04, but they wanted to acclimatize up there. The rest of the team spent 13/04 at C3 (apart from Rzucidlo who was a day late due to sickness – see below) and ascended to C4 on 14/04. On 15/04 the whole team (apart from Rzucidlo) left C4 at 12:30 am and reached 7440m. The Sherpa team of about 10 people were fixing the ropes ahead of them. When they reached the high point at 5 am, the team had run out of rope and everyone descended to C4 again, which they reached at about 5:45 am. Team left C4 together with the rope-fixing team at 11:30 pm on 15/04. The snow was deep as it had been snowing the whole night until 11 pm. Conditions were actually good as Sherpas had broken the trail, especially Mingma Tenji of SST. They spent about 20 minutes and descended to C4 where they arrived at about 6 pm. According to Rzucidlo, it was a bit chaotic on the summit as the line was very tight and there were too many people. The whole team descended to C4 after the summit and to BC on 17/04. Gear was dropped at C4 on 15/04 by one helicopter. Ropes, fixing equipment, some oxygen bottles and food and gas were lowered to C4 by long-line. Avalanche on 27/04: There were two avalanches while the Sirbaz and Joshi were on the way to C1. They did not get caught, but were in the spin drift of the second avalanche. Rzucidlo’s health issues: After the first rotation, Rzucidlo came back to BC and fell sick with diarrhea. She took a helicopter to Pokhara on 07/04, where she stayed in a hotel for two nights and flew back to BC on 09/04. On 10/04, Rzucidlo still felt sick while the rest of the group started their summit push from BC. On 11/04, she took another helicopter to Pokhara and went to hospital there. She was put on a drip for the night and flew back to BC on 12/04. the other members of the team were at C3 on 12/04. On 13/04 she ascended from BC to C2 and on 14/04 to C3. On 15/04 she met her other teammates at C4. Dean Carriere reached 5700m (the wall above C2) on 06/04. When he came down to BC he felt very unwell and was unable to walk properly. He flew to Pokhara on 08/04 and to Kathmandu on 09/04 where he spent two nights at HAMS hospital. He left Nepal on 11/04. Back in Canada he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) syndrome which is likely to have been brought on by the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccination. Oxygen: Taken and used from C4 to summit to C4 by Gina, Khan from 7900m to summit to 7800m and Joshi from 7800m to 8000m. Dawa Yangjum and Mingma Gyalje did NOT use oxygen. Left BC on 18/04 by helicopter to Pokhara.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Imagine Nepal (Satori Adventures pmt)
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

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mingma Gyalje Sherpa M 1986 Nepal Leader Beding, Dolakha Managing director of Imagine Nepal Details Other expeditions
Dean Christopher Carriere M 1965 Canada Climber Ile des Chenes, Manitoba Self-employed construction worker Details Other expeditions
Hong-Juan Dong F 1980 China Climber Beijing, China Engineer Details Other expeditions
Li Gao M 1985 China Climber Henan, China - Details Other expeditions
Muhammad Abdul Joshi M 1984 Pakistan Climber Shimshal, Pakistan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sirbaz Khan M 1986 Pakistan Climber Ali Abad, Hunza, Pakistan Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Gina Marie Rzucidlo F 1978 USA Climber New York, New York Self-employed (make-up artist) Details Other expeditions
Dabuti Sherpa F 1994 Nepal Climber Gaurishankar-3, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Yangzum Sherpa F 1990 Nepal Climber Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita F 1984 Nepal Climber Gumela, Chaurikharka, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Rita Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Gyalje (Dawa Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phur Gyalzen (Fur Geljen) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tamting Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tamang M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Garma-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.