Annapurna I | 2023 N Face

A UK expedition to Annapurna I in 2023 via N Face, led by Nirmal Purja. Summit reached on 15th April 2023. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11039
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN123102
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2023
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Nirmal Purja
Sponsor Elite Exped Annapurna Expedition 2023
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 Austria, France, Qatar, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2023-03-07
Summit Date 2023-04-15
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 39
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2023-04-17
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 5
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(07/03,4200m),C1(10/03,5000m),C2(12/03,5400m),C3(13/04,6500m),C4(6700m),Smt(15/04)
Route Notes Report from Alasdair McKenzie Approach: Heli to BC BC 07/03 4200m C1 10/03 5000m C2 12/03 5400m C3 13/04 6500m (lower) C4 6700m Smt 15/04 by McKenzie, Dorjee Sherpa at 12 noon. The other members of Nims’ team summited the same day, but a bit later. Nims Dai, Asma, Anna Gutu and their Sherpas. McKenzie and the rest of the team started the summit push from C3 at 7 pm on 14/04, his Sherpa Dorjee was already higher up to fix the rope. McKenzie hooked up with Dorjee about 2 hours below the summit. He had come down from the summit from his rope-fixing trip. The weather was windy, the traverse to the summit was hard and icy. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C3 where they arrived at 5 pm. On 16/04 descended to BC. Left BC on 17/04 by helicopter. Oxygen: Taken and used from 6800m to summit to 6800m by McKenzie & Dorjee. Sherpas: Dorjee Sherpa After Annapurna, McKenzie is going to Dhaulagiri, Everest and Kangchenjunga. Report from Sabrina Filzmoser: Mostly dry beginning of March, perfect conditions, but cold, sometimes little snow, high winds, then much snow, more wind, whenever there’s been some sun, massive avalanches and with melting snow quickly seracs also broke down. Jetstream very strong from W or NW. Ropes got quickly buried, every time new trail/trace, mostly knee-deep, sometimes hip-deep. Filzmoser left early, due home to start her police work in Austria on 11 April.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Elite Exped (Imagine Nepal pmt)
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464458
Year 2023
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nirmal Purja Pun Magar M 1983 UK/Nepal Leader Dana-3, Myagdi British army (retired) Details Other expeditions
Asmaa Thani A. M. Al Thani F 1989 Qatar Climber Doha, Qatar Director of marketing Details Other expeditions
Sabrina Filzmoser F 1980 Austria Climber Wels, Upper Austria, Austria Olympic athlete Details Other expeditions
Tejan Gurung M 1995 UK/Nepal Climber Hong Kong - Details Other expeditions
Anna Gutu F 1990 USA/Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Alasdair Scot McKenzie M 2004 France Climber Tignes, Savoie, France Student # aspirant alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenzi Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Khembalung, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pur Bahadur (Yukta) Gurung M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Laprak-3, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Phura Dorje Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Temba Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Khembalung, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyaljen Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.