Himlung Himal | 2025 NW Ridge

A Sweden expedition to Himlung Himal in 2025 via NW Ridge, led by Mans Sjogren. Summit reached on 23rd September 2025. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

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Field Value
ID 7740
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID HIML25317
Peak ID HIML
Year 2025
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Sweden
Leaders Mans Sjogren
Sponsor Adventure Ascent Himlung Expedition Autumn 2025
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 -
Approach Besisahar->Manang->BC
Basecamp Date 2025-09-05
Summit Date 2025-09-23
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 18
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7126
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
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(05/09,4800m),C1(5500m),C2(6000m),C3(6100m),Smt(23/09)
Route Notes From Mans Sjogren Facebook page: September 25, 2025 SUMMIT OF HIMLUNG HIMAL 7126M This has definitely been one of the most mentally and physically challenging things we've ever done. We're first team to summit the mountain this season, meaning we were the only 2 people on the entire route. We climbed it completely selfsustained, hauling all our gear, setting up camps etc ourselves. From the bottom of the route at 6100m up to the summit at 7126m we had to trailblaze in ankle to sometimes knee deep snow the entire way. At points we were close to giving up due to the physical & mental strain, but we kept pushing. In total it took us 12 hours from our tent to the summit, 15 hours roundtrip. Alot longer than expected, but eventually we made it there. It felt surreal to ski at 7000 meters above sea level, sadly we had absolute shit fuck snow conditions, out of almost 1000m of skiing barely 50m were somewhat decent, the rest consisted of a 1.5-2.5 cm sun & wind crust. It's kinda hilarious that we came to the mountain this early in the season in the hopes of getting good snow. But that's life! It was still an absolutely awesome experience! Due to bad weather our acclimatization schedule got completely screwed, we only managed to sleep 3 nights at 5500m, as well as haul some gear up to 5850m before going for the summit push. After a full week of waiting in basecamp we finally had our weather window. It was now or never. We reached camp 1 with the hopes of going to camp 2 or even 2.5 the day after. When we reached our gear stash at 5850m heavy snow started falling and we had no choice but to quickly set up our tent and wait it out until the day after. The heavy snow meant that the glacier crossing up to camp 2 was also more difficult. Negotiating crevasses with 30+ KG backpacks at 6000m was definitely an experience in itself. In order to conserve energy for the summit we went no further than C2. The day after we went 2 hours over the glacier to set up camp 2.5, moving our tent and all the gear with us, to get ready for the final stage of the summit push. It's quite the unconventional approach to climbing a mountain like this, but with the cards we were dealt we did what we could, and it worked.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Ascent
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2465127
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mans Johan Anselm Sjogren M 2000 Sweden Leader Varnamo, Sweden - Details Other expeditions
Oskar Mats Goran Normelli M 1999 Sweden Climber Husby-Rekarne, Sweden - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
HIML25317 - - https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZZVLjEwvw/ - - -
HIML25317 - - https://www.facebook.com/mans.sjogren.7/posts/summit-of-himlung-himal-7126m-this-has-definitely-been-one-of-the-most-mentally-/24616826354651644/ - - -