Makalu | 2001 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Austria expedition to Makalu in 2001 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Hermann Trippacher. Summit reached on 14th May 2001. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3847
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA01106
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2001
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Hermann Trippacher
Sponsor Friends of Nature Makalu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 71st
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-04-12
Summit Date 2001-05-14
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 32
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2001-05-17
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8485
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(12/04,5600m),C1(21/04,6100m),C2(26/04,6500m),C3(29/04,7400m),C4(14/05,7800m),Smt(14/05)
Route Notes BC at high up Chago glacier C1 at Chago glacier C2 at Chago glacier C3 at Makalu La C4 at north side of NW Ridge. 14 May summit party left C3 for summit at midnight 13th; reached top 1:00 pm by Watschinger and Denk on top at 2:45 because left at 1:15 pm, and Kaltenbrunner at 4:00 pm after spending 2 hours in C4 warming her feet (very slight frostbite); Denk and Kaltenbrunner stopped in C4 for the night waiting for Ernst Resch while Watschinger in C3. All to BC 15 May. 14 May Herman Trippacher and 2 Sherpas to Makalu La, but turned back same day because he was sick (wife went to Makalu La also and down from there); Sherpas to C4 to go to top on 15 May but they turned back because weather changed and snowfalling (Sherpas Mingma and Temba, both 22 yrs old); Trippachers to BC 14th.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454945
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Walter Arnold M 1947 Austria Climber Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria Retired truck driver Details Other expeditions
Rudolf Denk M 1961 Austria Climber Marchtrenk, Upper Austria, Austria Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Franz Fend M 1962 Austria Climber Linz, Upper Austria, Austria Journalist Details Other expeditions
Friedrich Hangweyrer M 1955 Austria Climber Rutzenmoos, Upper Austria, Austria Train driver Details Other expeditions
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner F 1970 Austria Climber Ebensee, Upper Austria, Austria Nurse Details Other expeditions
Siegfried Klettner M 1939 Austria Climber Ebensee, Upper Austria, Austria Retired government official Details Other expeditions
Joachim Moritz M 1972 Austria Climber Linz, Upper Austria, Austria Communications engineer Details Other expeditions
Hermann Trippacher M 1960 Austria Leader Neukirchen, Upper Austria, Austria State unemployment official Details Other expeditions
Roswitha Trippacher F 1954 Austria Climber Neukirchen, Upper Austria, Austria Bookkeeper Details Other expeditions
Karl Watschinger M 1973 Austria Climber Kaprun, Salzburg, Austria Physician Details Other expeditions
Herbert Wolf M 1967 Austria Climber Ebensee, Upper Austria, Austria Police officer Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gelu Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Balakharka, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Temba Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.