Makalu | 2001 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Iran expedition to Makalu in 2001 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Sadegh Aghajani. Summit reached on 13th May 2001. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3851
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Expedition ID MAKA01109
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2001
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Iran
Leaders Sadegh Aghajani
Sponsor I.R. Iran Makalu Expedition Nepal 2001
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed True
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-04-10
Summit Date 2001-05-13
Summit Time 1740
Summit Days 33
Total Days 37
Termination Date 2001-05-17
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at fore-summit
High Point (m) 8440
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 15
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 0
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(10/04,4800m),ABC(13/04,5250m),C1(21/04,6100m),C2(28/04,6500m),C3(02/05,7400m),C4(12/05,7600m),xxx(13/05,8440m)
Route Notes BC near Barun Pokhari ABC just beyond and above glacier's junction C1 at field of rock in Chago Glacier C2 at wall right of rock C3 at Makalu La C4 on glacier just to North of NW Ridge. Mixed climbing above C4 with difficult rock especially at about 8300m and mixed ice and rock above C4. Left C4 at 3:00 am made the route and on top at 5:40 pm. Left top 6:15 pm. Returned C4 10:00 pm, but no frostbite or other health problems (had headlamps). Chileans - 21 May: Iranians never fixed any rope. Took bowls from Chileans tent, took Chilean's ice axe and maybe took other items from various teams. Guy Cotter, New Zealand leader - 20 May: When Cotter returned to his tent at C2, he found Iranians inside and threw them out. Iranians then went into empty Austrian tent and stayed there. Iranians left large amount of rubbish around camps. Summit Sherpas: Lhakpa, Khumjung, 39, 1st 8000er (not 1990 Makalu summiter) Lhakpa Ongyal, Tumlingtar, Makalu VDC-5, 35 Parvaneh Kazemi - 15 Feb 2015 The Iranian team did not summit according to a subsequent book written by Reza Zarei. [In Iran, they are credited with only reaching the fore-summit 8440m.]
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking (Parajuli)
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454944
Year 2001
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Eghbal Aflaki Aghbelagh M 1954 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran Refrigeration engineer Details Other expeditions
Sadegh Aghajani Kalkhoran M 1960 Iran Leader Tehran, Iran Clerk Details Other expeditions
Amir Akbari M 1972 Iran Climber Hamadan, Iran Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Jalal Cheshmeh Ghasabani M 1959 Iran Climber Hamadan, Iran Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Mahdi Ghemipour M 1980 Iran Climber Naghadeh, Iran Student Details Other expeditions
Ali Rezo Jalali M 1968 Iran Climber Tabriz, Iran Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hosein Jamalran M 1971 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran College student Details Other expeditions
Abosfazl Javadi M 1961 Iran Exp Doctor Tehran, Iran Physician Details Other expeditions
Davoud Khadem Asl M 1957 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran Printer Details Other expeditions
Akbar Kazem Mehdizadeh M 1975 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran College student Details Other expeditions
Hamid Mosnedian M 1966 Iran Exp Doctor Tehran, Iran Physician Details Other expeditions
Mohammad Hassan Najarian M 1965 Iran Climber Zanjan, Iran Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Mohammad Oraz M 1969 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran College student Details Other expeditions
Pooria Parchami Araghi M 1974 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran College student Details Other expeditions
Reza Zarei Toudeshki M 1969 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran Sports student Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa (Lhakpa Nuru) Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Ongyal (Lhakpa Wangel) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA01109 HIGH - - - 231:78-79 (Feb 2002) -