Makalu | 2007 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Italy expedition to Makalu in 2007 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Romano Benet. Summit reached on 28th January 2008. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5921
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA07401
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2007
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Romano Benet
Sponsor Nives Meroi Makalu Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Plane to Lukla and chopper to place 20 minutes below Barun Pokhari
Basecamp Date 2008-01-13
Summit Date 2008-01-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 15
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2008-02-11
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to wind's destruction of BC and gear and food
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
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(13/01,5600m),C1(27/01,6500m),xxx(28/01,7000m)
Route Notes Italians on Makalu led by Romano Benet - 13 February 2007 The team was plagued by strong winds -- there were only two days, the 16th and 27th of January, when there was no wind. The three Italians did all their climbing together. On 16th January, they moved from BC to the for their C1 at 6500m meters, about 100m above the Kazakhstani's C1, and deposited gear there but did not erect their tent. Then back to BC again. On 27 January they succeeded in reaching C1, pitched their tent and slept that night there. On the 28th, they climbed to 7000m meters to a couloir in the rock band. It was so cold this day that Meroi's eyelashes were freezing together, and she constantly had to rub them open; her left thumb became numb from the cold. They descended to BC that day. This turned out to be their high point. They waited at BC for better weather to enable them to resume climbing, but it did not materialize. On 9 February the wind decided for them about abandoning their climb: it blew their BC tents from their ropes; tore them to pieces and scattered and broke their sleeping bags, food and gear. They spent all day searching the area to recover what they could; even a crampon had been broken when the wind lifted a stone and smashed it against the crampon. They left BC on 11 February to retreat their camp near Barun Pokhari. Between the two camps, the wind at her back pushed Meroi between two large rocks and caused her to fall against one of them, breaking her right ankle; Benet and Vuerich had to carry her on their backs over difficult moraine the rest of the way. They were evacuated by helicopter to Kathmandu on the 12th, and Meroi was taken directly to hospital. She expected to stay till about the 16th, when she hoped to fly back to Italy for an operation on her ankle. The team fixed no rope. The Kazakhstanis did, and they also used 200 meters of rope that Benet and Meroi had left there in their attempt on Makalu last autumn.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457401
Year 2007
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Romano Benet M 1962 Italy Leader Tarvisio, Udine, Italy Forest ranger Details Other expeditions
Nives Meroi F 1961 Italy Climber Tarvisio, Udine, Italy Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Luca Vuerich M 1975 Italy Climber Tarvisio, Udine, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA07401 AAJ Griffin, Lindsay - - 82:407-408 (2008) -
MAKA07401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200840700/Asia-Nepal-Upper-Dolpo-Mahalangur-HimalMakalu-Section-Makalu-Winter-Attempts - - -