Makalu | 2011 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A USA expedition to Makalu in 2011 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Fabrizio Zangrilli. Summit reached on 27th May 2011. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7119
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA11104
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Fabrizio Zangrilli
Sponsor Kinga & Fabrizio 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 Poland
Approach Lukla->Island Peak->Helicopter to BC
Basecamp Date 2011-04-27
Summit Date 2011-05-27
Summit Time -
Summit Days 30
Total Days 33
Termination Date 2011-05-30
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7900m due to fatigue and too much snow
High Point (m) 7900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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 Climbed Island Peak
Campsites BC(27/04,5600m),C2(21/05,6400m),C3(08/05,7300m),C4(26/05,7550m),xxx(27/05,7900m)
Route Notes Team left C4 at midnight on 26-27 May. The weather was clear and still about -20 degrees. Nobody else was left on the mountain, so they were on their own. When they reached the seracs at 7900m, Zangrilli was too tired to keep on breaking the trail, so they decided to turn around at about 3:30 am. They descended all the way to ABC, where Baranowski arrived at 6 pm and Zangrilli at 8 pm (he was carrying the loads). The next two days they rested at BC and on 30 May they were picked up by helicopter directly from BC to return to Kathmandu. As far as Joelle Brupbacher is concerned, Zangrilli said that she died in the night of 22nd May after she had summited with her Sherpa Pasang. Zangrilli and Baranowska were at BC when they heard that Brupbacher was in trouble. Jorge E. went to Zangrilli's tent at midnight and Jorge, Steve House and Marko Prezelj went back up to take oxygen at about 1 am. At around 6 am, they were informed that Brupbacher had died; they were above C2 at about 6900m and turned back to BC after that. On his summit push on 27 May, Zangrilli collapsed Brupbacher's tent at C3 to bury her. Zangrilli said Brupbacher had not been well during the whole expedition (she was coughing a lot).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458665
Year 2011
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kinga Baranowska F 1975 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
Fabrizio John Zangrilli M 1972 USA Leader Boulder, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA11104 - - http://fabriziozangrilli.blogspot.com/2011/06/makalu-2011-end-of-expedition-and.html - - -