Makalu | 2012 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Makalu in 2012 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Suzanne Huesser. Summit reached on 28th September 2012. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7624
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA12301
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Suzanne Huesser
Sponsor Kobler & Partner Makalu Expedition 2012
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 Austria, Germany, Italy, Mexico
Approach Tumlingtar->Tashigaon->BC
Basecamp Date 2012-09-07
Summit Date 2012-09-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2012-10-09
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7900m due to high winds
High Point (m) 7900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1500
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(07/09,4840m),ABC(09/09,5440m),C1(12/09,6154m),C2(17/09,6750m),C3(26/09,7400m),C4(28/09,7900m),xxx(28/09,7900m)
Route Notes C4 at 7900m wrong C4 on rocky buttress High point at top of rocky buttress. After the second acclimatization phase during which the team did not get to sleep on the Makalu La as they had run out of rope, the whole team left BC on 24 Sept for their summit attempt. They spent two nights at the Makalu La to get a better acclimatization as they were attempting to summit without using supplementary oxygen. During their rest day the Sherpas estabished C4; however, they put it in the wrong place. Instead of traversing left from the Makalu La, they went straight up and established the C4 on top of a rock pinnacle at about 7900m. When Huesser and the rest of the team arrived at C4 and realized the mistake, it was clear that neither the Sherpas nor the team would have been strong enough to move the camp the following day and try to summit on 30 Sept, so they decided to descend to BC. The high point team (Huesser, Bierling, Stoll, Wunderlich, Contreras and Gonzalez) intended another summit attempt on 8 Oct; however, when they reached C2 on 6 Oct the winds were just too high to carry on. They packed up C2 and descended to BC, which was the end of the expedition. Schoellhuber reached an altitude of about 7650m during the first summit attempt on 28 Sept; however, he was too tired to carry on and turned back to C3, where he spent the night. He descended to BC on 29 Sept and left BC on 2 Oct. Streich reached an altitude of about 6900m on 17 Sept during the second acclimatization phase when the team tried to reach the Makalu La for the first time. He got cold during the climb and wanted to turn back to C2 to get his down gear, however, by the time he got there and back he was too tired to carry on. Streich abandoned the expedition during the summit attempt as he had bruised or hair fractured a rib, which he felt when he reached C2 on 25 Sept. He was in too much pain to carry on and descended to BC on 26 Sept. He left BC together with Schollhuber on 2 Oct. Oxygen: Taken not used. Sherpas: Pemba, Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung, 9/7/1982 Nima Tendu, Upper Walung, Makalu-Barun, 31/8/1973 Tenji, Tapting-7, Solukhumbu, 16/4/1981 Pasang Angchuk, Gyabla, Lelep-8, Taplejung, 15/2/1984
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Active Holiday Nepal Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459156
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Barbara Susanne (Billi) Bierling F 1967 Germany Climber Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Journalist Details Other expeditions
Yuri Contreras Cedi M 1963 Mexico Climber Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico Physician and business owner Details Other expeditions
Laura Gonzalez del Castillo Aranda F 1966 Mexico Climber Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico Teacher Details Other expeditions
Suzanne Katharina Huesser F 1967 Switzerland Leader Visperterminen, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Johannes Schoellhuber M 1966 Austria Climber Oberschlierbach, Upper Austria, Austria Butcher Details Other expeditions
Bernhard Stoll M 1973 Italy Climber Niederdorf, South Tirol, Italy Electrician Details Other expeditions
Andreas Peter Streich M 1980 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Computer scientist Details Other expeditions
Patric Wunderlich M 1979 Germany Climber Bad Brambach, Saxony, Germany Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tendu (Nima Thenduk) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenji Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Angchuk/Angjuck Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Gyabla, Lelep-8, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.