Makalu | 2012 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Australia expedition to Makalu in 2012 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Anthony Dignan. Summit reached on 16th October 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7821
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA12303
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Anthony Dignan
Sponsor An Australian on Makalu
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 -
Basecamp Date 2012-09-07
Summit Date 2012-10-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 39
Total Days 40
Termination Date 2012-10-17
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8050m due to strong wind
High Point (m) 8050
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(07/09,5750m),C1(11/09,6400m),C2(16/09,6700m),C3(25/09,7400m),C4(15/10,8000m),xxx(16/10,8050m)
Route Notes Dignan and his helper, Siddhi Bahadur Tamang, established only two fixed camps on Makalu: C1 at 6400m on 11 September and C4 at 8000m on 15 October for their final push to the summit. Thus C1 was their only fixed camp until summit day. All other "camps" were temporary camps as they moved up and down the mountain. It was the wind that defeated them. On their summit day, 16 October, it was blowing at 80-100 mph and it "affected" both men's fingers. (In addition, two weeks later Dignan still had wind-blown black patches on his face.) They gave up and turned around at 8050m and spent their summit day getting down to BC. (They left C4 at 8000m at 8:00 am to descend and were in BC at 9:00 pm.) When they left the mountain on 17 October, they had not one tent left intact, all had been shredded by the wind. Hired: Siddhi Bahadur Tamang, 7/6/81, Simigaon, Dolakha, Cho Oyu X1, Manaslu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Su-Swagatam Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459174
Year 2012
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
Anthony (Tony) Dignan M 1958 Australia Leader Eagle Heights, QLD, Australia Scaffolding rigger Details Other expeditions
Siddhi Bahadur Tamang M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.