Makalu | 2015 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Belgium expedition to Makalu in 2015 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Jean-Luc Fohal. Summit reached on 24th April 2015. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8807
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA15107
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2015
Season 1
Host Country 0
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Jean-Luc Fohal
Sponsor Belgian Makalu Expedition 2015
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 Tumlingtar->Num->BC
Basecamp Date 2015-04-15
Summit Date 2015-04-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2015-05-02
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to earthquake
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/04,4900m),ABC(18/04,5700m),C2(23/04,6300m),xxx(24/04,6600m)
Route Notes Lenaerts and Maginelle climbed to touch C2 on 24 April and returned to C1 for the night. They descended to ABC before the earthquake hit on 25 April. The entire team was at ABC when the earthquake happened. After discussing the situation with the rest of the teams on Makalu, the team decided to abandon the expedition. On 30 April they climbed to C1 to retrieve their material. Fohal, Verschraegen, Wolput and Bollaert reached C1 on 24 April.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460097
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Rudi Anna R. Bollaert M 1967 Belgium Climber Hamme, Belgium Manager climbing shop Details Other expeditions
Jean-Luc Michel Alix Fohal M 1965 Belgium Leader Ath, Hainaut, Belgium Teacher Details Other expeditions
Sophie Lenaerts F 1975 Belgium Deputy Leader Elewist, Belgium Police officer Details Other expeditions
Steven (Stef) Maginelle M 1973 Belgium Climber Kampenhout, Belgium Physio-acupunturist Details Other expeditions
Koen Verschraegen M 1967 Belgium Climber Brecht, Belgium Engineer Details Other expeditions
Stefan Frans Jozef Wolput M 1967 Belgium Climber Kampenhout, Belgium Military officer in air force Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA15107 - - http://www.makalu2015expedition.com - - -