Makalu | 2017 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A UK expedition to Makalu in 2017 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Phil Crampton. Summit reached on 10th May 2017. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9421
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA17101
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Phil Crampton
Sponsor Altitude Junkies Makalu Expedition 2017
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 Australia, France, Guatemala, S Africa, USA
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pheriche, helicopter to BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-17
Summit Date 2017-05-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2017-05-13
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8450m due to lack of fixed ropes to true summit
High Point (m) 8450
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 4800
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(17/04,4800m),ABC(20/04,5600m),C1(27/04,6400m),C2(02/05,6600m),C3(08/05,7450m),xxx(10/05,8450m)
Route Notes BC 17/04 4800m ABC 20/04 5600m C1 27/04 6400m (above the headwall) C2 02/05 6600m C3 08/05 7450m HPt 10/05 8450m by Crampton, Callahan, Laura Darlington, Benjamin Darlington, Pasang Ongchu, Kami Nuru, Karma Gyalzen, Pasang Nima, Pemba Chhiri at 10 am. High point team left C3 at 10 pm on 9 May. Snow in the French Couloirs was knee-deep and rope was fixed. When they got to the end of the French Couloirs, they were not sure whether that was the summit or not. They stopped as there were no fixed ropes as as the last section would have been too dangerous. They spent about half an hour on their fore-summit and descended to ABC, where they arrived between 2 pm and 6 pm. Carstens left on 25 April. His highest point was ABC. He had got a ham-string injury going from BC to ABC. Gernez only got to ABC. He did not feel good and left 30 April by helicopter. Padilla del Aguila reached about 7100m on 8 May. She was too slow to get to the Makalu La and decided to abandon the expedition. She descended to ABC. Fixed rope: 4,800m from C1 to fore-summit. Oxygen: taken and used from C3 to high pt to C3 by members and Sherpas. Sherpas: Pasang Ongchu Sherpa, Bung-9, Solukhumbu, 24/04/1978 Kami Nuru Sherpa, Chaurikharka-2, Solukhumbu, 26/08/1985 Karma Gyalzen Sherpa, Taksindu-7, Solukhumbu Pasang Nima Sherpa, Chaurikharka-2, Solukhumbu, 28/01/1974 Pemba Chhiri Sherpa, Pawai-2, Solukhumbu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Expedition Himalaya
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460846
Year 2017
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Philip James (Phil) Crampton M 1970 UK Leader Woodstock, New York Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Edward Manning (Ted) Callahan Jr. M 1974 USA Climber Princeton, New Jersey Medical anthropologist Details Other expeditions
Louis Carstens M 1962 S Africa Climber Johannesburg, S Africa Psychologist Details Other expeditions
Raphael Jenny Mario Gernez M 1963 France/USA Climber Los Altos, California Engineer Details Other expeditions
Barbara Padilla Del Aguila F 1985 Guatemala Climber Guatemala City, Guatemala Motovational speaker Details Other expeditions
Laura Jane Darlington F 1984 Australia Climber Aranda, ACT, Australia Accountant Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Ian (Ben) Darlington M 1982 Australia Climber Aranda, ACT, Australia Electrician Details Other expeditions
Pasang Wangchu (Pasang Ongchhu) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal Sirdar Cheremy, Bung-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Nuru Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gelgen (Karma Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Pawai-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA17101 - - http://www.altitudejunkies.com/dispatchmakalu17.html - - -