Makalu | 2019 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A India expedition to Makalu in 2019 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Manoj Joshi. Summit reached on 16th May 2019. 31 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10302
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA19103
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Manoj Joshi
Sponsor Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Makalu 2019
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Trekked from Num
Basecamp Date 2019-04-15
Summit Date 2019-05-16
Summit Time 0630
Summit Days 31
Total Days 33
Termination Date 2019-05-18
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8485
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 18
Summit Members 16
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 15
Summit Hired 13
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 ABC(15/04,5600m),C2(24/04,6600m),C3(14/05,7400m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes BC 15/04 5600m C1 -- never slept at C1 C2 24/04 6600m C3 14/05 7400m Smt 16/05 by 16 members (all except Manoj Joshi and Arun Kumar). Team started from C3 at 5:30 pm on 15/05. First summit at 6:30 am. Everyone on the summit within 3 hours. Summit is narrow so it took long time. Weather was fair on summit day. Coming back weather deteriorated. Two members got frostbitten on descent. Back to C3 between 3 pm-11:30 pm. Next day (17/05) everyone to BC. Narayan Singh died at 8200m on 16/05 descending from the summit because of altitude issues. Sherpas will try to bring his body down soon. Three members flown from BC to CIWEC hospital in KTM on 18/05, two members flown on 19/05. Rest of team to lower BC on 19/05. They will trek out next week. Manoj Joshi (leader) had pneumonia. He got back to KTM by heli from lower BC (4800m) on 07/05. He reached his HPt at C2 on 24/04. Balwant Singh and Harjas Singh Gill at CIWEC now frostbitten. Balwant frostbite (blisters) on fingers and on one toe; Harjas one finger frostbitten and foot (all toes). Sunil Rai frostbite on 5 fingers. Team left BC on 18/05. Sherpas above BC: 1 Sherpa per member Oxygen: Used by everyone from 7400m to summit to 7400m.
Accidents Narayan Singh died on descent on 16/05 at an altitude of approximately 8200m. Seveal members with frostbite.
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462979
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

31 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Manoj Joshi M 1985 India Leader Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India Major, Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Indar Singh Adhikari M 1982 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary M 1985 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Pankaj Gaur M 1991 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Dhane Karki M 1983 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Arun Kumar M 1982 India Exp Docter - Physician, Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Deepak Kumar M 1987 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Dinesh Kumar M 1986 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Ram Bahadur Mall M 1975 India Climber Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Makak Mehta M 1989 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Jigmat Namgail M 1987 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Sunil Kumar Rai M 1990 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Ankur Rawat M 1985 India Climber Roorkee, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Devendra Singh M 1984 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Narayan Singh M 1984 India Climber Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Harjas Singh Gill M 1994 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Balwant Singh Negi M 1976 India Climber Kamru, Kinnour, HP, India Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Jaypal Singh Rawat M 1987 India Climber - Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Ang Demba Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Fur Temba Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Temba Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima (Ngima) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nurbu Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pem Lakpa Sherpa M 2002 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 2000 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenjing Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.