Makalu | 2019 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Greece expedition to Makalu in 2019 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Antonios Sykaris. Summit reached on 27th May 2019. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10307
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA19108
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Greece
Leaders Antonios Sykaris
Sponsor Antonios Sykaris Makalu-Lhotse Expedition 2019
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 Heli to Yangla Kharka (1st time); heli to ABC from Namche (2nd time)
Basecamp Date 2019-05-16
Summit Date 2019-05-27
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2019-05-29
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7800m due to climbing on the wrong line
High Point (m) 7800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(16/04,4800m),ABC(19/04,5700m),C1(20/04,6250m),C2(21/04,6620m),xxx(24/04/6700m); ABC(24/05,5700m),C2(25/05,6620m),C3(27/05,7480m),xxx(27/05,7800m)
Route Notes Makalu (1st Attempt) BC 16/04 4800m ABC 19/04 5700m C1 20/04 6250m C2 21/04 6620m HPt 24/04 6700m by Sykaris and Pasang Sherpa. Sykaris had a bad cough and as he wanted to see a doctor he took a helicopter to Pangboche on 02/05. He saw a doctor in Pangboche who told him to recover, so he stayed in Pangboche until 08/05 and then he flew to Lhotse/Everest BC as Mingma of Imagine Nepal told him to come and climb Lhotse as his team was going up. He should then go back to Makalu afterwards. Lhotse BC 08/05 5350m C1 -- C2 10/05 6400m C3 11/05 7100m C4 13/05 7700m Smt 14/05 by Sykaris at 9:30 am [9:45 am]. Sykaris left C4 at midnight together with Imagine’s group. The couloir had been fixed by Mingma’s Sherpas on 14/05. Straightforward climb. He stayed about 20 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where he arrived at 4 pm. On 15/05 C2 and on 16/05 BC. Oxygen taken and used from C4 to summit to C4 by Sykaris. Left BC to go back to Makalu: 17/05 helicopter to Namche. When he arrived in Namche, he went to see a doctor because of his cough and the doctor told him that he had pulmonary edema and should go home. But he did not and stayed in Namche for 6 nights. On 24/05 helicopter from Namche directly to Makalu ABC. Makalu (2nd Attempt) ABC 24/05 5700m C1 -- C2 25/05 6620m C3 27/05 7480m HPt 27/05 7800m by Sykaris, Pasang and one more Sherpa at 10:30 pm. HPt team left C3 6:30 pm. They ascended to C4, past C4 and did not find the fixed rope and climbed off the route. They reached 7800m, Syrkaris noticed that they were going the wrong way as they were not traversing across the slope, but they were going straight up. Pasang Sherpa said that the rope was buried underneath the ice and that they could not go up. However, as it turned out there was no fixed rope there as they were in the wrong place. When they noticed they turned back to C3, where they arrived at 12:30 am on 28/05. The next morning they descended to ABC, which took them about 8 hours. Oxygen: Used from C3 to high point to just before C2 by Sykaris and Sherpa (to ABC).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Imagine Nepal (Pioneer Adventure pmt)
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462990
Year 2019
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Antonios Sykaris M 1962 Greece Leader Athens, Greece Businessman Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.