Makalu | 2024 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Makalu in 2024 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by SST Staff. Summit reached on 4th May 2024. 43 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11402
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA24102
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2024
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders SST Staff
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks (SST) Makalu Expedition 2024
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 Australia, Cyprus, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Peru, Poland, S Korea, Singapore, Spain, Ukraine, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2024-05-04
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8485
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 27
Summit Members 15
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 31
Summit Hired 16
Hired Deaths 1
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 Smt(04,06,12,14-15,30/05)
Route Notes Report from Anja Blacha: Approach: By plane to Biratnagar and by jeep to Tumlingtar on 20/04, drove to Num on 21/04, then trekked on common itinerary to BC. BC 26/04 5650m C1 29/04 6300m C2 30/04 6600m C3 05/05 7450m Smt 12/05 by Blacha at 1:40 pm. Blacha started summit push on 11/05 at 8 pm from C3. Reached the top at 1:40 pm on 12/05. Maybe stayed on the top for 10 minutes, she was the last climber on the summit that day. Back to C3 for the night at 9 pm. Next day down to BC. On 15/05 by heli to KTM via Lukla. Sherpas above BC: 0 Oxygen: Not taken, not used Records: 1st German female to summit Makalu without oxygen Other peaks: Kangchenjunga Report from Flor Cuenca: Approach: Heli to Hillary BC BC 25/04 4800m ABC 27/04 5700m C1 6300m C2 02/05 6600m C3 04/05 7500m C4 7800m Smt 06/05 by Cuenca at 1 pm. On 05/05, Flor rested at C3 and on 05/05 she started her summit push from C3 at 8:20 pm. She was with Ali Pepper and Mikel Sherpa. Straightforward climb. Good conditions. No wind, but very cold. She spent about one hour on the summit and descended to C3 where she arrived at 7 pm. On 07/05 descended to BC. Left BC on 08/05, walked to Hillary Camp; on 10/05 heli to Lukla. Sherpas above BC: 0 Oxygen: Not taken, not used Report from Dorota Rasinska-Samocko Approach: Heli to Hillary BC BC 24/04 4800m ABC 26/04 5700m C1 -- 6300m C2 28/04 6600m C3 03/05 7500m C4 -- 7800m Smt 12/05 by Dawa Nurbu and Rasinska at 8 am. On 29/04 during the first rotation Rasinska descended to BC. On 02/05 she ascended to C2 and on 03/05 to C3. She wanted to attempt the summit on 04/05, but when she reached 8200m, the weather was too bad to continue. Her Sherpa Phurba Sherpa was very slow so they returned to C3. On 06/05 back to BC. On 10/05 Rasinska and Dawa Nurbu ascended to C2; on 11/05 C3. They left C3 at 8 pm on 11/05 and reached the summit 12 hours later. There were about 10 other people on the route. They spent about 25 minutes on the summit and descended to C3 where they arrived at 5 pm. The descent was difficult due to bad visibility and the fixed lines were covered by the snow. On 13/05 they descended to BC. Left BC on 15/05 by heli. Oxygen: Taken and used from upper C3 at 7700m to top to 7700m by Rasinska and Dawa Nurbu. Report from Bartek Ziemski/Oswald Rodrigo Pereira: Approach: Trek Num to BC BC 21/04 4800m ABC 22/04 5700m C1 24/04 6300m C2 25/04 6600m C3 03/05 7500m C4 -- 7800m Smt 11/05 by Ziemski and Pereira at 10:40 am. The first summit push was on 05/05 from C3. They reached 7950m; Bartek did not feel very well and they returned to BC the same day. Bartek skied from C3 to BC. They rested till 10/05 and they climbed to C3 in one go 10/05. They took 12 hours to the Makalu La. On 10/05 they left C3 at 10 pm. It was warm and foggy. It was dry and icy. Bad visibility. There were about 5 people in front of them. Ziemski carried his skis all the way to the summit. They spent about 30 mins on the summit. Ziemski put his skis on and traversed back on the ridge. He clipped into the rope for safety and skied the very beginning of the couloir until maybe 8220m. He had to take off his skis and rappel to about 8200m from where he skied all the way to C3 (he reached it at about 1 pm) to wait for Pereira who reached C3 at 6 pm. When he skied down from the Makalu he skied in the couloirs right of the ascending route which we think Adrian Ballinger skied down. They stayed the night at C3. On 12/05 Ziemski skied all the way to C1 where he took off his skis and rappelled down across the ice from about 6300m to 6250m, from where he skied all the way to crampon point. Pereira walked down and reached BC at about 4 pm. Left BC on 15/05 by heli. Sherpas above BC: 0 Oxygen: Not taken, not used Team is now heading to Kangchenjunga to ski.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462909
Year 2024
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

43 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shima Afsari F 1985 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Ahmad Mohammad Mousa Bani-Hani M 1989 Jordan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Alireza Behpour M 1964 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran Physician Details Other expeditions
Anja Karen Blacha F 1990 Germany Climber Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Self-employed Details Other expeditions
Trevor Bockstahler M 1989 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Cheol-Hee Cho M 1970 S Korea Climber Cheongju, North Chungcheong, S Korea Businessman Details Other expeditions
Ascension Cruchaga Lasa F 1976 Spain Climber Navarra, Spain - Details Other expeditions
Graciela Flor Cuenca Blas F 1977 Peru Climber Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Tour guide & Spanish teacher Details Other expeditions
Gonzalo Fernandez Garcia M 1992 Spain Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Oscar Francisco Fernandez Landa M 1976 Spain Climber Esquiroz de Galar, Navarra, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Afsaneh Hesami Fard F 1976 Iran Climber Boujnord, Iran Physician (high altitude specialist) Details Other expeditions
Oleg Ivanchenko M 1984 Ukraine Climber Odessa, Ukraine Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Heinz Joachim Kohn M 1966 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Waldemar Dominik Kowalewski M 1973 Poland Climber Szcezecin, Poland Property developer Details Other expeditions
Igor Kushnir M 1971 Ukraine Climber Kiev, Ukraine Restaurant and shop owner Details Other expeditions
Oksana Kushnir F 1967 Cyprus Climber Mikola, Cyprus - Details Other expeditions
Scott Lehmann M 1989 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Marcin Jan Miotk M 1973 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Financial manager Details Other expeditions
Yoshiharu Nakamura M 1973 Japan Climber Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Alessandra Kate (Allie) Pepper F 1975 Australia Climber Hazelbrook, NSW, Australia Outdoor activities instructor Details Other expeditions
Dorota Lidia Rasinska-Samocko F 1973 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland - Details Other expeditions
Oswald Szymon Rodrigo Pereira M 1984 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland PR manager Details Other expeditions
Sachin Shrimant Sawant M 1985 India Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Yangji Sherpa F 1988 Nepal Climber Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Shayna Rose Unger F 1992 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Xiao-Yun (Vincere) Zeng F 1991 Singapore Climber Singapore - Details Other expeditions
Bartosz Kacper (Bartek) Ziemski M 1995 Poland Climber Bielsko-Biala, Poland Student Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nurbu Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Furba Kusang Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Tenje (Lhakpa Tenzing) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorje Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenzing/Tenji Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingtemba (Mikel) Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nang Pemba Sherpa M 2002 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Wangdak Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-6, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nurbu Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pem Nurbu Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pema Rinje Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Thinduk Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Dorchi Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tawa Chhiri Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Charwo, Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.