Makalu | 2025 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Ireland expedition to Makalu in 2025 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by James McManus. Summit reached on 21st April 2025. 32 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11678
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA25103
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2025
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Ireland
Leaders James McManus
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks (SST) Makalu Expedition 2025
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, Canada, China, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Nepal, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-04-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8485
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 22
Summit Members 13
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 11
Summit Hired 10
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,C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(21/04,04,09-10/05)
Route Notes Saulius Damulevicius - 25 May 2025 Approach: Plane to Biratnagar, Jeep to Seduwa, trekking to BC. BC 19/04 5700m C1 21/04 6400m C2 22/04 6650m C3 03/05 7440m C4 09/05 7600m Smt 10/05 by Damulevicius at 12:30 pm (10:15 am NST). 24 hour summit push C4 to smt to C4. Set off from C4 together with Piotr Krzyzowski at 9 pm (China time), reached the summit at 12:30 pm (China time). Stayed on the top for 30 minutes, views were Ok, but there was a thunderstorm approaching. Last one on the summit that day. Not that cold, not much wind. Back to C4 for the night at 9 pm (China time). Next day down to BC. Left BC on 14/05 by Heli from BC to Dingboche. Other peaks: Attempted Lhotse afterwards No Sherpa support, no supplemental oxygen. Piotr Krzyzowski reached summit at around 11 am, also climbing without supplemental oxygen. Kamaldeep Kaur - 22 May 2025 Approach: Trekking to BC. BC 15/04 4800m ABC 16/04 5700m C1 27/04 6300m C2 28/04 6600m C3 08/05 7500m C4 -- 7750m Smt 10/05 by Kaur and Tendi Sherpa at 5:42 am. Between 16/04 and 21/04, Kaur reached crampon point before she decided to fly to Lukla to recover from her AMS symptoms. She stayed in Lukla for 4 days and returned to ABC around 25/04. On summit push, Kaur and Tendi Sherpa left C3 at 5:30 pm on 09/05. It was clear, not windy and not cold. She climbed in her mitten liners. Not many people on the route, however, they had to wait for a while to get to the summit for sunrise. They spent about 5 minutes on the summit and descended to C2 where they arrived in the early afternoon. Back to BC on 11/05. Left BC by helicopter to Lukla on 12/05, due to bad cough and loss of voice. Same day heli to Kathmandu. Oxygen: Taken and used from C2 to top to C2 by Kaur and Tendi Sherpa. Matthew Scholes - 7 May 2025 Approach: Trekking in Khumbu, heli from Namche to Hillary BC. ABC 21/04 5700m 23/04 5950m (Crampon Pt) C1 24/04 6300m C2 28/04 6600m C3 02/05 7500m C4 03/05 7750m Smt 04/05 at 12:42 by Scholes First rotation he reached 7300m on 25/04. On the second rotation he reached the Makalu La on 29/04, but did not stay there as it was too windy. He returned to C2 for another night and then BC. On 03/05 Scholes and a lot of other people left C4 at 8 pm. They were following the fixed line and at about 11 pm, the leading Sherpa decided to turn back as the fixed rope was too deep into the snow and they could not recover. Scholes was the only person to continue. He broke trail and it was shin deep in places. The climb was mixed climbing. Scholes recovered the fixed rope again just before the summit pyramid. He spent about 5 minutes and descended to C4 where he arrived at around 6 pm. He drank a bit and fell asleep for about 2 hours. When he woke up, he took off his boots and realised that he had frostbite on his toes (two on the left, and the tips of all toes on the right). He drank lots and tried to warm up his toes and slept till about 7 am and left C4 for ABC. He carried his own tent, which he dismantled and carried down. He arrived at ABC at 2 pm. Left BC by helicopter on 06/05 due to frostbite. On 06/05 he was picked up by helicopter and taken to Kathmandu where he was admitted to CIWEC. He is on Iloprost for thinning his blood. He stayed two nights in hospital and will continue this treatment for another three days. Sherpas above BC: 0 Oxygen: Not taken, not used Accident: Frostbite on both feet
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464612
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

32 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
James Owen McManus M 1982 Ireland Leader Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Tyler Cummings Andrews M 1990 USA Climber Concord, Massachusetts - Details Other expeditions
Afshin Asgharzadehledari M 1976 Canada Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Nelly Attar F 1990 Lebanon Climber Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Fitness entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Ignacio Felix Barrio Fernandez M 1976 Spain Climber Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Engineer Details Other expeditions
Emiliano Boldi M 1970 Italy Climber Brescia, Italy - Details Other expeditions
Saulius Damulevicius M 1982 Lithuania Climber Vilnius, Lithuania IT specialist Details Other expeditions
Jitendra Ramadas Gaware M 1977 India Climber Pune, Maharashtra, India Businessman (construction company owner) Details Other expeditions
Sebastian Friedrich Graf M 1992 Germany Climber Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Seyed Hamid Reza Hashemi M 1972 Iran Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Tao Hu M 1986 China Climber Beijing, China IT company owner Details Other expeditions
Kamaldeep (Kam) Kaur F 1983 UK Climber Walsall, W Midlands, England Yoga teacher Details Other expeditions
Oleg Kiriyanov M 1974 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Piotr Jerzy Krzyzowski M 1979 Poland Climber Bielsko-Biata, Poland Attorney Details Other expeditions
Roberto Lopez Iglesias M 1968 Spain Climber Lugo, Spain - Details Other expeditions
Maria Uxue Murolas Aguerri F 1970 Spain Climber Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Insurance company staff member Details Other expeditions
Nils Riva M 1992 Switzerland Climber La Tzoumaz, Valais, Switzerland Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Matthew Egan Scholes M 1985 Australia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1981 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Dabuti Sherpa F 1994 Nepal Climber Gaurishankar-3, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Alan Marcel Tissieres M 1991 Switzerland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Enrico Zappa M 1973 Italy Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Chhangba Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tasi Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Dendi Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pem Nurbu Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phu Nurbu Sherpa M 2007 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Dorchi Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 2005 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.