Makalu | 2025 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A UK expedition to Makalu in 2025 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Guy Bolton. Summit reached on 9th May 2025. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11679
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA25104
Peak ID MAKA
Year 2025
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Guy Bolton
Sponsor 14 Peaks 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 China, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-05-09
Summit Time 0900
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 11
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 3
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(09-10/05)
Route Notes Antonina Samoilova - 26 May 2025 Approach: By heli from Everest BC to Makalu BC BC 27/04 5700m C1 -- C2 30/04 6400m C3 08/05 7400m Smt 09/05 by all members and Sherpas at 9 am. Trekking to EBC for acclimatization. Satkauskas summited ANN1 on 07/04, was already acclimatized. Summit push started from C3 at 9 pm on 08/05. Tiny summit, they had to sit and wait on summit ridge for 40 minutes for other climbers to clear the summit. Quite busy on the summit this morning. On the top for 30-40 minutes, amazing weather. Down to BC same day, paused at C3 for some rest and arrived at BC at 2 am on 10/05. Left BC on by heli from BC to KTM on 10/05 for some rest and then on to Kangchenjunga. Oxygen: Taken and used from 6900m to summit and down to C2 by members, from C3 to summit and down to C3 by Sherpas. Members: Mindaugaus Satkauskas (S) Antonina Samoilova (S) Hired: Dendi Sherpa (S), 30 years old Mingmar Jangbu Sherpa (S), 23 years old
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency 14 Peaks Expedition
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464630
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Guy Robert William Bolton M 1992 UK Leader Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England - Details Other expeditions
Ariunzul Chuluunbaatar F 1973 Mongolia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Tobias Esser M 1995 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Yong Hou M 1979 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Andras Kaasik M 1971 Estonia Climber Tallinn, Estonia Timber company manager Details Other expeditions
Maria Kim F 1985 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Antonina Samoilova F 1988 Ukraine Climber Kyiv, Ukraine Interior designer & restaurant owner Details Other expeditions
Mindaugas Satkauskas M 1985 Lithuania Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Chun-Qi Yan M 1995 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Lin-Shan You F 1980 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Xian-Jie Zeng M 1982 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chhiri (Sonam) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dendi Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Mali-8, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Jangbu Sherpa M 2002 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.