Makalu | 1961 Makalu La-N Face

A New Zealand expedition to Makalu in 1961 via Makalu La-N Face, led by Edmund Hillary. Summit reached on 18th May 1961. 18 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2951
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MAKA61101
Peak ID MAKA
Year 1961
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Edmund Hillary
Sponsor Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition
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 UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1961-04-17
Summit Date 1961-05-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 31
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8350m due to alititude sickness
High Point (m) 8350
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 7
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 17
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 50
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 True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Ombigaichen (OMBG-603-01) and Island Peak (IMJA-603-01), recon Lhotse Shar (LSHR-603-01) and Shartse (SHAR-603-01); climbed Ama Dablam (AMAD-611-01)
Campsites BC.C1(17/04,5180m),C2(5940m),C3(6475m),C4(01/05,7000m),C5(7450m),C6(7860m),C7(8230m),xxx(18/05,8350m)
Route Notes -
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2440344
Year 1961
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) makalu la-n face

Members

18 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Edmund Percival Hillary M 1919 New Zealand Leader Auckland, New Zealand Apiarist & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Peter David Mulgrew M 1927 New Zealand Climber Auckland, New Zealand Electrical officer (on leave without pay), New Zealand Navy Details Other expeditions
Thomas O. (Tom) Nevison M 1929 USA Climber/Scientist Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Space physiologist & US Air Force Captain Details Other expeditions
Annulu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Leigh Natus Ortenburger M 1929 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Mathematician Details Other expeditions
Walter S. (Wally) Romanes M 1931 New Zealand Climber Hastings, New Zealand Building contractor Details Other expeditions
Michael Bedford Gill M 1937 New Zealand Climber Otago, New Zealand Physiologist Details Other expeditions
Michael Phelps Ward M 1925 UK Climber Petworth, W Sussex, England Surgeon Details Other expeditions
John Burnard West M 1928 UK Exp Doctor London, England Physician Details Other expeditions
James Sibree (Jim) Milledge M 1930 UK Exp Doctor England Physician (physiologist) Details Other expeditions
Norman David Hardie M 1924 New Zealand Deputy Leader Christchurch, New Zealand Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
H. P. (Pat) Barcham M 1934 New Zealand Climber Dunedin, New Zealand Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Barry Chapman Bishop M 1932 USA Climber Washington, DC Glaciologist & photographer Details Other expeditions
Desmond Doig M 1921 UK Reporter Calcutta, India Assistant editor of the Statesman newspaper Details Other expeditions
John Harrison M - New Zealand Climber Christchurch, New Zealand Advertising agency Details Other expeditions
Wallace George Lowe M 1924 New Zealand Climber Repton School, England - Details Other expeditions
Richard Marlin Perkins M 1905 USA Scientist Chicago, Illinois Zoologist, Director of Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago) Details Other expeditions
Lawrence Wesley (Larry) Swan M 1922 UK/USA Scientist San Francisco, California Biologist Details Other expeditions

References

24 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA61101 - Mulgrew, Peter No Place for Men Reed, Wellington, New Zealand - M541
MAKA61101 - Mulgrew, Peter I Hold the Heights Doubleday, New York - M541
MAKA61101 - Gill, Michael Mountain Midsummer Hodder & Stoughton, London - G116
MAKA61101 - Temple, Philip The World at their Feet Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, New Zealand - T61
MAKA61101 - Ward, Michael In This Short Span Gollancz, London - W56
MAKA61101 - Hillary, Edmund & Doig, Desmond High Into the Thin Cold Air Doubleday, New York - H318
MAKA61101 - Hardie, Norman On My Own Two Feet Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, NZ - -
MAKA61101 AAJ Nevison, Thomas O. - - 35:411-412 (1961) -
MAKA61101 AAJ Bishop, Barry C., et al The Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Exped, 1960-61 - 36:69-98 (1962) -
MAKA61101 HJ Hardie, Norman Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Exped, 1960-61 (I) - 22:141-145 (1959-60) -
MAKA61101 MW Ward, Michael The Uses of Adversity - 70-91 (1962-63) -
MAKA61101 HJ Gill, M. B. The Ascent of Ama Dablam - 23:30-36 (1961) -
MAKA61101 AJ Ward, Michael The Descent from Makalu, 1961, and Some Medical Aspects - 68:11-19 (May 1963) -
MAKA61101 AJ Ward, Michael Himalayan Scientific Expedition, 1960-61 - 66:343-364 (Nov 1961) -
MAKA61101 HJ Harrison, J. The Ascent of Makalu - 23:37-46 (1961) -
MAKA61101 MM Dyhrenfurth, G. O. & Dyhrenfurth, Norman Makalu - 64:46-49 (Nov 1978) -
MAKA61101 NZAJ Hardie, N. D. & Gill M. B. Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition, 1960-61 - 19:19-49 (1961) -
MAKA61101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196141100/Asia-Nepal-The-1960-61-Himalayan-Scientific-and-Mountaineering-Expedition-Mount-Everest-and-Makalu-Region-Preliminary-Report - - -
MAKA61101 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/23/4/himalayan-scientific-and-mountaineering-expedition-1960-61/ - - -
MAKA61101 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/22/17/himalayan-scientific-and-mountaineering-expedition-1960-61-2/ - - -
MAKA61101 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1963_files/AJ%201963%2011-19%20Ward%20Makalu.pdf - - -
MAKA61101 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1961_files/AJ%201961%20343-364%20Ward%20Himalayan%20Science.pdf - - -
MAKA61101 NGS Hillary, Edmund School for Sherpas in Nepal - 122-4:548-551 (Oct 1962) -
MAKA61101 NGS Bishop, Barry C. Wintering in the High Himalayas - 122-4:503-547 (Oct 1962) -