Makalu | 1995 Makalu La-NW Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Makalu in 1995 via Makalu La-NW Ridge, led by Eltjo Reint Jon (Reiner) Zuidhoff. Summit reached on 26th September 1995. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1542
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Expedition ID MAKA95302
Peak ID MAKA
Year 1995
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 Makalu La-NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Eltjo Reint Jon (Reiner) Zuidhoff
Sponsor Dutch Makalu 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1995-09-08
Summit Date 1995-09-26
Summit Time -
Summit Days 18
Total Days 33
Termination Date 1995-10-11
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6850m due to unsafe snow conditions & deep snow
High Point (m) 6850
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 30
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites LowBC(08/09,4850m),HighBC(10/09,5250m),C1(15/09,5900m),C2(25/09,6700m),xxx(26/09,6850m)
Route Notes BC at usual site near junctions of glacier C1 at south end of rock island of Chago Glacier High point at upper part in Chago Glacier directly below Makalu La. Wanted to follow Kukuczka route, but too dangerous from rock fall for non-alpine-style climb so on 12th Sept decided to follow French (normal) route. After C1 had fresh snowfall so back to BC. 21st started up & took time to find route through seracs & then snow conditions horrible. Made C2 but then again snow condition bad (2 hrs to gain 150m) & 28th Sept a big snowstorm with heavy snow & strong wind forming big snow slabs & saw snowslab avalanche tracks. Back to BC and on 11 Oct returned to C2 and found snow conditions not changed with deep snow over unsafe snow.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452972
Year 1995
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) makalu la-nw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hans Achterbosch M 1961 Netherlands Climber Leeuwarden, Netherlands Architect Details Other expeditions
Rene De Bos M 1959 Netherlands Climber Hague, Netherlands Travel manager Details Other expeditions
Rene Alexander Kwant M 1958 Netherlands Climber Utrecht, Netherlands Ecologist Details Other expeditions
Frans Taselaar M 1957 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Geologist Details Other expeditions
Dennis Verhoeve M 1957 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Dentist Details Other expeditions
Evert Wesker M 1952 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Research engineer Details Other expeditions
Eltjo Reint Jan (Reinier) Zuidhoff M 1951 Netherlands Leader Molenhoek, Netherlands Consultant in education, technology & other fields Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MAKA95302 AAJ - - - 70:272 (1996) -
MAKA95302 HIGH - - - 161:27 (Apr 1996) -
MAKA95302 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199627203/Asia-Nepal-Makalu-Normal-Route - - -