Manaslu | 2000 NE Face

A Spain expedition to Manaslu in 2000 via NE Face, led by Felix Inurrategi. Summit reached on 25th April 2000. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3603
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA00101
Peak ID MANA
Year 2000
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Felix Inurrategi
Sponsor Spanish Manaslu Expedition 2000
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 70th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2000-03-27
Summit Date 2000-04-25
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 29
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2000-04-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 4
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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 BC(27/03,4800m),C1(03/04,5600m),C2(16/04,6800m),C3(23/04,7400m),Smt(25/04)
Route Notes BC at normal site above Samagaon C2 just below North Col. 20th April BC to C1; 21st to C2 and two nights there; 23rd C2 to C3 for 2 nights with bad weather (wind & snow). 25th to top in very cold but clean weather. Left for top at 1:00 am on 25th and on top 7:00 am, one at a time so others could film summiter. Slept at 6400m on 25th at 11:00 am because knee deep snow and very tired and weather deteriorated as every day with clouds coming and then snowfall. "Was coldest day ever had in Himalaya" was summit day. All 4 back in BC 26th; Garces with frostbitten toes, which already had suffered frostbite on earlier climbs.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sea to Summit Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454695
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jose Joaquin Felez Ceresuela M 1950 Spain Climber Zaragoza, Spain Businessman Details Other expeditions
Jose Antonio (Pepe) Garces Galindo M 1956 Spain Climber Zaragoza, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alberto Inurrategi Iriarte M 1968 Spain Co-Leader Aretxabaleta, Guipuzcoa, Spain Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Felix Inurrategi Iriarte M 1967 Spain Co-Leader Aretxabaleta, Guipuzcoa, Spain Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA00101 HIGH - - - 219:71 (Feb 2001) -