Manaslu | 2000 NE Face

A Italy expedition to Manaslu in 2000 via NE Face, led by Franco Brunello. Summit reached on 12th May 2000. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3606
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA00104
Peak ID MANA
Year 2000
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Franco Brunello
Sponsor -
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 73rd,74th,75th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Gorkha->Jagat->Filim->Samagaon->BC
Basecamp Date 2000-04-21
Summit Date 2000-05-12
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2000-05-17
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 100
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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 BC(21/04,4900m),C1(26/04,5800m),C2(03/05,6600m),C3(11/05,7400m),Smt(12,14-15/05)
Route Notes On the morning of 14th May at 3 am Mario and Giampaolo started from C3 for summit, both reached the summit at 12 Noon of 14th. Stayed one hour on the top and took photographs. It was cloudy and windy on the top, but could see Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and some peaks on the east. Came back to C3 after they started decending. On 15th in the morning at 1 am Armando and Antonello started from C3 for summit, reached the summit at 10:30 am of 15th May, beautiful weather and scenery added more attraction for their achievement. Stayed one hour on the top. Took five hours to come down to C3. Leader reached the height of 7100m. Because of tiredness could not go beyond this altitude. Stayed at C2 for six days. Group left C3 for BC on 16th May. Summiters felt great experience on their success. Jean Christophe Lafaille, a French climber shared kitchen, tent up to C2 and started solo climbing mountain Manaslu from just left of normal route. He summited on 5th of May and came back to C3 on the same day. Rope fixed by other teams had been used before C2 and C3. After C3, some 40 meters rope had been used. Mingma Dorje Sherpa summited alone on the 12th. - Group left C3 for BC on 16th May. - Summiters felt great experience on their success. - Jean Christophe Lafaille, a French climber shared kitchen, tent up to C2. He left the whole group at C2 and started solo climbing Manaslu from just left of normal route. He summited on 5th of May and came back to C3 on the same day.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454712
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Armando Antola M 1954 Italy Climber Genova, Italy Electrician Details Other expeditions
Franco Brunello M 1939 Italy Leader Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy Retired electrician Details Other expeditions
Giampaolo Casarotto M 1956 Italy Climber Creazzo, Vicenza, Italy Primary school teacher Details Other expeditions
Antonello Martines M 1964 Italy Climber Cantu, Como, Italy Tax advisor Details Other expeditions
Piero Mioni M 1972 Italy Climber Padua, Italy Tax advisor Details Other expeditions
Massimo Padoan M 1957 Italy Exp Doctor Chioggia, Venezia, Italy Psychiatrist Details Other expeditions
Mario Vielmo M 1964 Italy Climber Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy Salesman of household appliances Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbu Chaur, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA00104 HIGH - - - 219:72 (Feb 2001) -