Manaslu | 2001 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 2001 via NE Face, led by Kazuyoshi Kondo. Summit reached on 9th October 2001. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3953
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA01302
Peak ID MANA
Year 2001
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kazuyoshi Kondo
Sponsor JWAF Mt. Manaslu Expedition 2001
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 77th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-09-15
Summit Date 2001-10-09
Summit Time 1400
Summit Days 24
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 3
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/09,4850m),C1(21/09,5750m),C2(29/09,6750m),C3(08/10,7500m),Smt(09/10)
Route Notes BC at normal site C2 at 200m below North Col C3 on summit plateau - end of plateau. 1st group for summit push from C3 at 7:00 am and reached top 2:00-4:00 pm (2:00 pm by Paldan Namgyal and Rahar Bahadur Tamang with Kurahashi; 2:30 Saito, 3:00 Okuba; 3:00 Phinzo). 11th 2nd group to C3: Kondo, Ueno, Kuribara and Tika Gurung. Night of 10th non-stop very strong wind and could not move up from C3 because of wind on 11th and slept in C3; "our hopes crushed" and 12th decided to abandon climb. So on 12th 2nd attack party descended from C3: Kuribara had altitude sickness (cerebral) and descended very slowly; Kondo went down with him, both clipped to fixed rope (Kondo had to unclip and reclip on rope for him); usually C3 to BC in one day easily done but Kuribara's altitude sickness and at dark tried to biv above North Col but Kuribara slipped 200m, lost a crampon but stopped; Gurung had by now gone below C2. 12:00 now and Ueno in North Col so Kudo only one with Kuribara, who descended slowly but in dark they lost route and Kubihara stopped, refused to go further on his feet and slowly down on his back and side slipping. Tika came up to Kubihara and Kondo but he went back down alone with baggage, fearing frostbite. 13th at 7:00 am Kurahashi joined them with oxygen at biv point almost 7000m. Gave oxygen to Kubihara and 2 men carried Kubihara to 6600m temporary camp made by Ueno, where Kuribara died at 2:40 pm and body put into crevasse at 6350m. Kurahashi and Tika to BC that night, while Kondo and Ueno slept. 16th to C1 and helicopter from C1 to KTM. Ueno had frostbite in 1 finger and slight frostbite in 2 and Kondo 2 slightly frostbitten fingers. Sherpas: Phinzo, Khumjung, Everest 5/2000 Palden Namgye/Namgyal, Phortse, Ev 5/2000 with Phinzo Rahar Bahadur Tamang, 34, Deusa, Solu, 1st 8000er Czech Manaslu leader Kubicek - 30 Oct 2001 When Czechs arrived after Japanese, Japan Leader said Czechs must contribute 1000m rope to be fixed and $2400 for the cost of fixing it or Czechs could not use "their route" and their rope. The two expeditions liaison officers talked together and polite LO with Japanese said Czechs could use Japanese route and Japanese ropes; this was on 6th Oct and Czechs did climb the route. Czechs had brought only 300m of rope and no dollars with them.
Accidents Nothing except Kuribara's death
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455228
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kazuyoshi Kondo M 1941 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Hidetoshi Kurahashi M 1960 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Car mechanic Details Other expeditions
Isao Kurihara M 1959 Japan climber Gunma-shi, Gunma, Japan Electrical technician Details Other expeditions
Yumiko Okubo F 1968 Japan Climber Zama, Kanagawa, Japan Retail marketer for Dupont Company Details Other expeditions
Akira Saito M 1961 Japan Climber Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan Insurance agency executive Details Other expeditions
Yukito Ueno M 1954 Japan Climber Morioka, Iwate, Japan Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Phinzo/Phinjo Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Namgye/Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Rahar Bahadur Tamang M - Nepal H-A Worker Deusa, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tika Ram Gurung M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Linggam, Hatiya, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA01302 HIGH - - - 239:76 (Oct 2002) -