Manaslu | 2002 NE Face (Norwegian rte)

A Australia expedition to Manaslu in 2002 via NE Face (Norwegian rte), led by Andrew Lock. Summit reached on 21st April 2002. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	4083
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	MANA02105
Peak ID	MANA
Year	2002
Season	1
Host Country	1
Route 1	NE Face (Norwegian rte)
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Australia
Leaders	Andrew Lock
Sponsor	Independent team on Focus
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	78th w/Nor
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Macedonia
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	2002-03-27
Summit Date	2002-04-21
Summit Time	0930
Summit Days	25
Total Days	27
Termination Date	2002-04-23
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8163
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	3
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	2
Summit Members	1
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	Climbed Lhotse (LHOT-021-05)
Campsites	BC(27-28/03,4800m),C1(04/04,5800m),C2(09/04,6800m),C3(20/04,7500m),Smt(21/04)
Route Notes	C2 with Norwegians, much higher than normal sites C3 at 7500m in Norwegians tent on north plateau. Aleksov did almost no climbing (as above). Lock climbed with Norwegian team, going to C2 wth them on 9 April and staying with them all the way to summit on 21 April. Had his own tent at C2 but was invited by Norwegians to stay in their tent on 20 April for summit push next day; it was a very crowded tent that night. In descent got lost for 2 hours descending to C2 by a shortcut on 21st but finally found camp well after dark (had head lamp). 23rd BC to Samagaon for helicopter to KTM so he could rush over to climb Lhotse on Henry Todd's permit by flight to Lukla on 30 April.
Accidents	Aleksov had kidney problem (went to C1 only once)
Achievement	1st Australian summiter
Agency	Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2455423
Year	2002
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	ne face (norwegian rte)

Members

Field	Value
ID	31938
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA02105
Member ID	02
Peak ID	MANA
Year	2002
Season	1
First Name	Trajce
Last Name	Aleksov
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1963
Calculated Age	38
Citizenship	Macedonia/Australia
Status	Climber
Residence	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Occupation	Stone mason
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	5800
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2436331
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	trajce aleksov
Year of Birth	1963
Year	2002
Age at Expedition	39
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	31939
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA02105
Member ID	01
Peak ID	MANA
Year	2002
Season	1
First Name	Andrew James
Last Name	Lock
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1961
Calculated Age	40
Citizenship	Australia
Status	Leader
Residence	Berowra, NSW, Australia
Occupation	Travel agent
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8163
Summit Date 1	2002-04-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0930
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	78
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2435657
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	andrew james lock
Year of Birth	1961
Year	2002
Age at Expedition	41
Role	Leader

2 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Trajce Aleksov	M	1963	Macedonia/Australia	Climber	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Stone mason	Details Other expeditions
Andrew James Lock	M	1961	Australia	Leader	Berowra, NSW, Australia	Travel agent	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	5791
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	MANA02105
Reference ID	01
Year	2002
Type	3
Journal	HIGH
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	2003
Language	-
Citation	244:61 (Mar 2003)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
MANA02105	HIGH	-	-	-	244:61 (Mar 2003)	-