Manaslu | 2003 NE Face

A Poland expedition to Manaslu in 2003 via NE Face, led by Piotr Pustelnik. Summit reached on 17th May 2003. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4347
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA03101
Peak ID MANA
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Piotr Pustelnik
Sponsor Polish International Manaslu Expedition 2003
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 83rd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Slovenia
Approach By helicopter to Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2003-04-09
Summit Date 2003-05-17
Summit Time 1400
Summit Days 38
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2003-05-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 350
Total Members 7
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(09/04,4800m),C1(11/04,5600m),C2(20/04,6300m),C3(26/04,6800m),C4(16/05,7500m),Smt(17/05)
Route Notes Drnovsek, Pustelnik and Tarasewicz started at 08:00 hours from C4 on 17th. Drnovsek returned after one hour. At 14:00 hours Pustelnik and Tarasewicz reached summit. Visibility was poor, maybe about 15 meters and wind was strong, 80 km/h (estimated). Got back to C4 at 19:00 hours. The fall occurred after summit may be 3-4 meter away from summit while Pustelnik trying to snap his camera. Heavy wind pushed Pustelnik who bumped to Tarasewicz and together went down. Pustelnik got minor brushes. Miss Czerwinska made up to 7500m; Gozdznik up to C3; Klepalz BC; Zaluski about 7700m. The expedition's 3 tents were blown away from C2 and C3. Snowfall was May 6/8 Meters. Heavy wind was almost everyday. The expedition returned to KTM on the night of 26th and most of the members left on the 29th. Pustelnik to leave on 30th. Pustelnik told me that his wife called just few minute and informed him about the missing of Krysztof Liszewski on north side of Everest. Pustelnik asked me if I could gather information about the missing climber. This was the only ascent of the spring on Manaslu.
Accidents Tarasewicz and Pustelnik fell down about 300/400m (Tarasewicz got cut on his left chin by the ice axe of Pustelnik)
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455815
Year 2003
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Anna Barbara Czerwinska F 1949 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Barbara Drnovsek F 1964 Slovenia Climber Kamnik, Slovenia Flight attendent Details Other expeditions
Jozef Gozdzik M 1952 Poland Climber Lodz, Poland Textile engineer Details Other expeditions
Piotr Klepacz M 1968 Poland Exp Doctor Zaslc, Poland Surgeon Details Other expeditions
Piotr Czeslaw Pustelnik M 1951 Poland Leader Lodz, Poland Teacher Details Other expeditions
Krzysztof (Kris) Tarasewicz M 1961 Poland Climber Gdansk, Poland Engineer Details Other expeditions
Dariusz Jerzy Zaluski M 1959 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Importer of ready-made garments Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA03101 - - http://www.k2news.com/2003/m03ppdisindex.htm - - -