Manaslu | 2008 NE Face

A Austria expedition to Manaslu in 2008 via NE Face, led by Mathias Noessig. Summit reached on 30th September 2008. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6138
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA08305
Peak ID MANA
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Mathias Noessig
Sponsor Amical Alpin Manaslu Expedition 2008
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Czech Republic, Germany
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-08-29
Summit Date 2008-09-30
Summit Time -
Summit Days 32
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2008-09-24
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7850m due to bad weather
High Point (m) 7850
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 500
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(29/08,4800m),C1(03/09,5600m),C2(15/09,6700m),xxx(15/09,6700m);C1(27/09,5600m),C2(28/09,6300m),C3(30/09,7450m),xxx(30/09,7850m)
Route Notes BC at 4800m C1 at 5700m C2 at below Naike Col High point at C2. 16 Sept C2 to BC and then 4 days raining and snowfall with 1.2m of snow on C1 and had to dig tents out (almost covered by snow). Saw big avalanches and forecast and was for strong wind 24-26 Sept. The helicopter to fly from Samagaon was damaged and had to walk but via Larkya Pass to Besisahar and bus from there to Kathmandu. Two members, Lieck and Milt, stayed on mountain after main group left. They had plenty of time. All other members high point was C2 on 15 Sept except: Kucera and Langegger to 6000m only. Fixed rope: 500-600m between C1 & C2 C1 at 5600m on 27 Sept C2 at 6300m on 28 Sept C3 at 7450m on 30 Sept High point at 7850m on 30 Sept Amical group left on 24 Sept. Jiri Milt and Gunther Lieck stayed behind. Lieck teamed up with Juszczyszyn and Witkowski from Poland and subsequently with Pete Lardy and Tom McMillan from California. On 27 Sept Lieck and Polish guys started summit push. 27 Sept slept at C1. 28 Sept they slept at C2 at 6400m. They had had a tent at 6700m, which they could not find that day. On 30 Sept they ascended to C2 at 6700m found tent and slept there. On 30 Sept Lieck and Polish guys there were among first teams to reach C3 at 6 pm. Lieck and Polish left C3 at 7:30 am. Lieck reached 7850m at 2 pm at turned back. He was carrying his skis and he says that he is not sure why he turned back. Maybe due to heavy skis and fatigue. He was also misinformed about nature of summit. He descended with skis to C3, where he arrived at 3:30 pm. Polish guys reached summit that day and also returned to C3. Lieck stayed at C3 to wait for another summit opportunity. On 2 Oct he had a dedicated rest day and on 31 Oct he decided to leave C3 and descended. He walked first 200m and (above serac) and skied the rest to C2; stayed the night. On 4 Oct he skied from C2 to 6100m and walked rest to C1. He also skied parts of route between C1 and BC. He arrived at BC at 8:30 pm. Milt reached C3 at 7400m on 3 Oct. On 4 Oct he descended to BC. He abandoned climb due to snow storm. Email from Billi Bierling - Oct 20, 2008 This is what Iris Haeusel, member of German-Italian team on Manaslu led by Renato Bernard, said about Gunther Lieck: When Haeusel was at BC on 29 Oct Guenther Lieck arrived and he was feeling very bad. She thinks he had pulmonary edema. She gave him Dexamethasone but he already had a gurgling in his lungs. They were very worried about him. However, the next day Lieck felt a lot better. When I met Franz and Maria Schobesberger from Austria, who were also on Manaslu they asked me whether I had met Lieck as they also saw him and they told me that they were really worried about him when they saw him (I don't know where that was). The interesting thing is that Lieck did not tell me anything about his problems. When I asked him why he turned around he said that he was not quite sure why as he was feeling strong.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking (Rai)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457783
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kai Dlouhy M 1977 Germany Climber Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany Army captain Details Other expeditions
Maria Hofmann F 1967 Germany Climber Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Geophysicist Details Other expeditions
Norbert Huber M 1948 Austria Climber Adnet, Salzburg, Austria Retired Details Other expeditions
Erich Kucera M 1956 Austria Climber Linz, Upper Austria, Austria Radio mechanic Details Other expeditions
Erich Langegger M 1956 Austria Climber Hallein, Salzburg, Austria Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Guenther Lieck M 1967 Germany Climber Zurich, Switzerland Art museum project manager Details Other expeditions
Jiri Milt M 1954 Czech Republic Climber Plzen, Czech Republic Teacher Details Other expeditions
Mathias Noessig M 1981 Austria Leader Laemgenfeld, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Georg Schlagbauer M 1967 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Gynecologist Details Other expeditions
Bernhard Weiss M 1969 Austria Climber Scharnstein, Upper Austria, Austria Teacher Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.