Manaslu | 2008 NE Face

A USA expedition to Manaslu in 2008 via NE Face, led by Thomas McMillan. Summit reached on 3rd October 2008. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6139
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA08306
Peak ID MANA
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Thomas McMillan
Sponsor Friendship Beyond Borders Manaslu Expedition
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 -
Approach Dhading->Arughat
Basecamp Date 2008-09-12
Summit Date 2008-10-03
Summit Time 1415
Summit Days 21
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2008-10-06
Termination Reason 2
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8125m (fore-summit) due to dangerous conditions
High Point (m) 8125
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(12/09,4800m),C1(15/09,5770m),C2(29/09,6770m),C3(02/10,7400m),ForeSmt(03/10,8125m)
Route Notes Lardy and McMillan left C3 at 6:30 am on 3 Oct and Ang Dawa left at 6:50 am. Perfect weather, but breezy. They were following footsteps of the Himex Expedition, so trail was broken. They reached the little col below the summit cornice. Views from the summit were amazing. They started descent at 3:05 pm. McMillan reached C3 at 5 pm, Lardy and Ang Dawa reached C3 at 5:15 pm. On 4 Oct they descended to BC. They left C3 at 7:30 am and arrived at BC 6:30 pm. Team did not losed any equipment at C2 as they only pitched their tent there on 29 Sept. Sherpa: Ang Dawa, Tapting, Solu, (2034/10/02), no 8000ers On foresummit (a col below summit) on 3 Oct by Lardy 2:22 pm, McMillan 2:15 pm, Ang Dawa 2:20 pm.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457786
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Peter Jacob (Pete) Lardy M 1975 USA Climber Colorado Springs, Colorado Structural stress designer Details Other expeditions
Thomas Ian (Tom) McMillan M 1956 USA Leader San Rafael, California Senior database developer Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.