Manaslu | 2008 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 2008 via NE Face, led by Kenji Kondo. Summit reached on 5th October 2008. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6145
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA08312
Peak ID MANA
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kenji Kondo
Sponsor Adventure Guides Manaslu Expedition 2008
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2008-09-15
Summit Date 2008-10-05
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 20
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2008-10-09
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 50
Total Members 7
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/09,4700m),C1(23/09,5800m),C2(03/10,6800m),C3(04/10,7400m),Smt(05-06/10)
Route Notes 5 Oct left C3 at 4:40 am. Conditions were good. Broken trail. They reached col at 9:30 am and Kondo short-roped clients up to true summit. They left summit at 10:30 am. They intended to stay at C2 but not enough cooking gas so they continued to BC at 8 pm. 6 Oct team left C3 at 3:30 am. There was fresh rope on summit cornice. They arrived at 9:30 am on true summit, spent 10 minutes there and descended to C2 arrived at 5 pm. On 7 Oct to BC. Suzuki reached 6000m on 29 Sept. He abandoned climb due to old age. It was exhausting for him. He descended to BC and stayed at BC for remainder of expedition. Takagi reached 6400m on 2 Oct. He was with 6 Oct summit group. He had stomach pain and descended to BC same day. Sherpas: Pasang Kaji, Sotang, Solu, 14/2/81 Phurba Chhiri (aka Phurba Tshering), Kurima, Solu, 4/10/68 Dawa Chhiri, Kurima, Solu, 20/2/1967 Da Tendi (Da Tendi), Saframa, Lokhim, Solu, 28/5/1981, brother of Phurba Chhiri
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457788
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ryuseki Hiraoka M 1968 Japan Climber Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Isoda M 1946 Japan Climber Toyahashi, Aichi, Japan Retired Details Other expeditions
Kenji Kondo M 1962 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Tadaki Kusunoki M 1943 Japan Climber Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Tamotsu Takagi M 1948 Japan Climber Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Retired construction company employee Details Other expeditions
Shigeo Toji M 1943 Japan Climber Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan Retired Details Other expeditions
Soichiro Wariishi M 1942 Japan Climber Awa, Tokushima, Japan Retired company employee Details Other expeditions
Dawa Chhiri (Dawa Tsiri) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Da Dendi (Da Tendi) Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Sakpharma, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhiri (Phurba Chhiri) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Sakpharma, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kaji Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Dhodre, Sotang, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.