Manaslu | 2008 NE Face

A Germany expedition to Manaslu in 2008 via NE Face, led by Reiner Taglinger. Summit reached on 3rd October 2008. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6149
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA08316
Peak ID MANA
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Reiner Taglinger
Sponsor Kobler & Partner 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 Austria, Switzerland
Approach Arughat->Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2008-09-10
Summit Date 2008-10-03
Summit Time 1430
Summit Days 23
Total Days 26
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) 1200
Total Members 14
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(10/09,4850m),C1(15/09,5750m),C2(01/10,6750m),C3(03/10,7400m),ForeSmt(03-04/10,8125m)
Route Notes On 3 Oct Frauchiger and Redlberger left C2 at 1:30 am. Due to good weather forecast they started summit push from C3. When Redlberger reached 7000m at 3 am, he turned back due to cold feet. Frauchiger reached C3 at 7:30 am and carried on to summit at 2:30 pm. He reached col below summit. He spent 30 minutes there and descended to C3, where he arrived at 6 pm. Redlberger had descended to C3 and attempted 2nd push with Iretzberger, Ang Dendi and Gyalzen. They left C3 at 4:30 am on 4 Oct. However, Redlberger got cold feet again and turned back at 7600m at 7 am and descended to C2. Iretzberger, Ang Dendi and Gyalzen stayed on top for 3 hours. They started descent at 4 pm. They reached C2 at 10 pm. Feneberg, Gasser, Hoein, Kramann, Latif, Mascher, Meierheinrich, Taglinger, Weitlander and Zehnder reached 7000m on 2 Oct. They turned back after about 2 hours of climbing due to too much snow and avalanche danger. They descended to C2 and arrived at 11 am. Franchiger, Mascher, Redlberger and Iretzberger stayed at C2 for another summit push. Everybody else carried on to BC same day. On 3 Oct Frauchiger, Mascher, Redlberger, Ang Dendi Gyalzen Iretzberger ascended to C3. They left C2 at 1:30 am. Frauchiger and Iretzberger carried on to summit. Rest of team stayed at C3 and apart from Mascher went on summit push on 4 Oct. Mascher did not join summit push as he was not feeling well. He descended to BC on 4 Oct. Giacomelli reached 5900m on 1 Oct; he did not carry on climbing due to problems with his knee. Iretzberger suffered from frostbite on 4 fingers on each hand. He noticed it on descent at C2. Ciwec Clinic in Kathmandu says it is not too bad; he should keep fingers. Sherpas: Dendi, Deku, Taksindu-5, 22/1/83, Cho 15/5/07 Gyalze/Gelje, 26/9/77 (10/6/2034), Kagani-8, Okhaldhunga, Ever 22/5/08 with Indian Army
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking (Dorje)
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

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Reinhard Feneberg M 1951 Germany Climber Wuerden, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Musician (clarinet) Details Other expeditions
Marc Frauchiger M 1969 Switzerland Climber Bern, Switzerland Food scientist Details Other expeditions
Roger Gasser M 1969 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Financial manager Details Other expeditions
Luigi Giacomelli M 1961 Switzerland Climber Tesserete, Ticino, Switzerland Manager at IBM Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Hoein M 1985 Switzerland Climber Sennwald, St. Gallen, Switzerland Chemistry Details Other expeditions
Ludwig Iretzberger M 1967 Germany Climber Reut, Bavaria, Germany Microchip developer Details Other expeditions
Till Kramann M 1979 Germany Climber Dossenheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Elementary school teacher & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Majid Latif M 1974 Austria Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Financial controller Details Other expeditions
Stefan Mascher M 1966 Austria Climber Telfes, Tirol, Austria Math and geography teacher Details Other expeditions
Urs Meierhenrich M 1961 Germany Climber Malsch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Baker Details Other expeditions
Mathias Redlberger M 1974 Austria Climber Moedling, Lower Austria, Austria Engineer Details Other expeditions
Reiner Taglinger M 1969 Germany Leader Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Erich Weitlaner M 1961 Austria Climber Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria Painter Details Other expeditions
Monica Gita Zehnder F 1968 Switzerland Climber Bern, Switzerland Nutritions physiologist, research assistant Details Other expeditions
Dendi Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Deku, Taksindu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gyalze (Gelje) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Ragani-8, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.