Manaslu | 2009 NE Face

A Switzerland expedition to Manaslu in 2009 via NE Face, led by Adrian Schuler. Summit reached on 28th September 2009. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6678
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA09311
Peak ID MANA
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Adrian Schuler
Sponsor Three Swiss on Manaslu
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 -
Basecamp Date 2009-09-09
Summit Date 2009-09-28
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 19
Total Days 22
Termination Date 2009-10-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 300
Total Members 3
Summit Members 1
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(09/09,4665m),C1(15/09,5600m),C2(22/09,6300m),C3(23/09,6740m),C4(27/09,7400m),Smt(28/09)
Route Notes Schuler was the only member to get to the summit. He was there at 10:30 am on 28 September. All three members reached C4 on 27 September, but Benz developed a case of incipient cerebral edema during the night. He and Luck, who went along to look after him, descended: they stopped in C3 early on the morning of the 28th; later that morning went on down to C2, where they waited for Schuler to join them, and all three returned to BC at 6:00 pm that day. This expedition had two trekking agencies looking after them. Russell Brice, who had his own team as well, gave them advice, and all logistics, including tents, sleeping bags, etc., plus food and kitchen staff, were provided by his agency, Mountain Experience. Their arrangements in Kathmandu were provided by Active Holidays Nepal Trekking. Email - Feb 1, 2010 We took our skis up during our acclimatisation phase. On 23 Sept we started from our C1 at 6400m to the North Col at 7000m. We put up a camp there and stayed the night. On 23 Sept the three of us skied all the way down to crampon point, and we skied all the way - from 7000m all the way to crampon point at the bergschrund at about 4900m. The North Col at 7000m was the highest point for us during our acclimatization. We did not put up a camp there during our summit push. After that acclimatization we decided to push for the summit from BC without skies. The reason for this was that it would have been too exhausting to take our skis as we did not have any climbing skis. During the night on 27 Sept Benz got sick and he had to descend from 7400m and that was, of course, without skis as nobody had used skis during the summit push.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458192
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Marco Benz M 1984 Switzerland Climber Davos Frauenkirch, Graubunden, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gian Luck M 1982 Switzerland Climber Haldenstein, Graubunden, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Adrian Philipp Schuler M 1977 Switzerland Leader Rickenbach, Zurich, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.