Manaslu | 2012 NE Face

A Poland expedition to Manaslu in 2012 via NE Face, led by Jerzy Natkanski. Summit reached on 17th May 2012. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7606
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA12107
Peak ID MANA
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Jerzy Natkanski
Sponsor Poles on Manaslu
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 Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2012-04-17
Summit Date 2012-05-17
Summit Time -
Summit Days 30
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2012-05-19
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7600m due to being unsupported, exhaustion and deep snow
High Point (m) 7600
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(17/04,4700m),C1(19/04,5800m),C2(27/04,6300m),C3(08/05,6900m),C4(16/04,7600m),xxx(17/05,7600m)
Route Notes High point on 17 May at 7600m by Bargiel. Bargiel, Grudzien and Gawrysiak left C4 at midnight on 17 May. Weather was clear and there was a lot of snow to start with. Gawrysiak reached 7400m at about 4:30 am and Grudzien reached 7500m at about 5 am; however they were both exhausted from the hard previous days and turned back. They descended to C4, where they rested and continued to BC, where they arrived at 7 pm. Bargiel was on his skis to the high point at 6:00 am and skied down all the way to BC. Borkowski reached 7100m on 16 May, but did not join summit attempt on 17 May due to fatigue. He waited for the others to come back from their summit attempt and they descended to BC the same day. Fronia reached 6500m on 28 April. He was fixing some rope from C3 but he did not join the summit attempt as he was supporting the team. Natkanski reached 7100m on 7 May when they deposited some gear at their high camp. As they had selected only four members to push for the summit, he was not one of them. Sarna and Snopczynski reached C3 on 8 May. They carried gear up but like Natkansky, they were not meant to go to the summit as they were not part of the strong group. Snopczynski and Sarna were also on skis and skied down from C3.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459202
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrzej Leszek Bargiel M 1988 Poland Climber Zakopane, Poland Student Details Other expeditions
Grzegorz Marcin Borkowski M 1979 Poland Climber Nowy Sacz, Poland High building construction worker Details Other expeditions
Rafal Maciej Fronia M 1971 Poland Climber Jelenia Gora, Poland Cartographer Details Other expeditions
Jaroslaw Piotr Gawrysiak M 1973 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland IT specialist Details Other expeditions
Kamil Tomasz Grudzien M 1979 Poland Climber Lublin, Poland Physical therapist and trainer Details Other expeditions
Jerzy Natkanski M 1954 Poland Leader Warsaw, Poland Textile company manager Details Other expeditions
Wojciech Sarna M 1974 Poland Climber Mszana Dolna, Poland Coach Details Other expeditions
Piotr Snopczynski M 1950 Poland Climber Swidnica, Poland Teacher Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.