Manaslu | 2012 NE Face

A France expedition to Manaslu in 2012 via NE Face, led by Marc Mary. Summit reached on 30th September 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7828
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA12333
Peak ID MANA
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Marc Mary
Sponsor Single 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 Arughat->Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2012-09-11
Summit Date 2012-09-30
Summit Time -
Summit Days 19
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2012-10-04
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7400m due to exhaustion, lack of equipment and lack of time
High Point (m) 7400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(11/09,4400m),C1(19/09,5545m),C2(28/09,6300m),C3(29/09,6900m),C4(30/09,7400m),xxx(30/09,01/10,7400m)
Route Notes Marc Mary went up at C2 on the 23rd of September, but was forced to go down back to BC after the avalanche. After that most the teams at BC were pessimistic: 80 percent of them left due to the mountain guides or leader agencies decisions, with a lot of helicopter flights from the day after. On the 30th of September, Marc Mary slept well at C4 with oxygen, but had not recovered enough. (n fact Mary wanted to use the snail technique but had to carry too much from BC to C4, his old personnal equipment being too heavy (shoes 4 kgs, bag 4 Kgs). So when at 3 am his Sherpa proposed to him to try for the summit, Marc Mary just said no and both went down on the 1st of October. But what Mary didn't know is that for his Sherpa, his "no" meant that the expedition was over. On the contrary, Marc Mary took a long period for his expedition to have more attempts, so he was a bit disappointed when his Sherpa told him it was finished when both were back at the BC. Sherpa: Lama Babu Sherpa, (2035/6/8) 24 Sept 1978, Cheremy, Bung-9, Solu Oxygen: In theory Marc Mary had 2 oxygen bottles, one for the way up from 7000m, one for the way down from the summit to 7000m. But in fact, he used this oxygen as well to sleep at C4.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Trailblazer
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459338
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Marc Mary M 1946 France Leader Saint-Remy-en-Mauges, Maine-et-Loire, France Retired farmer Details Other expeditions
Lama Babu Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Cheremy, Bung-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.