Manaslu | 2012 NE Face

A France expedition to Manaslu in 2012 via NE Face, led by Serge Bazin. Summit reached on 23rd September 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7831
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA12337
Peak ID MANA
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Serge Bazin
Sponsor Manaslu Cho Oyu Trekking 2012
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed True
Countries -
Approach Via Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2012-09-11
Summit Date 2012-09-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2012-09-26
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to avalanche with loss of 3 friends
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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(11/09,4800m),C1(22/09,5800m),xxx(23/09,6600m)
Route Notes Serge and his client shared a common permit with Ecuadorian team of Ivan Vallejo and Italian of Alberto Magliano. The leader for all that joint expedition was the oldest member, Alberto Magliano. They were 15 climbers for this expedition. Bazin and his customer just went to C1 to try, but then were back directly to BC. The customer left before the avalanche because Bazin couldn't guarantee him the snow mantle stability above 6500m (Serge Bazin believes its possible to predict snow conditions until 7000-7500m, but beyond you just have to go there to know if its Ok or not). Reasons to abandon: There were 6 mountain guides taken in the avalanche, and Bazin lost 3 collegues and friends amongst them (Gregory Costa, Remi Lecluse and Ludovic Challeat). During the day 23 and 24th, he spent his time searcing for the dead bodies. He thought if something happened to him what would happen to his family. Then he decided to abandon the climb on 25th the same day he went up again with Sherpas to clear the camps and the day after he was back in Samagaon. Acclimatization: For the way up, Bazin uses an acclimatization strategy between classic technique (up and down and up and down each time higher) and a snail technique (as Paulo Grobel uses it for his teams: slow way up, a bit more each day, many camps). Bazin goes up and down one time to BC, then uses the snail technique. Oxygen: Everybody had one security bottle including altitude Sherpas, so for every 4 of them. Equipment: From BC to C1: 60% ropes fixed 80% of the glacier, something like more than 3.5 kms on the 4 kms walked on it. Then 10 to 15% of the trail besides the glacier are equipped as well. Each expedition had to pay Russell Brice's Sherpas a $50 fee and they gave as well some gear for free. From C1 to C2: 90% is equipped after 100m just all the way is equipped with fixed ropes, ladders etc. After C2 all was destroyed by the avalanche, so he couldn't tell about fixed ropes above.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459331
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Serge Bernard Bazin M 1963 France Leader Passy, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Patrick Rabain M 1946 France Climber Bois-Colombes, Paris, France Retired cosmetics company executive Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.