Manaslu | 2012 NE Face

A Germany expedition to Manaslu in 2012 via NE Face, led by Sebastian Haag. Summit reached on 30th September 2012. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7833
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA12340
Peak ID MANA
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Sebastian Haag
Sponsor Manaslu Autumn 2012
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 Canada
Approach By helicopter directly to Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2012-09-06
Summit Date 2012-09-30
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 24
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2012-10-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
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(06/09,4950m),C1(08/09,5900m),C2(09/09,6500m),Smt(30/09)
Route Notes Domi Sherpa (the mountain guide), Hill, Lechner and Sichert abandoned climb early due to avalanche. Families were worried for their safety. They left base camp on 25 Sept and went back to Germany 26 Sept. Pade left base camp 29 Sept at 8:00 am for C2 and he arrived at C2 at 2:00 pm. There he waited and rested until 11:00 pm when Boehm and Haag arrived at C2. Then they all left camp and together at 11:30 pm for the summit. At around 1:30-2:00 pm Pade decided to turn around (he was about 80m below the summit) and skied down (arrived at BC around 6:30-7pm on 30 Sept). Haag left base camp on 29 Sept at 6:00 pm arrived C2 at 11:30 pm and picked up Pade to continue on to summit. Climbed through night to try to summit. On 30 Sept at 12:30 (100m below the summit), he decided to turn around and ski down. He was cold and tired. He turned back knowing he needed the energy to ski down, arrived at BC at 6:30-7 pm. Boehm left base camp on 29 Sept at 6:00 pm with Haag, arrived at C2 to pick up Pade around 11:30-12:00 pm and then continued on to climb. He made it to the summit at 11:00 am, left the summit at 11:25 pm (he was on summit for 25 minutes), then decided to ski down and arrived at BC 6:30-7:00 pm on 30 Sept. Ski-down descent details: Snow conditions very bad. They started to ski down from where Pade decided to turn around (8050m) to C4 (7400m). At C4 the skiers thought they would have to put on crampons and climb down, because on the way up there was a lot of black ice. However after the fixed rope below C4 they realized they could continue to ski down (big ramp to the side side of the fixed rope) and at 7000m they traversed to C3. From C3 there was a lot of debris from the accident and had to be careful not to fall. From C2 to C1 it was very warm and the snow bridges were melting and breaking and the snow was soft (skied all the way until the end of the glacier to the skiers' left side (10 minutes from base camp). Skied every where except 100m vertical from C4 (7400m) until 7300m. Skiing the first 100m vertical from summit, thinks it is possible to ski down the entire mountain. Note: This team originally intended to climb Cho Oyu, but switched to Manaslu since Cho Oyu was closed for the season.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Ramdung Expedition
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459338
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Benedikt Dominikus Michael Boehm M 1977 Germany Deputy Leader Munich, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sebastian F. Haag M 1978 Germany Leader Munich, Bavaria, Germany Veterinarian Details Other expeditions
Gregory Frederic Hill M 1975 Canada Climber Revelstoke, British Columbia Forest ranger & skiing instructor Details Other expeditions
Rainer J. Lechner M 1978 Germany Climber Feldkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Restaurant manager Details Other expeditions
Constantin G. Pade M 1986 Germany Climber Petersthal, Bavaria, Germany Salesman Details Other expeditions
Robert Sichert M 1975 Germany Climber Brunnthal, Bavaria, Germany Insurance company controller Details Other expeditions
Domi Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Garma-8, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA12340 - - http://www.dynafit.com/action-events/expeditions/cho-oyu-2012.html - - -