Manaslu | 2012 NE Face

A Canada expedition to Manaslu in 2012 via NE Face, led by Al Hancock. Summit reached on 29th September 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7940
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA12352
Peak ID MANA
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Al Hancock
Sponsor -
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 Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2012-09-10
Summit Date 2012-09-29
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 19
Total Days 21
Termination Date 2012-10-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/09,4800m),C1(15/09,5600m),C2(21/09,6500m),C3(27/09/7100m),C4(28/09,7400m),Smt(29/09)
Route Notes BC 10 Sep 4800m C1 15 Sep 5600m C2 21 Sep 6500m C3 27 Sep 7100m C4 28 Sep 7400m Smt 29 Sep by Hancock and Pemba at 10:30 am. Summit team left C4 at 2 am. Weather was cold and crisp. Seven Summit Sherpas fixed the rope to the summit just in front of Hancock. Straightforward climb, no long delays. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit. Hancock was very cold as he had lost his down suit and other high-altitude clothing in the avalanche on 23 Sept. They descended to C4, where they arrived at 2 pm and stayed the night. The following day they descended to BC. On 22 Sept he did a carry to C3 and left his high-altitude gear in a tent. He did not stay the night as he wanted to go back to BC to rest for the summit attempt; otherwise he would have been caught in the avalanche. He lost all his gear though. After Manaslu he went trekking in Mustang. Sherpa: Pemba, Makalu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459337
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Adolphus Gordon (Al) Hancock M 1959 Canada Leader Fort McMurray, Alberta Maintenance supervisor Details Other expeditions
Pemba Dorchi Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Sedua, Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA12352 - - http://www.alhancock.com/journal-manaslu-2012 - - -