Manaslu | 2013 NE Face

A New Zealand expedition to Manaslu in 2013 via NE Face, led by Russell Brice. Summit reached on 25th September 2013. 31 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8219
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA13331
Peak ID MANA
Year 2013
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Russell Brice
Sponsor Himalayan Experience (Himex) Manaslu Expedition 2013
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 Australia, France, Japan, Nepal, Switzerland, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2013-09-02
Summit Date 2013-09-25
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 23
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2013-09-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 18
Summit Members 17
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 13
Summit Hired 13
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(02/09,4830m),C1(09/09,5516m),C2(12/09,6336m),C3(18/09,6720m),C4(24/09,7430m),Smt(25/09)
Route Notes Brice's planning included an early arrival at BC to give his team plenty of time to acclimatize and get in position to go for the top when the monsoon weather was not a problem. They arrived at BC when they wanted to, on 2 September, and left when they wanted to, on 27 and 28 September. They had perfect weather while they were on the mountain except for one day, 20 September, when it rained. Their helicopter arrival and departure flights operated on their chosen dates -- and they got back to Kathmandu 10 days early. Brice attributes his team's success in putting all members on the summit, having no injuries and having no members' early departures, to their having arrived at BC early. After acclimatization (going up to a new camp, descending at increasingly higher altitudes), the entire team of 17 members and 13 climbing Sherpas, plus a female Sherpa, Yangji from Khumjung, started their push for the summit from BC to C1 on 21 September, moved up to C2 on the 22nd, to C3 on the 23rd, established C4 on the 24th and summited on the 25th. All of them left C4 for the top at 3:00 am on 25 September. They were on the summit between 8:00 and 9:11 am, and all except Sasaki descended all the way to BC between 4:00 and 7:00 pm. The elderly Sasaki, 63 years old, preferred to stop off at C1 for the night and joined the team at BC on the 26th. Oxygen was used by all members and Sherpas. The members used it from C3 to the top and down to wherever their supply ran out or they no longer wanted it. The Sherpas followed the same pattern except they started on it in C4. Sherpas: Fura Chheten, 29/08/90, Phortse, Manaslu X1 Gyalgen Dorji, 17/02/88, Phortse, Everest X3, Lhotse X3, Manaslu X1 Lhakpa Nuru, 18/06/80, Phortse, Everest X9, Lhotse X2, Manaslu X3 Nawang Tenjing, 20/11/93, Phortse, Everest X1, Manaslu X2 Ngima Chhiri, 22/04/72, Phortse, Everest X4, Manaslu X3 Ngima Tenzing, 26/04/91, Phortse, Everest X4, Manaslu X2 Nima Namgyal, 1983, Khumjung Pasang Ngima, 01/10/92, Phortse, Everest X4, Manaslu X2 Phurba Tashi, 24/05/71, Khumjung, Cho Oyu X5, Everest X21, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X1 Sonam Tashi, 18/06/63, Phortse, Everest X1, Manaslu X1 Son Dorjee, 22/05/63, Phortse, Everest X11, Manaslu X4 Tashi Tshering, 26/04/77, Khumjung, Everest X4, Lhotse X2, Manaslu X1 Urken Lundup, 18/01/93, Khumjung Yangji Doma, 14/5/80, Khumjung (Sherpani)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459699
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

31 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Russell Reginald Brice M 1952 New Zealand Leader Argentiere, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Andrew John Burtt M 1969 UK Climber Bournemouth, England Master mariner Details Other expeditions
Caroline Agnes Cuif-Letrange F 1970 France Climber London, England Marketing consultant Details Other expeditions
James Fenton Curley M 1962 UK Climber Letchworth, Hertford, England Printing hardware manager Details Other expeditions
Robert Alastair Fleming M 1964 UK Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Engineer Details Other expeditions
Bruce Graeme Hasler M 1976 New Zealand Climbing Leader Lake Hayes, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Glenn Rodney Johnson M 1982 Australia Climber Aspendale, Victoria, Australia Builder Details Other expeditions
Hiroyuki Kuraoka M 1961 Japan Assistant Leader Abiko, Chiba, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Herbert Luethi M 1960 Switzerland Climber Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Susumu Motoike M 1959 Japan Climber Kumamoto, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Sohkichi Sasaki M 1950 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Retired real estate agent Details Other expeditions
Takayasu Semba M 1964 Japan Climber Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan IT business consultant Details Other expeditions
Stuart Gregory Smith M 1959 USA Climber Waco, Texas Attorney Details Other expeditions
Hirohisa Suzuki M 1978 Japan Climber Osaka Gotenba-shi, Osaka, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Shinji Tamura M 1966 Japan Climbing Guide Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Takahiro Yoda M 1980 Japan Climber Osaka, Japan Photographer Details Other expeditions
Jeffrey Michael Smith M 1963 UK Climber Cardiff, Wales Advertising manager Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhetan (Fura Chhetan) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gyalzen Dorje (Gyaljen Dorje) Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Tenjing (Nawang Tenzing) Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tshering (Ngima Chhiri) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tenzing (Ngima Tenjing) Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tashi Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Tashi Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Son Dorje Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Tshering Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Urken Lendu (Urgen Tenzing) Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Yangji Doma Sherpa F 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Namgyal Sherpa M 1983 Nepal Exp Doctor Khumjung, Khumbu Physician Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA13331 - - http://himalayanexperience.com/newsletters/manaslu-2013 - - -