Manaslu | 2014 NE Face

A Spain expedition to Manaslu in 2014 via NE Face, led by Borja Real Sanchez. Summit reached on 30th September 2014. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8568
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA14305
Peak ID MANA
Year 2014
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Borja Real Sanchez
Sponsor Manaslu 2014 UNA Pala
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 trekking
Basecamp Date 2014-09-08
Summit Date 2014-09-30
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 22
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2014-10-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
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(08/09,4800m),C1(10/09,5800m),C2(13/09,6400m),C3(15/09,6800m),C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09)
Route Notes BC 08/09 4800m C1 10/09 5800m C2 13/09 6400m C3 15/09 6800m C4 29/09 7400m Smt 30/09 by Carvajal Rodriguez and Fernandez Vivancos at 10 am, Saldana Rodriguez and Velez Ruiz 11:30 am. When summit team arrived at C4, they had to sleep in somebody else's tent due to the fact that Saldana had lost their tent on the ascent (it fell out of his rucksack). On 30 Sept, they left C4 at 3 am. Weather was good. On the ascent there were no complications. Carvajal and Fernandez were the first to summit and waited for the others to arrive on the top. During this time Carvajal got very cold feet. Once everyone was on the top they descended to C4 at about 12 noon. When they arrived at C4 at 2 pm they first could not find a tent to sleep in; however, they did not want to descend any further as the team was very tired. When they found a shovel, they started digging and found two very small tents, where they camped in for the night. It was very uncomfortable and they could not really sleep. At C4 Carvajal noticed that he had frostbite on both feet and Saldana realized that he had frostbite on both hands. On 1 Oct, the summit team descended to C3. On his way down, Velez Ruiz took a fall on the fixed ropes and hurt his knee at about 7200m. He could hardly walk and the others had to help him down to C3, where they arrived at 11 am. On 2 Oct Carvajal, who was suffering from frostbite, descended to BC carrying some of their gear while Fernandez, Saldana and Velez stayed at C3 for another night as they were waiting for a helicopter rescue for Velez Ruiz. On 3 Oct the helicopter arrived and first evacuated Velez Ruiz from C3 and then Carvajal from BC as his frostbite was getting worse. Fernandez and Saldana descended to BC by foot and flew out of BC by helicopter on 4 Oct. Real Sanchez reached about 7000m on 29 Sept. He did not continue as he was not feeling well. Garcia Lorente reached 7000m on 18 Sept. He did not get on with one of the team members and decided to leave the expedition. He left 26 Sept and walked out via the Larkya La. Merchan Cotos reached 6200m 14 Sept. He did not acclimatize well and abandoned his climb. He left the expedition on 26 Sept and walked out via the Larkya La together with Garcia Lorente. Oxygen: Not taken, not used.
Accidents Frostbite on both feet by Carvajal and both hands by Saldana; Velez fall
Achievement -
Agency Bochi Bochi Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460115
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Carlos Javier Carvajal Rodriguez M 1975 Spain Climber La Zubia, Granada, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Fernando Jose Fernandez-Vivancos Fernandez M 1971 Spain Climber Dilar, Granada, Spain Alpine shop manager Details Other expeditions
Miguel Angel Garcia Lorente M 1981 Spain Climber Granada, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Rafael Merchan Cotos M 1958 Spain Climber Malaga, Malaga, Spain Technician Details Other expeditions
Borja Real Sanchez M 1989 Spain Leader Malpartida De Plasencia, Caceras, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Jose Francisco (Pepe) Saldana Rodriguez M 1960 Spain Climber Granada City, Granada, Spain Government official (civil servant) Details Other expeditions
Antonio Jesus Velez Ruiz M 1971 Spain Climber Granada, Andalucia, Spain Mobile phone salesman Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA14305 - - http://www.expenews.com/es/expeditions/368/dispatches/5554 - - -
MANA14305 - - http://www.expenews.com/es/expeditions/368/team - - -