Manaslu | 2014 NE Face

A USA expedition to Manaslu in 2014 via NE Face, led by Ryan Waters. Summit reached on 1st October 2014. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8574
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA14308
Peak ID MANA
Year 2014
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Ryan Waters
Sponsor Mountain Professionals Manaslu Expedition 2014
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 Ireland, Norway
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2014-09-12
Summit Date 2014-10-01
Summit Time 0820
Summit Days 19
Total Days 21
Termination Date 2014-10-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(12/09,4800m),C1(16/09,5800m),C2(19/09,6200m),C3(6800m),C4(30/09,7400m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes All five members and their three climbing Sherpas summited. Falkum, Gude, Roche, Teigen and Waters left C4 at 3:30 am on 1 October with their Sherpas Ang Gelu, Ang Phurba and Tshering Dorje, and were on the top at 8:20 am. The entire party descended to C2 at 5:00 pm that day and were back in BC on the 2nd. They left BC on the 3rd and flew to Kathmandu by helicopter on the 4th. All the members used oxygen from C4 to the summit and down to C3. The Sherpas used none. Sherpas: Ang Gelu Sherpa, 23/7/70, Surke, Khumbu, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X3, Manaslu X1 Ang Phurba Sherpa, 1/12/90, Phurte, Namche-4, Khumbu, Everest X2 Tshering Dorje Sherpa, 3/3/89, Beding, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X7, Manaslu X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Trailblazer
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460116
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Merethe Falkum Lien F 1970 Norway Climber Skien, Norway Sales manager Details Other expeditions
Benedicte Teigen Gude F 1971 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway President of property management company Details Other expeditions
John Roche M 1960 Ireland Climber Limerick, Ireland Manufacturing engineer Details Other expeditions
Gaute Gude Teigen M 1972 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Marine operations manager Details Other expeditions
Ryan Powers Waters M 1973 USA Leader Boulder, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Ang Gelu Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Surke, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Dorje (Chhering Dorje) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.