Manaslu | 2015 NE Face

A Netherlands expedition to Manaslu in 2015 via NE Face, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 30th September 2015. 22 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9083
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA15306
Peak ID MANA
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks Manaslu Expedition 2015
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, Bulgaria, Ecuador, France, India, Italy, Peru
Approach Various routes
Basecamp Date 2015-09-09
Summit Date 2015-09-30
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 21
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2015-10-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 14
Summit Hired 14
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(09/09,4700m),C1(5600m),C2(6400m),C3(6800m),C4(7400m),Smt(30/09,01/10)
Route Notes Seven Summit Treks Manaslu expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Seven Summits provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: Gilian Kit Wai Lee (Australia) Camps: BC(09/09,4700m),C1(10/09,5768m),C2(16/09,6200m),C3(17/09,6800m), C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09) Left: 02/10/2015 Hired: 1 Term: Success (11:30 am) Team left C4 at 1 am. Weather was clear; snow conditions good. Already on way up Lee noticed that he was getting frostbite but still carried on. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit. On way down Lee started to have hallucinations, which could have been the onset of cerebral edema. He was very dehydrated. He reached C4 at 4 pm and spent the night there. On 1 Oct Lee was still a bit confused and when he left C4 he passed out for about 5 minutes about 35m out of camp. When he woke up again he felt better and he and Ang Dawa carried on to BC, where they arrived at 5 pm. On 2 Oct Lee took a helicopter to Kathmandu. Frostbite of 1st degree on right big toe and right thumb by Lee. Oxygen: Taken and used from 7600m to top to 7600m by Ang Dawa; Lee no 02 Sherpa: Ang Dawa Sherpa, Kharikhola, 18/11/84 Boyan Petrov (Bulgaria) Name: 1st Bulgarian on Manaslu Camps: BC(10/09,4700m),C1(13/09,5600m),C2(14/09,6400m),C3(28/09,6800m), C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09) Left: 03/10/2015 Hired: 0 Term: Success (11:30 am) Petrov left C4 at 5 am. Weather and conditions good. As he was among the last ones to summit that day, he could spend about 1 hour on the summit. Petrov descended all the way to BC, where he arrived at 8:30 pm. Oxygen: Not taken, not used by Petrov. Santiago Quintero (Ecuador) Camps: BC(09/09,4700m),C1(14/09,5600m),C2(18/09,6400m),C3(28/09,6800m), C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09) Left: 02/10/2015 Hired: 1 Term: Success (10:30 am) Quintero and Mingma left C4 at 2:30 am. Good conditions. He stayed on the summit for about 10 minutes. He descended to C3, where he arrived at 4 pm. On 1 Oct to BC. Oxygen: Not taken, not used by Quintero. Used by Mingma from 8000m to top C4. Sherpa: Mingma Thindu, Makalu Philippe Marty (France) Camps: BC(10/09,4700m),C1(15/09,5600m),C2(17/09,6400m),C3(28/09,6800m), C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09) Left: 03/10/2015 Hired: 1 Term: Success (10:00 am) Marty and Ang Dawa left C4 at 2 am. Weather and conditions good. They spent about 5 minutes on summit and descended to C1, where they stayed the night. On 1 Oct to BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C1 by Marty From C4 to top to C4 by Ang Dawa Giampaolo Corona (Italy) Camps: BC(10/09,4700m),C1(13/09,5600m),C2(14/09,6400m),C3(28/09,6800m), C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09) Left: 03/10/2015 Hired: 0 Term: Success (11:30 am) Corona left C4 at 5 am. Weather and conditions were good. As he was among the last ones to summit that day, he could spend about 1 hour on the summit. He descended to C4, where he spent the night. He was tired as he had carried his own gear (24kg). Oxygen: not taken, not used Arnold Coster (Netherlands) Debasish Biswas (India) Camps: BC(10/09,4700m),C1(15/09,5600m),C2(28/09,6400m),C3(29/09,6800m), C4(30/09,7400m),Smt(01/10) Left: 03/10/2015 Hired: 1 Term: Success (5:15 am) Coster and Pemba Thinduk left C4 at 1 am. They spent 5 minutes on summit. On the way down, they fixed some rope between C4 and top. They descended to BC, where they arrived at 3:30 pm. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C4 by Coster; from C4 to top to C4 by Pemba Sherpa: Pemba Thinkuk, Makalu-9, 18/04,82 Coster summited along with Debasish Biswas, both using the same Sherpa. From www.dreamwanderlust.com: Debasish Biswas with Pemba Sherpa successfully summited Mt. Manaslu on 1st October, 2015 at 5:15 am (Nepal time). The expedition was conducted by "7Summit Treks" agency in September-October 2015. Brief expedition report: On 7th September Mr. Debasish Biswas left Kolkata for Kathmandu. He reached Arughat village on the next day. Due to the earth quake of Nepal the route were totally destroyed. Hence he reached Samagaon by helicopter from Arughat on 9th September and reached base camp on the succeeding day. After two days rest at BC on 13th September he reached Camp I and returned back and rest for 2/3 days. Next few days he and Pemba Sherpa reached Camp I and Camp II for several times for acclimatization. Then they returned back to BC and waited for the good weather report. Initially they got the information that on 25th and 26th September the weather above 7000m will be clear. But in the next report the days shifted to couple of days. They reached Camp I and stayed there for next three days and Camp II for next two days after having another changes in weather report. They got the information that the 30th September and 1st and 2nd October will be the best weather window for climbing. They reached 29th September on Camp III and 30th September on Camp IV. On 30th night at 12:30 (Nepal time) they went for summit. On 1st October at 5:15 (Nepal time) they reached the summit. "We reached Camp I on 24th September. As per previous weather report of 25th September and 26th September we would get window to summit. But, weather at Manaslu was very fluctuating. Again we had to wait for couple of days because of bad weather. Ultimately we got report of another clear weather window from 30th September to 2nd October. So, we approached again for Camp III and Camp IV and finally summited Mt. Manaslu (8163m) on 1st October, 2015 at 5:15 am (Nepal time)." - said Mr. Biswas. "It was tough. My right ankle have been twisted near Camp 2, we lost a fellow mountaineer of same summit team, another one was severly injured. He have been rescued" - he added. Victor Rimac (Peru) Camps: BC(10/09,4700m),C1(13/09,5600m),C2(14/09,6400m),C3(28/09,6800m), C4(29/09,7400m),Smt(30/09) Left: 03/10/2015 Hired: 0 Term: Success (10:30 am) Rimac left C4 at 1:30 am. Weather was clear and calm. He spent about 5 minutes on the summit and descended to C3, where he arrived at 4 pm. On 1 Oct BC. Oxygen: Not taken, not used by Rimac. Additional Nepali Summiters: The following are listed by the Ministry of Tourism as summiting on 1 Oct: Karma Gyalje Sherpa, Maklalu-9, 04/09/83 Nima Sherpa, Makalu-5, 29/03/87 Lakpa Sherpa, Makalu-9, 27/11/86 Lakpa Sherpa, Makalu-9, 26/11/91 Ming Temba, Makalu-9, 28/04/1988 Mingma Gelbu Sherpa, Lelep-3, 16/05/89 Mingma Tenjen Sherpa, Makalu-4, 16/06/79 Pasang Norbu Sherpa, Makalu-9, 28/05/90 Pemba Chhoti Sherpa, Yaphu-9, 21/12/73 Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa, Makalu-5, 14/02/83
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460481
Year 2015
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

22 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Gilian Kit Wai Lee M 1976 Australia Climber Belconnen, ACT, Australia IT director Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Moordrecht, Netherlands Expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Debasish Biswas M 1971 India Climber Kolkata (Calcutta), India Income tax department, government service of India Details Other expeditions
Pemba Thinduk Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Giampaolo Corona M 1973 Italy Climber Mezzano, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Philippe Jean Marty M 1958 France Climber Grenoble, Isere, France Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Santiago Quintero Sylva M 1974 Ecuador Climber Quito, Ecuador Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mingma Thinduk Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbu Chaur, Upper Walung, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Boyan Petrov Petrov M 1973 Bulgaria Climber Sofia, Bulgaria Biologist at the National Museum Details Other expeditions
Victor Hugo Rimac Trejo M 1986 Peru Climber Huaraz, Peru Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa/Lakpa Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gyabu (Mingma David) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Sakathum, Lelep-7, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenjen Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nurbu Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhuti (Pemba Chhoti) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nurbu Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingtemba (Mikel) Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

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