Manaslu | 2016 NE Face

A Sweden expedition to Manaslu in 2016 via NE Face, led by Carina Ahlqvist. Summit reached on 30th September 2016. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9319
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA16316
Peak ID MANA
Year 2016
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Sweden
Leaders Carina Ahlqvist
Sponsor Swedish Manaslu Expedition 2016
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Larkya La
Basecamp Date 2016-09-15
Summit Date 2016-09-30
Summit Time 0930
Summit Days 15
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2016-10-02
Termination Reason 2
Termination Notes Stopped at fore-summit (8125m) due to end of fixed-rope
High Point (m) 8125
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
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(15/09,4800m),C1(17/09,5600m),C2(21/09,6400m),C3(28/09,6800m),C4(29/09,7450m),ForeSmt(30/09,8125m)
Route Notes BC 15/09 4800m C1 17/09 5600m C2 21/09 6400m C3 28/09 6800m C4 29/09 7450m F-Smt 30/09 by Ahlqvist, Jit Bahadur at 9:30 am. Team left C4 at 3 am. High winds during the start, but then calmed down. Big Chinese team was on route as well. They spent about 30 minutes on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived at 5 pm. On 1 Oct back to BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from C4 to top to C4 by Ahlqvist and Sherpa. Sherpa: Jit Bahadur (Thile), Khare-5, Dolakha, 30/07/1978 Note from Carina Ahlqvist, 31 Oct 2016: Hello Billi, Thank you for your message. I got to the end of the fixed rope. My sherpa told me this was the official spot for the summit. Another sherpa told me that I have to take a photo with me next to that yellowish rock to prove later that I had been to the summit. I didn't see anyone moving up to that other place which later on turned out to be the spot where I should have needed to go. It looked rather dangerous without rope. My sherpa wanted me to go down as soon as possible, not further up. My concern is that the sherpa who was guiding me said that he has summited several times before and that each time this "foresummit" had been the place where he had gone. Reading that Russell Brice fixed the rope to the real summit 2008-2014 it doesnt make sense that my sherpa only went to the foresummit the previous times, claiming that he had been to the (real) summit. At least he should have informed me about that there is a false and true summit when we were standing there so that I could have taken a decision from facts about whether to proceed or not. Now he told me I was standing on the real summit. I am not trying to find scapegoats to blame others, and I myself should have known where the summit was. But out from the films and pictures I had seen on Youtube and alike before, it looked like a rather smaller spot with great views around and I thought, out from the situation with ropes ending there, that I had reached that spot. So I will not pay that sherpa any summit bonus. I was believing that I was at the official summit until a few days ago. Even Russell Brice claimed that he had reached the summit on October 1st on FB. I also saw photos from the foresummits. So why should I believe that I had not reached the summit? You cannot believe how sad I am to hear that my effort will not be the first Swedish woman on the summit of Manaslu, as I was so close. I had thought of wriDng articles out of this. Now I can do nothing. Reading the blog by Mark Horrell, exposing myself in his blog as someone who is claiming to have been on the top although it was false, I think it is unfair. I was not trying to make up a story out of false facts. I thought I was standing on the summit and acted out from that. Kegarnee. Now, you got the full story from my perspective. Have you heard how the Department of tourim is reasoning? Carina Ahlqvist
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Excursion (Himalayan Guides pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460848
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Carina Annette Ahlqvist F 1967 Sweden Leader Varmdo, Sweden Company project manager Details Other expeditions
Jit Bahadur (Thile) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Khare-5, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA16316 - - http://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2016/how-to-verify-manaslu-summit-claim/ - - -
MANA16316 - - https://mitti.se/nyheter/hon-ar-forsta-svenskan-att-na-toppen/ - - -