Manaslu | 2016 NE Face

A Romania expedition to Manaslu in 2016 via NE Face, led by Vasile Cipcigan. Summit reached on 1st October 2016. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9328
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA16323
Peak ID MANA
Year 2016
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Romania
Leaders Vasile Cipcigan
Sponsor Satori Adventures Manaslu Expedition
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 Georgia, Italy
Approach Besisahar->Dharapani->Bhimtang->Larkya La->Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2016-09-11
Summit Date 2016-10-01
Summit Time 0745
Summit Days 20
Total Days 22
Termination Date 2016-10-03
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 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(11/09,4800m),C1(15/09,5800m),C2(20/09,6400m),C3(29/09,6900m),C4(30/09,7400m),ForeSmt(01/10,8125m)
Route Notes BC 11/09 4800m C1 15/09 5800m C2 20/09 6400m C3 29/09 6900m C4 30/09 7400m F-Smt 01/10 by Cipcigan and Tsintsadze. Cipcigan left C4 at 00:22 am on 1 Oct and summited at 7:45 am. He stayed on summit for about 10 minutes, then back to C4 at around 11 am. He continued to C2 where he arrived at 3 pm. Next day 2 Oct he went down to BC. At BC he realized pain in his feet due to frostbite. He was climbing last leg to summit with two Czech climbers Belik and Auermueller. Co-climber of Cipcigan, Craciun spent night at C2 on 28 September and went down due to stomach problem. Note: Cipcigan is leader on the permit #15 on which there were 11 climbers from different agencies. Cipcigan said that the Italian climber on permit Dario Caria did not go to summit. Georgian climber Tsintsadze summited. All of them reached fore-summit. Oxygen: none Fixed rope: contributed money. Records First from Clujnapoka city Accident: Frost bite all toe in right and first two in left due to wet socks. He was evacuated from Samagaon by Heli. Sherpas: Mingma Temba, Yaphu-9, 19/01/80 [1924/53] (with Tsintsadze)
Accidents Cipcigan frostbite all toes in right and first two in left due to wet socks; he was evacuated from Samagaon by helicopter.
Achievement -
Agency Satori Adventures
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460849
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Vasile Cipcigan M 1978 Romania Leader Cluj-Napoca, Romania Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions
Calin Titus Craciun M 1972 Romania Climber Cluj-Napoca, Romania Journalist Details Other expeditions
Avtandil Tsintsadze M 1963 Georgia Climber Tbilisi, Georgia Physician (cardiac surgeon) Details Other expeditions
Massimiliano (Dario) Caria M 1972 Italy Climber Santa Giusta, Oristano, Italy Restaurant owner Details Other expeditions
Mingma Temba Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA16323 - - https://www.agerpres.ro/romania-colorata/2016/10/17/alpinistul-vasile-cipcigan-pe-manaslu-au-fost-momente-care-ne-au-pus-in-pericol-viata-13-05-14 - - -
MANA16323 - - https://www.facebook.com/vasile.cipcigan.5 - - -