Manaslu | 2016 NNE Face (to 7700m)

A Spain expedition to Manaslu in 2016 via NNE Face (to 7700m), led by Alberto Zerain. Summit reached on 4th October 2016. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9329
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA16324
Peak ID MANA
Year 2016
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NNE Face (to 7700m)
Route 2 NE Face
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Alberto Zerain
Sponsor Spanish-Argentinian Manaslu Expedition 2016
Success 1 False
Success 2 True
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Argentina
Approach Larkya La
Basecamp Date 2016-09-10
Summit Date 2016-10-04
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 24
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2016-10-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
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(10/09,4850m),C1(19/09,6300m),xxx(01/10,7700m); NE Face->Smt(04/10)
Route Notes BC 10/09 4850m C1 19/09 6300m (on NNE Face) HPt 01/10 7700m by Galvan at 8 am. Galvan & Zerain (NNE Face): After team had set up C1, they spent two nights at C1 for acclimatization and descended to BC. They spent 4 days at BC and ascended again to to C1 on 27 Sept. When they reached the place where they had set up their C1, everything was gone. Nothing left, no trace of the tent or any other equipment. Zerain and Galvan slept in a bivouac and Zerain descended to BC the next morning. As he was getting too cold, Galvan let the bivouac at 9 pm and reached 6800m, where he found the tent of the Japanese expedition (Cosmo Treks) at 11 am. The snow was very deep and it was hard to break trail. As he was very tired, he used the tent and spent 1-1/2 days there. He had no stove to melt snow, so he put snow into a bag and let it drop into a bottle. On 30 Sept he left the tent at around midnight and climbed to 7400m, where he made a snow cave and stayed there until 9 pm. Then he continued climbing and reached 7700m. As he was too tired to continue on this route, he traversed to the normal route. He joined the normal route between C3 and C4 and descended to BC the same day. He arrived there at 6 pm. Zerain accimatization push (NE Face): On 29 Sept Zerain left BC at 5 pm and ascended in one go to C3, where he arrived at 2 am. He rested for 2 hours and continued to C4, where he arrived at about 9 am; he turned back and descended to BC, where he arrived at 1 pm. Galvan summit push (NE Face): Galvan was very tired and rested for a day. When Zerain decided to go up again on 2 Oct, Galvan did not join him as he needed to rest. However on 3 Oct, Galvan had recovered and decided to go to the summit in one single push. He left BC at 4:45 pm on 3 Oct. He took short rests in C1 and C2. He bypassed C3 and reached C4 at 7 am on 4 Oct. He got into a tent, where he left his rucksack and continued to the summit at about 7:15 am. He reached the summit at around 11:30 am and spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to BC, where he arrived at 9 pm. Zerrain summit push (NE Face): On 2 Oct Zerain left BC at 5 pm and ascended to C3, where he arrived at 5 am on 3 Oct. It was very windy and he waited in his tent for the storm to abate. At about 1 am on 4 Oct he intended to start for the summit push but it was too windy, so he left at 6 am for his summit push. He reached the summit at 5 pm and spent about half an hour there. He descended descended to C4, where he arrived at 6:30 pm. He spent the night in a tent of Seven Summit Treks. The following day to BC. Zerain did not know that Galvan also went for the summit and their paths did not cross. Summit on 4 Oct by Zerain at 5 pm Summit on 4 Oct by Galvan at 11:30 am Team returned to Ktmdu on 6 Oct by helicopter.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Prestige Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460852
Year 2016
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nne face (to 7700m)

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alberto Zerain Berasategui M 1961 Spain Leader Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Spain Truck driver Details Other expeditions
Mariano Galvan M 1980 Argentina Climber Mendoza, Argentina Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.