Manaslu | 2018 NE Face

A Nepal expedition to Manaslu in 2018 via NE Face, led by Mingma Gyalje Sherpa. Summit reached on 27th September 2018. 19 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10113
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA18324
Peak ID MANA
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Mingma Gyalje Sherpa
Sponsor Imagine Nepal Manaslu Expedition 2018
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, China, Greece, Ireland, UK, USA
Approach Trekking via Larkya La & by helicopter to Samagaon
Basecamp Date 2018-09-05
Summit Date 2018-09-27
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 22
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2018-09-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 10
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 8
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(05/09,4900m),C1(09/09,5400m),C2(15/09,6000m),C3(25/09,6800m),C4(26/09,7400m),Smt(27-28)
Route Notes C4 26/09 Smt 27/09 by Ferier, Darce at 12:30 pm (both no oxygen) with Suman Gurung, Anup Gurung and Prakash Gurung Smt 28/09 by Marinos at 5 am with Tamding Sherpa, Sykaris at 6 am, Zeng with Sonam Jangbu at 6 am, Liu Sen with Pemba Chhoti at 6 am, Constable and Keane at 8 am with Furtemba Sherpa and Thundu Sherpa, Ms Hao Qiannan (no oxygen) with Mingma Gyalje at 8:30 am. Benjamin made summit on 27th September at around 12:30 pm and skied down. Departure from C4 at 5 am in the morning. Ferier and Darce left C3 on 26/09 at around 9 pm for summit push with Suman Gurung, Anup Gurung and Prakash Gurung. Christopher Kussmaul returned back from C4 on 26th September after he countered altitude sickness. Kussmaul and Darce were partners. They planned to summit on 26/09, but couldn't go because Kussmaul got sick reaching C4 and Darce stayed rest at C4. They tried summit from C3 on 25th night. Both were skiers on Manaslu. Highest elevation for Kussmaul was about 7300m. All 28th September summit team departed from C4 at 12:30 am. 10 climbing Sherpas all together. Santa Bahadur Gurung went up to C2 at 6300m, remaining all made summit. Benjamin, Simon and Ms Hao made summit without oxygen. Mingma also made summit without oxygen but used oxygen from around 7600m while descending back because he took one bottle of oxygen for Ms Hao in case of emergency or if she couldn't walk faster. She made the summit successfully and oxygen was not needed for her so he used that one on the way back because he was just carrying and it was only weigh in my bag. So his climb will be included in oxygen used. Anup Gurung who made without oxygen with Ferier on 27th September. Beside this all other members and Sherpas used oxygen. Everyone reached back to base camp on 28th September safely. 27th summit team got back to C3 on 27th and back to base camp on 28th Sept. Oxygen: Taken and used (apart from Anap Gurung, Darce, Ferier and Quiannan) from C3 to top to C3. Hired: Suman Gurung from Laprak, Gorkha Anup Gurung from Laprak, Gorkha Prakash Gurung from Deurali, Tanahun Tamding Sherpa, Beding, Rolwaling Sonam Jangbu, Thami Pemba Chotti, Thami Furtemba Sherpa, Simigaon Thundu Sherpa, Beding, Rolwaling Mingma Gyalje, Beding, Rolwaling Further notes: Wesley Constable, Michael Keane, Thundu Sherpa and Phurba Temba Sherpa were Ascent Himalaya clients on the Imagine Treks permit. Benjamin Darce and Christopher Kussmaul were Climbalaya clients on the Imagine Treks permit. Notes for Darce and Kussmaul: Darce left C4 at 6 am and reached the summit at 1 pm. He made a ski descent from just below the summit to C4 and again most of the route from below the ice cliff of C4 to C3. He got to C4 at 3 pm and reached C3 around 8 pm, where he spent the night. He had the summit to himself as he was one day ahead of the crowds. The weather was sunny and warm, no wind. Kussmaul developed HAPE at about 7600m on Sep 27 and had to abandon the climb. He skied down to Samagaon, ate food and slept a lot. The expedition was over for him. No oxygen, no Sherpa support above BC. Both members met again at BC and trekked out together via Arughat.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Imagine Nepal
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463107
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

19 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mingma Gyalje Sherpa M 1986 Nepal Leader Beding, Dolakha Managing director of Imagine Nepal Details Other expeditions
Wesley Robert Constable M 1980 Australia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Benjamin David Darce M 1987 USA Climber East Glacier Park, Montana Musician Details Other expeditions
Simon Ferrier-May M 1991 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Qian-Nan Hao F 1987 China Climber Shaanxi, China - Details Other expeditions
Michael Keane M 1952 Ireland Climber Galway, Ireland - Details Other expeditions
Christopher Allen Lewis Kussmaul M 1994 USA Climber Bozeman, Montana Student Details Other expeditions
Sen Liu M 1974 China Climber Liaoning, China - Details Other expeditions
Georgios Marinos M 1974 Greece Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Antonios Sykaris M 1962 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Businessman Details Other expeditions
Hui-Wen Zeng M 1974 China Climber Guangdong, China - Details Other expeditions
Anup Gurung M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Swara-5, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Prakash Kemchay Gurung M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Deurali-6, Tanahun - Details Other expeditions
Suman Gurung M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Laprak-7, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhoti Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Temba (Furtemba) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Jangbu Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tamting Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Thundu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

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