Manaslu | 2019 NE Face

A France expedition to Manaslu in 2019 via NE Face, led by Serge Bazin. Summit reached on 26th September 2019. 27 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10481
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA19334
Peak ID MANA
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Serge Bazin
Sponsor Snowy Horizon Manaslu Expedition
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 Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Japan, Nepal, Poland, Sweden, USA
Approach Trek via Larkya La
Basecamp Date 2019-09-08
Summit Date 2019-09-26
Summit Time 0600
Summit Days 18
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2019-10-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 14
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 11
Summit Hired 10
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(08/09,4800m),C1(10/09),C2(12/09),C3(24/09),C4(25/09,7400m),Smt(26-28/09)
Route Notes The Birukov couple, Ngima and Ngima Tenji started from C4 at 1:30 am, reached the summit at 7:30 am on 26 Sept, back to C2 at 4-5 pm. Not so busy on summit, quite warm weather, some clouds. Oxygen taken and used by members from C3 to summit and down to C4, by Sherpas from C4 to summit and down to C4. Hamel, Hasslacher and Kocewiak started from C4 at 2:30 am, reached the top at 9 am (Hamel) and 10:30 am (Hasslacher and Kocewiak) on 27 Sept, back to C3 at 5:30 pm. Weather good, some visibility from the top. They climbed without oxygen and Sherpa support above BC. The French group of Bazin, Delalle, Departe, Mingmar Tamang and Da Chhiri started from C4 at 1:30 am, reached the top at 7:30 am on 28 Sept and down to C2 at 4 pm. Bad weather, little bit of wind and snow. No visibility. Oxygen taken and used from C3 to summit and down to C3 by all members and Sherpas. Lippert and Phurba Ongdi started from C4 at 12 am midnight, on summit between 6 and 7 am on 28 Sept, back to BC at 6 pm. Not busy on summit day, they were alone. Weather not good, foggy, no visibility. Oxygen used from C4 to summit and down C4 by member and Sherpa. Warell and Chhedar started from C4 at 8 am, summited on 28 Sept at 2 pm, back to C4 at 4 pm. Bad weather in the night before summit push, got better during the day. Larsson got to 8000m on summit push. He was very tired and felt he was too slow to reach the summit before dark. Larsson was with Jangbu; they turned back at 1 pm. Oxygen used by Larsson and Jangbu from C4 to highpoint and down to C4, by Warell and Sherpa from C4 to summit and down to C4. Olsson got sick and didn’t acclimatize well, he went to BC and turned around. He flew out from Samagaon on 20 Sept. Bochniakov (with Warell and Chhedar) started from between 7.30-8 am on 28 Sept, reached summit at 2 pm, stayed on summit maximum 10 minutes, got back to C4 around 4.30 pm and slept there with oxygen. Next day went down to BC. Oxygen used C3 to smt to crampon point, although not necessary, but to drain out the cylinder. Kreissig and Binya Dhakal climbed together with Mohan Singh Tamang and Bir Bahadur Tamang as hired. Dhakal was a personal friend of Kreissig from 2009.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Snowy Horizon Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462437
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

27 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Serge Bernard Bazin M 1963 France Leader Passy, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Konstantin Birukov M 1963 USA Climber Fulton, Maryland - Details Other expeditions
Anna Birukova F 1966 USA Climber Fulton, Maryland Medical researcher at Univ of Maryland Details Other expeditions
Momtchil Vassilev Bochniakov M 1967 Bulgaria Climber Sofia, Bulgaria Economist Details Other expeditions
Xavier Marie Delalle M 1955 France Climber La Tronche, Isere, France Manager of business repairing tall buildings (retired) Details Other expeditions
Laurent Thierry Departe M 1966 France Climber Reignier-Esery, Haute-Savoie, France Security team leader (Siemens) Details Other expeditions
Binaya Dhakal M 1980 Nepal Climber Jyamrung-9, Dhading - Details Other expeditions
Peter Samson Hamel M 1979 USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Harald Hasslacher M 1966 Austria Climber Kufstein, Tirol, Austria Musica teacher Details Other expeditions
Lukasz Kocewiak M 1983 Poland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Thomas Kreissig M 1969 Germany Climber Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Owner of climbing shop Details Other expeditions
Fredrik Martin Rikard Larsson M 1968 Sweden Climber Gravle, Sweden Project manager Details Other expeditions
Bernhard Adam Adolf Lippert M 1969 Germany Climber Hoesbach, Bavaria, Germany Owner of a car repair shop Details Other expeditions
Patrik Aake Olsson M 1969 Sweden Climber Kristianstad, Sweden Hospital manager Details Other expeditions
Yuki Ueda M 1988 Japan Climber Wakayama, Japan Photographer Details Other expeditions
Anders Verner Warell M 1970 Sweden Climber Sovde, Sweden Industrial design professor Details Other expeditions
Chhedar Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Dobhane-9, Bhojpur - Details Other expeditions
Da Chhiri (Datsheri) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tenji (Nima Tenzing) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Paiya, Jubing-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima (Ngima, Maila) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Sikli, Jubing, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Ongdi Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Bir Bahadur Tamang M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Tamang M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Kerung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mohan Singh Tamang M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorje Tamang M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Gorakhani-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.