Manaslu | 2019 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 2019 via NE Face, led by Naoko Watanabe. Summit reached on 26th September 2019. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10488
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA19341
Peak ID MANA
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Naoko Watanabe
Sponsor Pioneer Adventure 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 Colombia/USA, Poland, USA
Approach Via Larkya La
Basecamp Date 2019-09-10
Summit Date 2019-09-26
Summit Time -
Summit Days 16
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2019-09-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 9
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(10/09,4700m),C1(15/09,5500m),C2(16/09,6250m),C3(25/09,6800m),C4(26/09,7450m),Smt(26-27/09)
Route Notes Claudia Lopez and Izabela Smolokowska were Ticino Treks clients on the Pioneer Adventures permit. Claudia Lopez Report: BC 10/09 4700m C1 15/09 5500m C2 16/09 6250m C3 25/09 6800m C4 26/09 7450m Smt 27/09 by Lopez, Smolokowska and 3 Sherpas. Claudia Lopez and Izabela Smolokowska left C4 at 12:30 am, summited on 27 Sept with three Sherpas at 5:32 am, stayed 10 minutes, then descended to C3 arriving at noon. Very light snow, no wind and relatively warm. Miyuki Yamamoto was an Adventure Himalaya client on the Pioneer Adventures permit. Miyuki Yamamoto report: BC 06/09 4400m C1 14/09 5500m C2 15/09 6300m approx C3 25/09 6700m approx C4 26/09 7400m approx Smt 27/09 by Yamamoto, Anup Gurung and Sujan Gurung. Summit push started from C4 at 2:30 am on 27 Sept, they got to the top at 7:20 am, stayed on the summit about 30 minutes, back to C4 9:30 am, then continued descending to C2 where they arrived at 2:30 pm. Next day they went down to BC. Summit day weather below 7000m it was cloudy and above was clear. Left BC on 29 Sept. Oxygen: 7200m-Smt-7200m, Hired C4-Smt-C4.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Pioneer Adventure
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

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Naoko Watanabe F 1981 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Nurse Details Other expeditions
Claudia Patricia Lopez Gutierrez F 1968 Colombia/USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Photographer Details Other expeditions
Hideki Nakazono M 1978 Japan Climber - Physician Details Other expeditions
Izabela Katarzyna Smolokowska F 1964 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Hotelier Details Other expeditions
Miyuki Yamamoto F 1967 Japan Climber Osaka, Japan Nurse Details Other expeditions
Julia Zhou F 1965 USA Climber Hustington Beach, California Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Anup Gurung M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Swara-5, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Sujan Gurung M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Bhotkhola, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Prem Magar M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gelu Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa/Lakpa Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun Director of Pioneer Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dukpa Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Kusang Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA19341 - - https://www.pioneeradventure.com/news/list-of-manaslu-summiters - - -