Manaslu | 2020 NE Face
A Bahrain expedition to Manaslu in 2020 via NE Face, led by Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Al Khalifa, Christopher Burrows. Summit reached on 15th October 2020. 61 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 10537 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | MANA20301 |
| Peak ID | MANA |
| Year | 2020 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | NE Face |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Bahrain |
| Leaders | Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Al Khalifa, Christopher Burrows |
| Sponsor | Bahrain Royal Guard Manaslu Expedition 2020 |
| 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 | UK |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2020-10-08 |
| Summit Date | 2020-10-15 |
| Summit Time | 0630 |
| Summit Days | 7 |
| Total Days | 0 |
| Termination Date | - |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8163 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 3 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 18 |
| Summit Members | 13 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 52 |
| Summit Hired | 43 |
| 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 | Climbed Lobuche for acclimatization on 3 Oct |
| Campsites | BC(08/10),C1,C2,C3(14/10),Smt(15/10) |
| Route Notes | From Bahrain This Month, 3 Nov 2020 The Bahrain Royal Guard team which has been training to climb the highest mountain in the world Everest in 2021 have successfully completed their training in the Himalayan mountains. The team, consisting of 18 people, were given a mission by National Security Advisor, Royal Guard Commander Major-General His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa to raise the Bahrain and Royal guard flag on the summits of Lobuche (6119m high) and, once training completed, on the summit of Manaslu. Exhibition leader, Christopher Anthony, tells Bahrain This Month’s Farah Baig about the experience and significant achievements that came with the climb including the renaming of part of the Himalayan mountain range to ‘Royal Bahrain Peaks’. The Bahrain Everest team had 12 months of training during which we, as a novice climbing team, tried to fill ourselves full of knowledge by speaking to our guides in Nepal, Seven Summit Treks. The initial expedition was to Lobuche, one of the 6000m training mountains in Nepal, which included a 14-day trek from Lukla all the way to Namche Bazaar, followed by the Lobuche base camp. There we prepared, trained and got used to all our equipment before summitting Lobuche, which served as the stepping stone we needed to go on to Manaslu, commonly known as ‘The Killer Mountain’ purely because it’s a dangerous mountain and a very technical climb which people take for granted since it’s lower than Everest. The training consisted of fitness training, rope work, and abseiling, making sure that we were physically and mentally fit for the task. This was in addition to understanding high altitude medicine so we can identify frostbite and non-freezing injuries within ourselves and the team. We needed to make sure that we understood the signs and symptoms of altitude sickness among other things, so it not only involved fitness but a lot of classroom work too. The acclimatization of Lobuche and Manaslu is probably the most important aspect of the climbing of Everest. Every single member of the team at some point experienced altitude sickness which comes with severe migraines, loss of appetite and vomiting in some cases. We found ourselves gasping for breath because of the lack of oxygen as you start pushing past 3000 meters, especially on Manaslu as we got higher. I don’t think anyone had a good night’s sleep in those 8 days as it’s very uncomfortable. Through our training and our guides, we were able to understand that, as bad as it is, this is normal and the effect of being at this altitude. The main challenges were obviously the unknown. We’d seen it, read it and explained it but when you’re actually in the middle of it is when you find that there are gaps, and being a novice team is where the experience is. That’s why we’d done Lobuche and Manaslu to prepare ourselves and iron out those things that were perhaps missing that we can now prepare for Everest. The most significant achievement was threefold really - the first one was the Bahrain and Nepalese government enabling us to come and complete the mission, in the middle of a pandemic. You know it was never an easy decision by the Bahrain and Nepalese government but in hindsight it was the right decision. That, however, was the first hurdle and first significant achievement when we got the invitation from the Nepalese government. It also included some extremely hard work by the Bahrain government and Bahrain’s embassy in Delhi that were also instrumental in facilitating the mission. The second one would of course be our first summit of Lobuche - seeing the team smile after 14 hours of sweat and tears but standing on the summit and then seeing the hunger on the guys’ faces for Manaslu. Again, seeing the guys individually summiting was just an amazing achievement personally and as a team. The ongoing pandemic honestly has its challenges. The guys were isolated for seven days as part of the entry procedure after which they had a COVID test to make sure we were all clear before we went to the villages in the Himalayas. The thing we didn’t want to do is infect anybody, so we had to make sure that the COVID protocol set by the Bahrain Defence Force and the Bahrain government was adhered to at all times. So, we all had gloves and masks on, and limited as much contact as we could. Obviously, this was phase one of the mission, phase two will be the summit of Everest which should be officially announced. Hopefully the whole team will be set on the mission in five months to summit the highest mountain in the world and raise Bahrain’s flag, in line with our mission from HM King Hamad and HH Shaikh Nasser. Bahrain Everest Team: Christopher Anthony Richard Warrent McConnell Phillip Clough Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Al Khalifa Ebrahim Mohamed Abdulla Ebrahim Mohamed Mohamed Ali Jasim Ahmed Alboainnain Arafat Hamood Naji Ghurbah Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim Zyaed Aljazzaf Ahmed Saif Ahmed Isa Alkaabi Arif Feroz Shah Murad Qalunder Ghulam Mohamed Abdulrahman Yusuf Alkawari Khaled Ali Hasan Ebrashim Hasan Aldossery Abdulaziz Rafea Abhar Khalaf Alabed Khahed Sultan Mohamed Abdulla Alsheerawi Murad Mohamed Yusuf Abdulsayed Ebrahim Ali Salem Jaber Saud Hamad Mubarak Hamed Eid Mohamed Isa Abdulla Yusuf Alqais |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Seven Summit Treks |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2462238 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | Used |
| Route (lowercase) | ne face |
Members
61 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Al Khalifa | M | 1987 | Bahrain | Co-Leader | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Christpher Anthony Burrows | M | 1973 | UK | Co-Leader | London, England | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chhang Dawa Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | Climbing Leader | Nurbu Chaur, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Murad Mohamed Yusuf Abdulsayed | M | 1992 | Bahrain | Climber | Riffa, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Abulaziz Rafea Abbar Khalaf Al Abed | M | 1995 | Bahrain | Climber | Riffa, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mohamed Ali Jasim Ahmed Al Boainain | M | 1997 | Bahrain | Climber | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Khaled Ali Hasan Ebrahim Hasan Al Dossery | M | 1986 | Bahrain | Climber | Jidhafs, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim Zayed Al Jazzaf | M | 1993 | Bahrain | Climber | Muharraq, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ahmed Saif Ahmed Isa Al Kaabi | M | 1993 | Bahrain | Climber | Muharraq, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mohamed Abdulrahman Yusuf Al Kawari | M | 1993 | Bahrain | Climber | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mohamed Isa Abdulla Yusuf Al Qais | M | 1986 | Bahrain | Climber | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Khaled Sultan Mohamed Abdulla Al Sheerawi | M | 1995 | Bahrain | Climber | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Phillip Clough | M | 1974 | UK | Climber | London, England | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Saud Hamad Mubarak Hamad Eid | M | 1995 | Bahrain | Climber | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Arif Feroz Shad Murad Qalunder Ghulam | M | 1994 | Bahrain | Climber | Riffa, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Arafat Hamood Naji Ghurbah | M | 1995 | Bahrain | Climber | Yemen | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ebrahim Ali Salem Jaber | M | 1989 | Bahrain | Climber | Riffa, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Richard Warren McConnell | M | 1980 | UK | Climber | Edinburgh, Scotland | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ebrahim Mohamed Abdulla Ebrahim Mohamed | M | 1997 | Bahrain | Climber | Manama, Bahrain | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dandu Bhote | M | 1995 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Pawakhola-7, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Namja/Namgya Bhote | M | 1997 | Nepal | Rope-Fixing | Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Temba Bhote | M | 1982 | Nepal | Rope-Fixing | Pawakhola-7, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Angeli Sherpa | M | 1987 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Janakpur, Gaurishankar-6, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chhepal Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Patle-2, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chhyo Nurbu Sherpa | M | 1985 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dawa Sherpa | M | 1989 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Phurba Kusang Sherpa | M | 1997 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dawa Chhiring Sherpa | M | 1988 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Lelep-8, Taplejung | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dawa Finchok Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Lamabagar-3, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dukpa Sherpa | M | 1995 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Hatiya-7, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Kami Rita (Topke) Sherpa | M | 1970 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Thami, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Lhakpa Dendi Sherpa | M | 1988 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Lhakpa Nurbu Sherpa | M | 1983 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa | M | 1978 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Tate, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Sherpa | M | 1978 | Nepal | Climbing Leader | Nurbu Chaur, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Migma Dorchi Sherpa | M | 1999 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Temba Sherpa | M | 1980 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Tenjen Sherpa | M | 1980 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingtemba (Mikel) Sherpa | M | 1988 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ngima Dorchi (Nima Dorji) Sherpa | M | 1975 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ngima Nurbu Sherpa | M | 1991 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nima Tendu (Nima Thenduk) Sherpa | M | 1973 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Sherpa | M | 1993 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Dawa Sherpa | M | 1994 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Nurbu Sherpa | M | 1990 | Nepal | Rope-Fixing | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Tenje Sherpa | M | 1999 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pastemba Sherpa | M | 1998 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pastenji Sherpa | M | 1984 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pechhumbe (Chumbe) Sherpa | M | 1987 | Nepal | Rope-Fixing | Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pem Nurbu Sherpa | M | 1992 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pemba Sherpa | M | 1989 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pemba Thinduk Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Phurtenji (Phur Tenzen) Sherpa | M | 1997 | Nepal | Rope-Fixing | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Rinje Sherpa | M | 1998 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Sanu Sherpa | M | 1975 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Sona Chhiri Sherpa | M | 1989 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tashi Sherpa | M | 2000 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-1, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tashi Lhakpa Sherpa | M | 1985 | Nepal | Climbing Leader | Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tendi Sherpa | M | 1987 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tenjing Sherpa | M | 1990 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Gesman Tamang | M | 1988 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Kerung-5, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
2 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANA20301 | - | - | https://www.bahrainthismonth.com/magazine/interviews/conquering-the-killer-mountain | - | - | - |
| MANA20301 | - | - | https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/bahrain-prince-ascends-mount-manaslu/ | - | - | - |