Manaslu | 1989 NE Face

A Spain expedition to Manaslu in 1989 via NE Face, led by Keith Brown. Summit reached on 7th May 1989. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 803
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA89103
Peak ID MANA
Year 1989
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Keith Brown
Sponsor Phoenix Expedition to Manasalu
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1989-04-17
Summit Date 1989-05-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 20
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7300m due to Suarez's death
High Point (m) 7300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(17/04,3700m),C1(20/04,5050m),C2(22/04,5700m),C3(05/05,6300m),C4(06/05,7000m),xxx(07/05,7300m)
Route Notes BC at normal site above Samagaon C1 on glacier C2 on glacier C3 above glacier on east side C4 on ridge. Climb going very well and planned summit bid on 8th or 9th May. Had all supplies necessary with them for C5 and four were strong. Suddenly Suarez was no longer just behind as they arrived at C5 site. "It was a clean expedition and everything was OK." No idea why he fell; he was just arriving at C5 site, only couple of meters behind others when he disappeared. He fell at 1:30 pm; slope was not steep (30 degrees) and he was on hard ice with both crampons OK; fell 500m and killed by fall ("head and everything was broken"). Could see his body from C5 site, reached him 2-3 hours later and buried him in crevasse at 6800m same day. 19 May: Brown believes Suarez fell because of cerebral edema and dehydration. Night before his death Suarez had headache. He and other Spaniards were not taking lots of liquids to hydrate themselves. Iraola also probably had edema and hypothermia on day Suarez fell.
Accidents Quinterio slipped 150m but not hurt; Suarez fatal fall at 7100m
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Trekking Service (STS)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450858
Year 1989
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Keith Brown M 1958 USA Leader Charlottesville, Virginia Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
Javier Iraola M 1950 Spain Climber Basauri, Vizcaya, Spain Metallurgical engineer Details Other expeditions
Jose Ramon Melon M 1947 Spain Climber Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain Metal worker in shipyard Details Other expeditions
Albino Quinteiro Mora M 1949 Spain Climber Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain Vocational teacher of adults Details Other expeditions
Santiago Suarez M 1954 Spain Climber Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain Radio public-relations officer Details Other expeditions
James Lee Sutton M 1955 USA Climber Owyhee, Nevada Nurse in Indian reservation hospital Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA89103 AAJ Brown, Keith - - 64:244 (1990) -
MANA89103 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199024401/Asia-Nepal-Manaslu-Attempt-and-Tragedy - - -