Manaslu | 1995 NE Face

A Germany expedition to Manaslu in 1995 via NE Face, led by Holger Kloss. Summit reached on 7th May 1995. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1425
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA95101
Peak ID MANA
Year 1995
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Holger Kloss
Sponsor High Dream Expedition 1995 to Manaslu
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 45th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1995-04-02
Summit Date 1995-05-07
Summit Time 1310
Summit Days 35
Total Days 42
Termination Date 1995-05-14
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 11
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 2
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(02/04,3650m),C1(08/04,4850m),C2(09/04,5490m),C3(20/04,6100m),Biv1(01/05,6500m),Biv2(03/05,6700m),Biv3(04/05,7200m),Biv4(05/05,7700m),Biv5(06/05,7500m),Smt(07/05)
Route Notes BC at normal site C2 (biggest camp - almost ABC). After 9th April was snowstorm and must fix 150m on 60-degree glacier and cross avalanche area first; between 2 and 3 was most technical part of climb. From C3 alpine-style since acclimatization good and original plan was to have 2 fixed camps. Difficulties above C2 and took 7-8 hrs to reach 6100m. 3 members up to 6500m on 1 May and 2 others went up a day earlier and join them at 6500m on 1 May. 5 members up together to 7500m on 5th May. 6th May 1 member was tired so Petter & Starke down and Starke fell from 7000m and Petter leading and heard Starke call out behind him, turned and saw Starke slip to 7000m; 1 hr later Petter reached him but he died half hour later despite Petter's effort to bring him out of unconsciousness and got frostbitten fingers. Left body in biv sack in snow. 7th May 3 members to summit: started at 6 am and on top at 1:10 pm, stayed 20 mins and then started down. Zunk at 7750m at 4 pm fell, was last of trio coming to biv at 7700m and reason for fall not known. Now snowstorm; next morning could not find body on great wall. Others on 8th moved up to bring down 3 who needed help and no more summit plans. 42 days at BC and above - 40 days snowfall.
Accidents Petter frostbitten fingers; Thomas frostbitten toes; Bartok frostbitten (may lose toes and needed horse and helicopter to KTM); Kloss inflamed lungs; Bornschein broke rib in fall; Starke and Zunk fatal falls
Achievement -
Agency Kusum Kanguru
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453055
Year 1995
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Joerg Bartock M 1963 Germany Climber Drechow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Mario Bronschein M 1964 Germany Climber Berlin, Germany Alpine equipment shop owner Details Other expeditions
Franz Felsner M 1967 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Student of architecture Details Other expeditions
Holger Kloss M 1961 Germany Leader Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Salesman in climbing equipment shop Details Other expeditions
Volker Liebold M 1948 Germany Climber Dresden, Saxony, Germany City government office worker Details Other expeditions
Hartmuth Petter M 1948 Germany Deputy Leader Berlin, Germany Electrician Details Other expeditions
Michael Schilling M 1950 Germany BC Manager Berlin, Germany Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Joerg Starke M 1964 Germany Climber Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany Geologist Details Other expeditions
Steffen Thomas M 1965 Germany Climber Berlin, Germany Electrician Details Other expeditions
Olaf Zachrau M 1959 Germany Climber Berlin, Germany Economist Details Other expeditions
Michael Zunk M 1959 Germany Climber Frankfurt-am-Oder, Brandenburg, Germany Roofer Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA95101 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 70:272 (1996) -
MANA95101 HJ Kloss, Holger Manaslu, 1995 - 52:215-218 (1996) -
MANA95101 HIGH - - - 155:19 (Oct 1995) -
MANA95101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199627204/Asia-Nepal-Manaslu-Ascent-and-Tragedy - - -
MANA95101 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/52/21/expeditions-and-notes-52/ - - -