Manaslu | 1996 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 1996 via NE Face, led by Kiyoshi Ishii. Summit reached on 27th September 1996. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1945
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Expedition ID MANA96301
Peak ID MANA
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kiyoshi Ishii
Sponsor Tokyo Alpine Club Manaslu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 51st,54th,55th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Helicopter->Samagaon
Basecamp Date 1996-08-29
Summit Date 1996-09-27
Summit Time 1115
Summit Days 29
Total Days 39
Termination Date 1996-10-07
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 4
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(29/08,5000m),ABC(02/09,5500m),C1(07/09,6300m),C2(12/09,7100m),C3(26/09,7650m),Smt(27-28,30/09)
Route Notes BC at normal site C2 at Col C3 at plateau. 30th Sept later start from C3 (10:00 am) because of strong wind earlier. Arikawa and Mimura caught up with Konishi at 7900m who was descending but very very tired. They too very tired & continued down together but later (9:30 pm) Mimura and Konishi decided to biv at 7800m while Arikawa reached C3 - biv 5-10m apart. Mimura slept 4-5 hours and at 2:30 am woke up and found Konishi who apparently had gone up; Konishi still alive but in bad condition. Mimura went to find good place to biv but could not find Konishi again plus Mimura also in bad shape and maybe he too very confused. On 1 Oct Pemba Tshering up from C1 and found Mimura standing like a statue (far from C3 but viable from there) at 3:00 pm. Search for Konishi 1 & 2 Oct produced no result. * 27 Sept - 1st on top were Japanese; next Italians last Koreans; 28th and 30th no one else ** Dhanjeet (Kancha) Tamang, 38 Makalu village - 1st 8000m summit One has frostbitten fingers Report of exped: 27 Sept - Ishikawa, Nima Dorje and Tsering Dorje to summit 28 Sept - Sugiyama, Dhanjeet and Pemba Norbu to summit 30 Sept - Konishi summit 5:30 pm Arikawa + Mimura at 6:40 pm without oxygen While descending from summit they met Konishi sitting at 7900m about 10:00 pm, we all very tired and about to die and planned to do bivouac, Konishi looked very tired with oxygen. Arikawa himself decided to descend. It was early morning of 1st Oct. He found other Japanese Manaslu Expedition tent at C3. He went there. He was also so tired. Mimura got down telling to Konishi. He did biv about 2:00 am of 1st Oct. Early morning he went back to look for Konishi but he was not there. He himself was so tired. 1st Oct - Mimura, Arikawa, Pemba Dorje in C3 2nd Oct C3 - C2 Mimura, Arikawa, Pemba 3rd Oct C2 - C1 6300m Due to heavy snowfall about 5 feet they could not move down, the track was blocked and closed without sufficient food. They stayed in C5 for 3 days (4-6 Oct). 7 Oct Mimura, Arikawa, Pemba Sherpa came back to KTM about 1:00 pm from the altitude of 6100m. On 30th Sept nearly morning of 1 Oct Mimura, Arikawa, Konishi were together at the altitude of about 7900m at about 2:30 am. Due to darkness they could not find him. Since 30 Sept Konishi was missing. He was disappeared when they separated at altitude 7900m.
Accidents Mimura slight frostbite 1 finger; Ishii left expedition 21 August in KTM to return home because of high blood pressure; Konishi disappeared
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453565
Year 1996
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hiroaki Arikawa M 1968 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Masahiko Mimura M 1964 Japan Climber Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan Stationery salesman Details Other expeditions
Toshiyasu Sugiyama M 1968 Japan Climber Oyama-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, Japan Construction company concrete technician Details Other expeditions
Tomiyasu Ishikawa M 1936 Japan Climber Kariya, Aichi, Japan Sports shop owner Details Other expeditions
Masatsugu Konishi M 1938 Japan Climber Hidaka, Saitama, Japan Owner & manager of import company Details Other expeditions
Nima Dorje (Dorje) Sherpa M 1955 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Dorje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering Sherpa M 1943 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dhanjit (Kancha) Tamang M 1954 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kiyoshi Ishii M 1948 Japan Leader Hatano, Kanagawa, Japan Mountain lodge manager Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA96301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 71:293 (1997) -
MANA96301 HIGH - - - 175:89 (Jun 1997) -
MANA96301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199729304/Asia-Nepal-Manaslu-Ascent-and-Tragedy - - -