Manaslu | 1997 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 1997 via NE Face, led by Toichiro Mitani. Summit reached on 8th October 1997. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2393
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA97303
Peak ID MANA
Year 1997
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Toichiro Mitani
Sponsor Meiji University Manaslu Expedition 1997
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 59th,62nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach From Samagaon
Basecamp Date 1997-09-04
Summit Date 1997-10-08
Summit Time 0950
Summit Days 34
Total Days 39
Termination Date 1997-10-13
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1500
Total Members 8
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 3
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(04/09,5000m),C1(14/09,5800m),C2(19/09,6350m),C3(23/09,6900m),C4(06/10,7500m),Smt(08-09/10)
Route Notes Pertemba summited twice Everest with Bonington SW Face 1975 Autumn; 3rd time with Norwegian; Khumjung, VDC 49 years. 2 Sherpas of second team used oxygen while sleeping but not while walking. All Japanese used oxygen while sleeping and walking. Made route. Then Basques and Slovakians followed. The other teams did not use oxygen. First summit group started of 5 am from C4 and reached C4 11:20 and slept C1 (reached C1 6:30 pm). Second group started at 5 am from C4 and reached C3 (they slept there) at 3 pm. Slovakians did not use oxygen; not enough acclimatization. Stayed in C4 one night instead of 2 nights like Japanese. Yamamoto will return Nov 17 or 18 (maybe for Annapurna); used C2 only once.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453942
Year 1997
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Akiyuki Harada M 1965 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Civil engineer (disaster specialist) Details Other expeditions
Manabu Hirose M 1967 Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Television director Details Other expeditions
Yoshinobu Kato M 1976 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan College student Details Other expeditions
Toichiro Mitani M 1956 Japan Leader Kotohira, Kagawa, Japan Life insurance salesman Details Other expeditions
Yuichi Seki M 1975 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Kazuhiro Takahashi M 1973 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Teacher Details Other expeditions
Tadaaki Toyoshima M 1974 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Atsushi Yamamoto M 1962 Japan Dep Leader/Exp Doctor Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Pertemba Sherpa M 1948 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhiri (Phurba Chhiri) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Sakpharma, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA97303 JAC Mitani, Toichiro Meiji University Manaslu Expedition 1997 - 93:A45-47 (1998) -
MANA97303 HJ Mitani, Toichiro Meiji Unversity Manaslu Expedition, 1997 - 54:200-203 (1998) -
MANA97303 JAC Mitani, Toichiro Meiji University Manaslu Expedition 1997 - 93:129-135 (1998) -
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