Manaslu | 1999 NE Face

A France expedition to Manaslu in 1999 via NE Face, led by Hugues Griscelli. Summit reached on 12th October 1999. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3377
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA99303
Peak ID MANA
Year 1999
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Hugues Griscelli
Sponsor Montagnes du Monde Manaslu Expedition
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 Belgium
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1999-09-26
Summit Date 1999-10-12
Summit Time -
Summit Days 16
Total Days 22
Termination Date 1999-10-18
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to dangerous snow conditions
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
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(26/09,4600m),C1(10/10,5800m),C2(12/10,6600m),xxx(12/10,6600m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 above Naike Col and black rocks C2 just above glacier but below North Col High point at C2. 28th Oct pitched C1 and down for and then 9 days bad weather. Then up but bad weather with heavy snowfall night of 12th and all day 13th so down to BC on 13th. Waited for better snow conditions. Tried to go up again but when in C1 saw longer seracs had fallen above and ice blocks in couloir so stopped at 5700m. Never returned to C2 except maybe 2 Sherpas did to retrieve gear (they returned to KTM 28th).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sailung Adventure Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454723
Year 1999
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Marcel Firomont M 1955 Belgium Climber Brussegem, Merchtem, Belgium Dentist Details Other expeditions
Patrick Goeringer M 1967 France Climber Bourbach-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, France Textiles sales representative Details Other expeditions
Pierre Hughes Griscelli M 1953 France Leader Calenzana, Corsica, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Johan Perrier M 1978 France Climber Autrans, Isere, France Worker on tall buildings Details Other expeditions
Celine Rambaud F 1968 France Climber Calenzana, Corsica, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Geert Vanbeveren M 1966 Belgium Climber Munich, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Laurent Brever M 1973 Belgium Deputy Leader Kathmandu, Nepal Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA99303 - - http://www.belclimb.net/article-details.asp?artID=71&sid=5 - - -