Manaslu | 1999 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 1999 via NE Face, led by Koichi Ezaki. Summit reached on 18th December 1999. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3459
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Expedition ID MANA99401
Peak ID MANA
Year 1999
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Koichi Ezaki
Sponsor Sapporo Alpine Association Manaslu North Expedition 1999
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1999-11-20
Summit Date 1999-12-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 28
Total Days 32
Termination Date 1999-12-22
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7300m due to strong winds, extreme cold, lack of time
High Point (m) 7300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1500
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(20/11,4700m),ABC(24/11,5400m),C1(02/12,6100m),C2(07/12,6800m),xxx(18/12,7300m)
Route Notes High point at snow face. 8th Dec down to BC because of fierce get stream winds. Up 12th Dec to ABC; 13th to C1; 14th to C2. 15-18th make route above C2 to 7200m and then abandoned because no more time left. Not difficult technically; between -40 degrees in C2 and strong winds the problem.
Accidents Osaka slightly frostbitten fingers
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454790
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
Toru Awa M 1962 Japan Climber Nishi-machi, Kamikawa, Japan Police Details Other expeditions
Koichi Ezaki M 1952 Japan Leader Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan Architect Details Other expeditions
Kenichi Ijima M 1963 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Takeshi Inoue M 1965 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Shop assistant Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Kudo M 1966 Japan Climber Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Takuya Osaka M 1961 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Ruchia Takahashi F 1965 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Office staff Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA99401 HIGH - - - 212:68-69 (Jul 2000) -