Manaslu | 1999 NE Face

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 1999 via NE Face, led by Hideji Nazuka. Summit reached on 4th January 2000. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3460
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA99402
Peak ID MANA
Year 1999
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Hideji Nazuka
Sponsor Japan Gunma Winter 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 -
Approach By helicopter->Samagaon
Basecamp Date 1999-12-21
Summit Date 2000-01-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 34
Termination Date 2000-01-24
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7100m due to snow, wind and clouds
High Point (m) 7100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
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(21/12,4700m),C1(01/01,5600m),C2(02/01,6250m),xxx(04/01,7100m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 as same as others C2 at above Naike Col High point at C3 site below NE Ridge on NE Face. Deposited gear at C3 site (7100m) on 4 Jan and planned occupy it on 5th; hot wind sent them down instead. Tried to reach C3 but cloudy weather and 7th wind sent back to C2 without getting to C3. 8th Jan down to BC from C2. Now snow fell for 7 days. Up again 17th to C1; 18th up little distance and back to C1; 19th brought more rope and ice to C1; 20th down for C1 to BC and climb finished. Now again snow falling so 23rd decided to abandon climb without retrieving gear at C2 and C3 sites. All members reached C1.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Culture Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454807
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
Masashi Fukumoto M 1973 Japan Climber Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Has no job (lives with his parents) Details Other expeditions
Fumiaki Goto M 1965 Japan Climber Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan Car factory worker Details Other expeditions
Noriyuki Kenmochi M 1969 Japan Climber Sakai, Gunma, Japan Telecommunications engineer Details Other expeditions
Hideji Nazuka M 1954 Japan Leader Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Car factory worker Details Other expeditions
Mitsuyoshi Sato M 1961 Japan Climber Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Telecommunications engineer Details Other expeditions
Yukihiko Shinigawa M 1968 Japan Climber Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Has no job (lives with his parents) Details Other expeditions
Takayuki Tajima M 1977 Japan Climber Tomioka, Gunma, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA99402 HIGH - - - 212:68-69 (Jul 2000) -