Pisang | 1994 SW Face-W Ridge

A Germany expedition to Pisang in 1994 via SW Face-W Ridge, led by Stefan Hasenkopf. Summit reached on 13th November 1994. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3014
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PISA94301
Peak ID PISA
Year 1994
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face-W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Stefan Hasenkopf
Sponsor DAV (German Alpine Club)
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Switzerland
Approach Marshyangdi->Chame->Pisang
Basecamp Date 1994-11-11
Summit Date 1994-11-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 2
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes Fatal accident after success
High Point (m) 6091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 10
Member Deaths 10
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 1
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(11/11),ABC(12/11),Smt(13/11)
Route Notes From Kathmandu Post (Nov 1994) Kathmandu - In the [second] biggest disaster of mountaineering history in Nepal, 9 Germans, a Swiss national and a Nepalese mountain guide were found dead presumably due to snowslide. After a continuous three-day search, November 16, 17, 18, the bodies of the mountaineers were located 6091 meters below Pisang Peak in Manang district on Sunday. They are said to have successfully have reached the peak. According to Rotheingshofer Sigmund of the German Alpine Club which undertook the rescue mission, the members of the team should have returned to base camp in the same day, but were found missing. The people in Kathmandu received information about them on Nov 14 afternoon when someone from base camp made contact with police headquarters. The headquarters informed the local handling agent International Trekkers Pvt Ltd. Trekkers could not start their search immediately as Nov 15 was election day and the helicopter was not available, says Phintso [Lama] of the company. A helicopter with a rescue team started the search operation only on Nov 16 and was able to locate the dead bodies on Saturday. According to Phinsto, the next stage of retreiving the bodies is scheduled for Monday. Four German mountaineering experts and four Sherpa guides are included in the mission. "The team will bring down the bodies of the mountaineers to base camp within a few days," Phintso said, adding that the corpses will be flown to Kathmandu and possibly be sent to Germany. The trekking-cum-expedition team, led by DAV Summit Club mountain guide Stefan Hasenkopf, included Germans Manfred Mack, 50, of Munich, engineer Karl Gluck, 48, of Florbachtal, Klaus Kaindl, 42, of Mittenwald, Bernd Reiss, 42, of Nidda, Werner Nestl, 58, of Berlin, forester Thomas Philipp, 39, of Nurenberg, pharmacist Sybille Zschetzsche, 40, of Berlin, tour guide Stefan Hasenkopf, 25, of Nussdoeff and Helmut Klopping, 47, of Seigen. The Swiss national was Christine Hammi, 33, of Basel while the Nepali Sirdar was Chayamba Sherpa, 41, of Dimber-9, Solukhumbu. An official of International Trekkers has said that the team DAV Lamjung/Annapurna had left for the trek on October 30 morning and was scheduled to return by flight from Jomsom on Nov 22 before this disaster took place. According to information provided by Trekkers, the route of the tour passes through north of Pokhara valley via Rambrong Peak and follows the trail around Annapurna and the range of the Marsyangdi river banks. The area is less frequented by normal trekkers and the trip itself has been graded as "strenuous" suitable for trekkers with fairly good climbing skills and with excellent physical conditions. From Spotlight (November 25, 1994) (excerpted) On the evening of Nov 14, International Trekkers of Kathmandu was informed by the police headquarters that the mountaineers were missing from the previous day. The company officials then contacted the concerned authorities to launch search-rescue operations as soon as possible. But they could not manage any flights for immediate help on Nov 15 as it was the polling day. However on Nov 16 International Trekkers dispatched a rescue team which searched for the missing mountaineers around Pisang Peak but it did not pay. After three consecutive days of search, the rescue squad was able to locate the bodies of the mountaineers which were found lying in a single heap at 5200-5300 meters of the peak. After the sighting of the bodies, there have been some speculations as to how the accident might have occurred. "The accident may have been caused by a snow-slide which may have 'swept down' all the climbers 'together'," said Phintso Lama, managing director of International Trekkers.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency International Trekkers (Intrek Asia)
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453014
Year 1994
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face-w ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Stefan Hasenkopf M 1969 Germany Leader Nussdorf, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Manfred Mack M 1944 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Karl Gluck M 1946 Germany Climber Florsbachtal, Hesse, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Klaus Kaindl M 1952 Germany Climber Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Bernd Reiss M 1952 Germany Climber Nidda, Hesse, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Werner Nestl M 1936 Germany Climber Nidda, Hesse, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Thomas Philipp M 1955 Germany Climber Nuernberg, Bavaria, Germany Forester Details Other expeditions
Sybille Zschetzsche F 1954 Germany Climber Berlin, Germany Pharmacist Details Other expeditions
Helmut Klopping M 1947 Germany Climber Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Christine Hammi F 1961 Switzerland Climber Basel, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Chayamba Sherpa M - Nepal Sirdar Dimber, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PISA94301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 69:252 (1995) -
PISA94301 HIGH - - - 151:19 (Jun 1995) -
PISA94301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199525202/Pisang-Tragedy-Annapurna-Himal - - -