Annapurna I | 2010 N Face

A S Korea expedition to Annapurna I in 2010 via N Face, led by Oh Eun-Sun. Summit reached on 27th April 2010. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6744
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN110105
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2010
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Oh Eun-Sun
Sponsor 2010 Oh's Annapurna Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 53rd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2010-04-04
Summit Date 2010-04-27
Summit Time 1500
Summit Days 23
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2010-05-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 7
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 3
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(04/04,4100m),C1(07/04,5100m),C2(17/04,5600m),C3(23/04,6400m),C4(26/04,6500m),Smt(27/04)
Route Notes The team's route on the North Face was the same as that established by the Spanish expedition led by Miss Edurne Pasaban, which went east of the Dutch Rib. Their BC at 4100m consisted of 50 tents, most of which were occupied by Korean television personnel and equipment. The Portuguese climber, Joao Garcia, said he had never seen such a well equipped TV studio anywhere in the world. He added that at this BC was a banner listing the expedition's sponsors; the largest was Korean TV and the total of the sponsors support was seven million dollars. Miss Oh's team established C1 on 7 April at 5100m and returned to it on the 14th. On the 14th, an avalanche hit some Spaniards in Carlos Pauner's expedition, so on the 15th Oh's members descended unhurt to BC. On the 17th they went from BC past C1 to pitch C2 at 5600m. The next day they returned to BC to rest. Then there were several days of snowfall that kept them in BC. On the 22nd they started their push for the summit. They again went directly to C2 and on the 23rd climbed to C3, which they pitched at 6400m. On the 24th they retreated to C1 because of snowfall and very cold wind. But next day they returned to C2, and on the 26th they climbed from C2 to C4, which they pitched rather low, at 6500m. They fixed 400m of rope between C3 and C4 and above C4 because some of Pasaban's ropes were buried under the new snow. On the 27th the summit party left C4 at 2 am, when it was dark, cold and very windy. They were Cheong, Oh, Ra with three Sherpas, Dawa Wangchuk, Pema Tshering and Chhiji Nurbu. From their low C4, they needed 13 hours to gain the summit at 3:00 pm. They went to the farthest left (east) bump on the top. Miss Oh said when she was on the top, "My condition no good." She was extremely cold and snow as being blown about by the wind. When she finally got back to C4 with the other summiters at 9:30 pm, she was very tired and immediately flopped down on her back in her tent and waited for tea to be brought to her. On the 28th, the three Korean summiters and two of the Sherpa summiters spent the night in C1, while Chhiji Nurbu descended to BC. On the 29th, everyone was in BC. On 1 May, the team flew by helicopter to Pokhara, where they remained for two days before returning to Kathmandu. Oxygen: Miss Oh and the three Sherpas used none at all. The two other Korean summiters, who were taking pictures, used in from C4 to the top to but not in C4. Sherpas: Chhiji Nurbu, 30/7/80 (15/4/2037), Upper Walung, Makalu-9, Annapurna I X1, Makalu X1 Dawa Wangchuk, 17/12/72 (3/9/2029), Mathilow, Walung, Makalu-9, Kangch X4, Everest X3, Dhaulagiri X1, Manaslu X1, etc Pema Tshering, 16/6/70 (2/3/2027), Mathilow, Walung, Makalu-9, Everest X3, Dhaulagiri I X2, Kangchenjunga X1, Lhotse X1
Accidents -
Achievement Miss Oh's 14th 8000er
Agency Korean Treks & Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460294
Year 2010
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Dong-Min Baek M 1981 S Korea Deputy Leader Seoul, S Korea Works for outdoor equipment manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Ha-Young Cheong M 1966 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea TV cameraman Details Other expeditions
Sung-Jun Hong M 1970 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea TV cameraman Details Other expeditions
Tae-Sun Kang M 1945 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Owner of outdoor equipment manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Hyung-Woon Kim M 1965 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Korean television broadcasting company producer Details Other expeditions
Eun-Sun Oh F 1966 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Kwan-Ju Ra M 1967 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Dawa Wangchuk (Dawa Ongchu) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pema Chhiring/Pemba Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Chhiji Nurbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANN110105 KAN - Eun-Sun Oh Summits Annapura I - 3:11 (Oct 2010) -