Annapurna I | 1990 S Face (Bonington rte)

A S Korea expedition to Annapurna I in 1990 via S Face (Bonington rte), led by Chun Doo-Sung. Summit reached on 28th September 1990. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 665
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN190301
Peak ID ANN1
Year 1990
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face (Bonington rte)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Chun Doo-Sung
Sponsor 1990 Korea Ascent Annapurna I 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 -
Basecamp Date 1990-08-19
Summit Date 1990-09-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 40
Total Days 58
Termination Date 1990-10-16
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6700m due to dangerous conditions and exhaustion
High Point (m) 6700
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
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(19/08,4300m),C1(21/08,5100m),C2(25/08,5500m),C3(31/08,6100m),xxx(28/09,6700m)
Route Notes BC at Annapurna Sanctuary High point at couloir in variation of Bonington route. Much soft snow and snow avalanches daily twice in C2 and C3 areas and more frequent rock falls after 9-10 am but climbed mostly in day time. Early one morning tried couloir to left of Bonington route but each of 4 times minor accident. 3 members fell 50-100m in snow avalanche, lost much equipment (1 km fixed rope and depot of other equipment carried away on 2nd Oct). 11-25 Sept snowfall every day after 10 am. Tried Bonington route ice ridge first but soft snow so went left to couloir where avalanches, so again to Bonington ridge but now members very tired. On ridge route reached 450m on Oct 11th. 8 members only above C1. Sherpas only to C3 ("I don't want to die" from danger above C3). 18th Sept ice hit 1 member's plastic helmet and made big hole. Snow avalanche took away 2 tents a C2 on 2 Oct when it was unoccupied. Want to come again to same route but arrive in Sept for climbing in October.
Accidents 4 members fell but returned to climb; 1 member and 1 Sherpa hit by rock ice, avalanche (one Sherpa left team)
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Nepal
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453168
Year 1990
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face (bonington rte)

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Choong-Geun An M 1963 S Korea Climber Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, S Korea Owner, jeans shop Details Other expeditions
Yang-Ho Cho M 1950 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Dentist Details Other expeditions
Doo-Sung Chun M 1953 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Gyu-Howa Hwang M 1966 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Executive in jeans company Details Other expeditions
Min-Sung Kim M 1956 S Korea Climber Los Angeles, California Construction company manager Details Other expeditions
Yung-Ki Kim M 1954 S Korea Climber Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, S Korea Sales manager, jeans company Details Other expeditions
Jung-Kwon Lee M 1965 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea University student of management Details Other expeditions
Young-Soo Noh M 1958 S Korea Climber Wontong, Gangwon, S Korea Travel company official Details Other expeditions
Won-Il Noh M 1962 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Salesman, mountaineering equipment Details Other expeditions
Bong-Rae Park M 1932 S Korea BC Manager Seoul, S Korea Teacher Details Other expeditions
Dong-Seok Shin M 1965 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea University student of civil engineering Details Other expeditions
Soon-Bok Yoo F 1959 S Korea Climber Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, S Korea Naval non-commissioned officer (works in office) Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANN190301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 65:240 (1991) -
ANN190301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199124001/Asia-Nepal-Annapurna-Autumn-Attempts - - -