Annapurna South | 1984 S Face

A Japan expedition to Annapurna South in 1984 via S Face, led by Nobuaki Miyano. Summit reached on 6th January 1985. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 985
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Expedition ID ANNS84401
Peak ID ANNS
Year 1984
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Nobuaki Miyano
Sponsor CITAC Annapurna S Peak 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 1984-12-12
Summit Date 1985-01-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 25
Total Days 26
Termination Date 1985-01-07
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6300m due to route problems, cold wind, loss of member's personal equipment, food shortage
High Point (m) 6300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(12/12,4200m),Dep(18/12,4900m),C1(24/12,5350m),C2(03/01,6150m),xxx(06/01,6300m)
Route Notes BC just below South Face on Khumrung Khola C1 on left side of pillar beyond glacier C2 on South Face below hanging glacier High point at just below hanging glacier. Half of days had bad weather from late morning: snow and wind. Gave up when found hanging glacier below proposed C3 site would require long route needing at least 200m fixed rope which didn't have. On 7 Jan Fujiwara slipped and lost his backpack which fell into crevasse. So that ended climb, but anyway had only 6 days food left.
Accidents None except Fujiwara fall of 2-3m
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2451161
Year 1984
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Masayoshi Fujii M 1947 Japan Deputy Leader Funaba-shi, Chiba, Japan Sales engineer Details Other expeditions
Hitoshi Fujiwara M 1961 Japan Climber Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan Student, civil engineering Details Other expeditions
Nobuaki Miyano M 1956 Japan Leader Daiei, Katori, Chiba, Japan Architectural engineer Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANNS84401 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 59:290 (1985) -
ANNS84401 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. & Hawley, Elizabeth - - 60:245 (1986) -
ANNS84401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198624501/Asia-Nepal-Annapurna-Dakshin-Winter-Attempt-1984-5 - - -
ANNS84401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198529002/Asia-Nepal-Annapurna-South-Attempt - - -