Api Main | 2015 SW Face (to 5550m)

A Japan expedition to Api Main in 2015 via SW Face (to 5550m), led by Kazuya Hiraide. Summit reached on 21st October 2015. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8988
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID APIM15301
Peak ID APIM
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face (to 5550m)
Route 2 NW Ridge
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kazuya Hiraide
Sponsor Team Japan API Expedition 2015
Success 1 False
Success 2 True
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 9th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2015-10-06
Summit Date 2015-10-21
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 15
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2015-10-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7132
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 3
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.South(06/10,3800m),xxx(09/10,5550m); BC.North(19/10,4000m),C1(20/10,6000m),Smt(21/10)
Route Notes Intended to climb by SW Face, but the route was not in good condition. So team switched to the north side [by crossing the col between Api and Nampa] and climbed by the normal NW Ridge route. On summit day, the team left C1 (6000m) at 6:30 am and summited at 10:30 am, remained on the summit for 30 minutes, then returned to base camp at 14:30 pm. No fixed rope, no oxygen, no Sherpas.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462437
Year 2015
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face (to 5550m)

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kazuya Hiraide M 1979 Japan Leader Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Professional cameraman Details Other expeditions
Takuya Mitoro M 1985 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kenro Nakajima M 1984 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
APIM15301 - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1yEzzE-7c&feature=youtu.be - - -
APIM15301 - - http://asian-alpine-e-news.com/asian_alpine_e-new_1st_issue.pdf - - -