Bijora Hiunchuli | 2025 NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Bijora Hiunchuli in 2025 via NE Ridge, led by Yasuhiro Hanatani. Summit reached on 24th October 2025. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Change history — how this expedition, its members and references have changed between database releases.

Field Value
ID 2622
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID BIJO25301
Peak ID BIJO
Year 2025
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Yasuhiro Hanatani
Sponsor Japan Alpine Club Himalaya Camp 2025
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Ktm-Jumla-Pere by bus, trekked 5 days to BC
Basecamp Date 2025-10-11
Summit Date 2025-10-24
Summit Time 1515
Summit Days 13
Total Days 18
Termination Date 2025-10-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6111
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 6
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(11/10,4100m),C1(17/10,5020m),C2(23/10,5240m),Smt(24/10)
Route Notes Approach: KTM-Jumla-Pere by bus. From Pere five days walk to BC (Chielti-Shankar-Bhot-Bhot Kola). BC 11/10 4100m next to Chaudabis Glacier C1 17/10 5020m C2 23/10 5240m on flat area before start of ridge Smt 24/10 by all members. Team arrived in KTM at 20/09. Went to Langtang for acclimatization. Expedition organized and supported by Himalayan Camp and the Japanese Alpine Club. No climbing Sherpas, just porters and BC staff. Initial plan was to climb the NW Ridge, but looked hard on reconnaissance, so went for NE Ridge instead. BC was initially planned at an elevation of 4300m, but there was no water, so chose another spot at 4100m. Great site, comfortable, with water access. 11/10: BC 12-13/10: Reconnaissance & acclimatization walks 14/10: Rest day 15/10: Set up C1 and down to BC. 16/10: rest day 17-19/10: Two nights at C1. On 18/10 reached 5700m to inspect the route. Back down to C1. 19/10: C1 to BC. 20-21/10: Rest days at BC. 22/10: Start of summit push: BC to C1 23/10: To C2. Heavy snowfall. 24/10: Woke up at midnight. Departure C2 at 2 am. No moon, very dark night. From 5700m onwards: knee-deep snow. Exhausting trailblazing. Not very technical but tough walking. Everyone on the summit in between 3:15 pm and 3:38 pm. Departure from summit at 3:45 pm. Good weather in the morning, in afternoon got cloudy. Not too cold. After summit down to C2 at 10 pm. Descent same as ascent. One pitch rappelling at approx. 5900m and then again 8-9 rappels on difficult, icy face just above C2. Took them three hours to rappel down icy face. Everyone exhausted. 25/10: C2 to BC. Left BC on: 29/10 Same way back to Pere in three days. Bus from Pere to KTM via Jumla. Members : Masatake Higa (S) Masayuki Takenaka (S) Akiyoshi Tanaka (S) Mei Okajima (S) Sota (Billy) Kodama (S) Yasuhiro Hanatani (S) Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Fixed rope: Fixed some rope on the ridge. Records: First Ascent
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Khangri Trek
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464078
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yasuhiro Hanatani M 1976 Japan Leader Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Masatake Higa M 2001 Japan Climber Okinawa, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Sota Kodama M 1990 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Mei Okajima F 1998 Japan Climber Osaka, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Masayuki Takenaka M 1990 Japan Climber Nara, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Akiyoshi Tanaka M 1989 Japan Climber Hiroshima, Japan - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BIJO25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/nepal-alpine-style-one-new-route-two-retreats/ - - -
BIJO25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/young-japanese-mountaineers-to-attempt-unclimbed-peak-in-western-nepal/ - - -