Cho Oyu | 1988 SE Face

A Japan expedition to Cho Oyu in 1988 via SE Face, led by Kiyoshi Ishii. Summit reached on 16th January 1989. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 99
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Expedition ID CHOY88401
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1988
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kiyoshi Ishii
Sponsor Masaki Matsumoto Cho Oyu Winter 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 1989-01-15
Summit Date 1989-01-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 1
Total Days 2
Termination Date 1989-01-17
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5700m due to wind, deep snow and lack of time
High Point (m) 5700
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(15/01,5300m),xxx(16/01,5700m)
Route Notes BC at west side Lungsampa Glacier High point at top of Lungsampa Icefall. 16 Jan climbed up thick icefall to 5700m and turned back by strong wind; back to BC. 17 Jan to Gokyo because too much snow and wind no time. Lost a week's time because of no flights from KTM to Lukla and lost two more weeks getting to BC because deep snow in Khumbu made portering very difficult to BC.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453221
Year 1988
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kiyoshi Ishii M 1948 Japan Leader Hatano, Kanagawa, Japan Office worker, electrical-goods company Details Other expeditions
Masayuki Nakamura M 1955 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Public official Details Other expeditions
Dorje Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY88401 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 63:209 (1989) -
CHOY88401 MM - - - 127:12 (May 1989) -
CHOY88401 IWA - - - :274 (1989) -
CHOY88401 IWA - - - :71 (1989) -
CHOY88401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198920901/Asia-Nepal-Cho-Oyu-Attempt-1989 - - -