Churen Himal East | 1987 SE Face-SW Ridge of E Smt

A S Korea expedition to Churen Himal East in 1987 via SE Face-SW Ridge of E Smt, led by Do Chang-Ho. Summit reached on 11th May 1987. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 263
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Expedition ID CHRE87101
Peak ID CHRE
Year 1987
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face-SW Ridge of E Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Do Chang-Ho
Sponsor Korean Alpine Club Chung Dong Churen Himal 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 1987-04-08
Summit Date 1987-05-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 33
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7200m due to difficult final Ridge
High Point (m) 7200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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(07/04,4100m),C1(10/04,4750m),C2(18/04,5320m),C3(28/04,5750m),C4(06/05,6200m),C5(10/05,6650m),xxx(11/05,7200m)
Route Notes BC at Kaphe Glacier High point on SE Ridge. Final summit ridge knife sharp crystal ice; entire route very long. Fixed total 200m begining below C1 over rock and snow. Almost every afternoon new snowfall, after while very deep. 11th May 11:40 am reached very steep, very narrow ridge, dangerously exposed to wind, which most days was strong. Between C4 and C5 big crevasse which took much time to pass. Many avalanches came off Dhaulagiri VI which were not serious problem to Koreans. After 11th May weather bad and no more chance of success. Would like to try again but from C5 go to SW Ridge instead of route attempt this time. Expedition actually obtained permit for East Peak only.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Nepal
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452694
Year 1987
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face-sw ridge of e smt

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Won-Chul Cho M 1962 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Salesman Details Other expeditions
Seung-Gu Chun M 1959 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Chang-Ho Do M 1951 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Travel agent Details Other expeditions
In-Soo Jang (Chang) M 1962 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Hoon-Gu Ji M 1955 S Korea Deputy Leader Seoul, S Korea Engineer, mining Details Other expeditions
Eun-Chang Kim M 1957 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Jung-Keun Lee M 1963 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Salesman, sports shop Details Other expeditions
Dawa Wangchu Sherpa M 1958 Nepal H-A Worker Kharte, Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jang-Seop Shin M 1965 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Student, mechanical engineering Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHRE87101 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. & Hawley, Elizabeth - - 62:225 (1988) -
CHRE87101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198822502/Asia-Nepal-Churen-Himal-East-Peak-Attempt - - -