Churen Himal West | 1975 W Ridge-W Smt

A Japan expedition to Churen Himal West in 1975 via W Ridge-W Smt, led by Shinichi Nakajima. Summit reached on 13th May 1975. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2299
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHRW75101
Peak ID CHRW
Year 1975
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge-W Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Shinichi Nakajima
Sponsor Meiji University Himalayan Expedition 1975
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 2nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Pokhara->Kali Gandaki->Myagdi Khola->Kaphe Khola
Basecamp Date 1975-04-07
Summit Date 1975-05-13
Summit Time 1600
Summit Days 36
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7371
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
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(11/04,4700m),C2(5600m),C3(6150m),C4(06/05,6500m),C5(12/05,7050m),Smt(13/05)
Route Notes Nakajima & Hamaguchi - 5 June 75 Climbed West Ridge to West Peak; Hasegawa and Kono arrived 13 May. C5 at 7000m very difficult rock route from C5 to top. Summiters had to biv after summit on 13 May at about 7170m; reached top 4 pm from C5 at 5:30 am; no tent or sleeping bag for biv, only clothing. Biv place very luckily rock cave and no wind or snow - outside. Reached C3 at 6:30 pm 14 May. C5 established 12 May by summiters and 2 others Asa and Pemba Lama Sherp. 2nd attack 14 May by Kando, Sakamoto and Pemba Lama unsuccessful; reached biv site 5 pm and next day very tired and very dangerous because their fatigue and bad weather; left C5 5:30 am on 15th and they came down. All rock climbing, very difficult; fixed rope 3000m and 3 rope. Ladders from C1 to C5 almost all way; same route as Italian 1969 and Japanese 1974 No accident, no frostbite; all members here today and all well. Strong team and good weather cause of success. "Our team is very strong" - 10 members 1st planned Dhaulagiri V by north, but this route closed and so now go to Churen; on 15 Dec 1975 chose Churen Himal. Nakajima & Hamaguchi - 7 March 75 Leave KTM tomorrow by road to Pokhara; caravan start 13th March; 2 weeks to BC at 4100m (same as site as Dhaulagiri IV BC). Route same route as last spring: West Ridge to West Peak 6 high camps, C6 on ridge at 7000m Summit attack about 10th May 6 Sherpas including sirdar
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2448301
Year 1975
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w smt

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shinichi Nakajima M 1938 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan City government official in Tokyo Details Other expeditions
Kinichi Hamaguchi M 1941 Japan Exp Doctor Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan Pathologist and surgeon; assistant at Jikei University Hospital Details Other expeditions
Atsuhiro Aso M 1942 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Kazuo Nishimura M 1943 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Yoshiharu Kondo M 1944 Japan Climber Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan City government official Details Other expeditions
Ryoten Hasegawa M 1947 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Assistant Buddhist priest Details Other expeditions
Shunichi Machi M 1947 Japan Climber Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Teruyuki Kouno M 1951 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Junichi Sakamoto M 1950 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Koichi Wada M 1952 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Economics student (Meiji University) Details Other expeditions
Pemba Lama M - Nepal Sirdar Junbesi, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

7 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHRW75101 AAJ Guha, Kamal K. - - 50:522 (1976) -
CHRW75101 JAC Nakajima, Shinichi Churen Himal West Ridge 1975 - 70:16-17 (1975) -
CHRW75101 MM - - - 46:13 (Nov 1975) -
CHRW75101 JAC Nakajima, Shinichi Churen Himal West Ridge 1975 - 70:220-228 (1975) -
CHRW75101 IWA - - - 48:147 (1976) -
CHRW75101 IWA - - - 48:62 (1976) -
CHRW75101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197652202/Asia-Nepal-Churen-Himal - - -