Dhaulagiri I | 2000 NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2000 via NE Ridge, led by Takao Suzuki. Summit reached on 7th October 2000. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3641
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA100302
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Takao Suzuki
Sponsor -
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 2000-09-10
Summit Date 2000-10-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 27
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2000-10-21
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7600m due to deep snow and winds
High Point (m) 7600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 1
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(10/09,4600m),C1(22/09,5700m),C2(27/09,6600m),xxx(07/10,7600m)
Route Notes BC slightly higher than Koreans (normal site) C1 slight above NE Col on NE Ridge C2 on NE Ridge High point at NE Ridge C3 site. 7 Oct reached C3 site at 7600m but made no camp because intended to stay only one night there and wind very strong so turned back; deep snow and avalanching so went down to C2 to sleep. Down to BC next day. Tried to return to assault and reached C2 again 2 times, but never got much above C2 as deep snow and winds stopped progress higher. Also 4 Japanese had left expedition on or before 15 Oct and remaining members' health "not so good." Takahashi left BC 22 Sept to return to his job in Japan Fuchida left BC 15 Oct to return to his job in Japan M. Suzuki left BC 15 Oct to return to her job in Japan T. Suzuki left BC 15 Oct with stomach trouble Chuldim Gyalzen Sherpa (35) from Thami, swept away by avalanche from C2 on 2 Oct. Body not found in 2 day's search.
Accidents Sherpa killed by avalanche
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457650
Year 2000
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yoshifumu Fuchida M 1962 Japan Climber Nagoya, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Satoshi Kimoto M 1956 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Nakamura M 1951 Japan Climber Takaishi, Osaka, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Miyo Suzuki F 1951 Japan Climber Inazawa, Aichi, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Takao Suzuki M 1938 Japan Leader Anjo, Aichi, Japan Electronics teacher in high school Details Other expeditions
Masaru Takahashi M 1950 Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Mamoru Taniguchi M 1948 Japan Climber Komaki, Aichi, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Takehiko Yanagihara M 1960 Japan Climber Osaka, Japan Truck driver Details Other expeditions
Atsushi Nobe M 1970 Japan Climber Nagoya, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Chuldim Gyalzen Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA100302 HIGH - - - 226:68 (Sep 2001) -