Dhaulagiri I | 2001 NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2001 via NE Ridge, led by Ryushi Hoshino. Summit reached on 11th October 2001. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3865
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA101304
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2001
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 E Face (to 6500m)
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Ryushi Hoshino
Sponsor Gunma Miyama Mt. Dhaulagiri Expedition 2001
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 104
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-09-25
Summit Date 2001-10-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 16
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2001-10-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 3
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(25/09,4700m),C1(02/10,5700m),C2(06/10,6400m),C3(7500m),Smt(11/10); EFaceBiv1(12/10,5600m),Biv2(13/10,6200m),xxx(14/10,6500m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 just below NE Col (same as other teams) C2 on NE Ridge. 1st biv at East Face just above a section of very thin ice 2nd biv on East Face High point on East Face. Team first attacked NE Ridge and went up and down 3 times. Hoshino reached 7300m but only Nazuka moved up with Yamada's team and went with them to C3 at 7500m. 11 Oct Nazuka went to summit alone and got badly frostbitten fingers and left mountain while other three went to East Face. They started up face on 12 Oct early in morning. Yamada's team watched them from C1 and saw them make 2 bivouacs. Yamada's team watched them on 14th at 10:00 am saw they were moving very slowly, very tired, "in no good condition." Yamada saw them at about 6400-6500m on face. They had only 3 days food supply with them. If they had managed to reach the NE Ridge at 7500m after completing their route on the face, they would have reached Yamada's C3 at 7500m on the ridge where there was a good supply of food for them and they would have been Ok (they had planned to leave the face at 7500m). Yamada believes they fell before they could reach the camp. Yamada left BC on 16 Oct with his team and now only Hoshino's cook remained in BC. The cook came to KTM [22-33 Oct] to report the three men had not returned and said on 18th and 19th there was much snowfall and very strong wind on the top. Yamada on 24th made aerial search by helicopter and saw no trace of them, no avalanching on the face. Hoshino and Yamada their members belonged to one big team but Yamada's party had no intention of attempting East Face.
Accidents Nazuka frostbitten fingers and left early; three members disappeared
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458020
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Masashi Fukumoto M 1973 Japan Climber Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Telephone linesman Details Other expeditions
Ryushi Hoshino M 1967 Japan Leader Yoshioka, Gunma, Japan Staff member of company producing wooden furniture Details Other expeditions
Hideji Nazuka M 1954 Japan Climber Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Cargo handler for trucking company Details Other expeditions
Yukihiko Shinagawa M 1968 Japan Climber Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Ski instructor & mountain lodge staff member Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA101304 HIGH - - - 239:75 (Oct 2002) -
DHA101304 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth & Nakamura, Tomatsu - - 76:403-404 (2002) -
DHA101304 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200240300/Asia-Nepal-Gurans-Himal-Dualagiri-Ascents-Attempts-and-Tragedies - - -