Dhaulagiri I | 2009 NE Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2009 via NE Ridge, led by Go Woo-Seck. Summit reached on 1st May 2009. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6367
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA109111
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Go Woo-Seck
Sponsor 2009 Korean Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 144 w/S Kor (Kim)
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Beni->Marpha->Yak Kharka->Hidden Valley
Basecamp Date 2009-04-06
Summit Date 2009-05-01
Summit Time 1830
Summit Days 25
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2009-05-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 7
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(06/04,4800m),C1(21/04,5800m),C2(22/04,6400m),C3(30/04,7400m),Smt(01/05)
Route Notes On 30 April, Go, Hyun, Kim Mi-Gon, Dawa Finchok and Pasang Ngima Sherpa left C3 at 10 pm. The weather was windy and cloudy. The Korean team was the first one to start from C3 and they were also fixing ropes on the route. Hyun turned around from about 7800m as he was slow and tired. The team ran out of ropes at about 7900m. Same time other climbers reached there and they continued to climb. Kim Mi-Gon joined the other climbers for about an hour and he saw his fellow climbers are not following them. So he went back to his team and slowly started climbing together. Weather became very bad snowfall and complete white-out. Go, Kim Mi-gon, Dawa Finchok and Pasang Ngima Sherpa reached to the top at 6:30 pm on 1 May. Another handicapped Korean climber Kim Hong-Bin also reached to the top together. They stayed on summit for about 10 minutes. The summit was cloudy and dark. It was a long climb. Kim Mi-Gon, Dawa Finchok and Pasang Ngima reached C3 between 2-3:30 am on 2 May. Their C3 tent was completely damaged. They shared the tent of Kim Hong-Bin. At C3 they realized that Go did not reach C3. They did not know that Go had a fall on descending. While descending one of the Sherpas of Kim Hong-Bin slipped and fell on Go and he tumbled down about 20m. He lost his backpack, gloves and walkie-talkie. It was dark and cloudy. So he spent about 7 hours in open bivouac at about 7800m. In the morning. Go found his walkie-talkie few meters away from his bivouac place. He talked to C3 and Pasang Ngima came to help him to go to C3. They reached C3 at about 11:30 am. Go's fingers were very cold and in bad shape. Go had rest in C3 with two Sherpas and descended to C2 around 4:30 pm where Kim Mi-Gon was waiting for them. On 3 May the team descended to BC. The Indian expedition doctor treated Go's fingers. He was flown out from BC in helicopter to Kathmandu with Fojtik on 4 May. High point for other members of the expeditions are: Ha and Ms. Kim Nida stayed in BC. Jin climbed up to C2. Kim Kyung-Keun climbed half way between BC and C1. Kim Mi-Gon left BC on 5 May and arrived Kathmandu on 6 May, rest of the members left BC on 6 May and arrived Kathmandu on 10 May. Sherpas: Dawa Finchok, 16/7/82, Lamabagar-3, Dolakha Pasang Ngima, 11/10/87 (25/6/2044), Yaphu-9 For both of the Sherpas it was first 8000m expedition.
Accidents Go's frostbite of four fingers right hand and all fingers of left hand
Achievement -
Agency Trekking Camp Nepal
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460787
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Woo-Seck Go M 1962 S Korea Leader Namwon, Jeollabuk, S Korea Dairy farmer Details Other expeditions
Min-Soo Ha M 1970 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea TV producer Details Other expeditions
Kwon-Sik Hyun M 1963 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Electronics goods trader Details Other expeditions
Jar-Guen Jin M 1962 S Korea Climber Namwon, Jeollabuk, S Korea Banker Details Other expeditions
Kyung-Keun Kim M 1950 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Police officer Details Other expeditions
Mi-Gon Kim M 1972 S Korea Climber Gwangju (Kwangju), Jeollanam, S Korea Traffic manager for courier company Details Other expeditions
Nida Kim F 1987 S Korea Member Jindo, Jeollanam, S Korea University student Details Other expeditions
Dawa Finchok Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Lamabagar-3, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Ngima Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.