Dhaulagiri I | 2010 NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2010 via NE Ridge, led by Osamu Tanabe. Summit reached on 28th September 2010. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6954
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA110302
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Osamu Tanabe
Sponsor Nippuro Dhaulagiri I 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 2010-09-20
Summit Date 2010-09-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2010-10-05
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5400m due to fatal avalanche
High Point (m) 5400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
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(20/09,4700m),C1(22/09,5400m),xxx(28/09,5400m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 below North Col (never slept in) High point at C1 site. This team of four Japanese, no Sherpas, arrived at BC on 20 September. The site for C1 at 5400m, not far below the NE Col, was visited several times between the 22nd and the 27th to dump gear, but was never slept in. On the 28th, the four members set out at 6:00 am from BC to occupy C1. At 10:00 am an avalanche struck. They were slightly scattered; Yamamoto was at C1 (5400m) and Honda 200m directly below him; Tanabe and Shimada to the right of those two, Tanabe at 5300m and Shimada at 5150m, according to the only survivor, Shimada. When the avalanche and the fierce wind it created was almost upon them, Tanabe radioed to Shimada, "Look up, avalanche" and then was buried by it. Shimada was carrying a pair of skis on his back, and the wind pushed him with his skis 200m into soft snow. He got a mouthful of snow but was uninjured. Despite the pain in in his right shoulder, neck, ribs on his right side and right ankle, he took snow bars and used them and his skis to probe and dig for his three teammates, but he found none of them and returned alone to BC at 6:00 pm, when it was getting dark. During the next two days, Shimada, Hiraoka, leader of the other Japanese team, and five Sherpas searched for the three bodies in hard snow (the Sherpas were equipped with snow saws). They found nothing. On 9 October, Hiraoka and the five Sherpas returned to BC with two expert searchers who brought special equipment from Japan, and in mid-October Honda's body was discovered 50m under the snow. It was brought to Kathmandu, where an autopsy gave asphyxiation as the probable cause of death, and it was cremated at Swayambhunath stupa on the city's edge.
Accidents Fatal avalanche
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461348
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Daisuke Honda M 1978 Japan Climber Hakuba, Nagano, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kazuaki Shimada M 1973 Japan Climber Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Osamu Tanabe M 1961 Japan Leader Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Toshio Yamamoto M 1974 Japan Climber Asahi, Toyama, Japan Works at various odd jobs (at mountain hut, in laboratory, etc.) Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA110302 - - http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web10f/newswire-dhaulagiri-tanabe - - -