Dorje Lhakpa | 2003 W Ridge

A Japan expedition to Dorje Lhakpa in 2003 via W Ridge, led by Hirofumi Oka. Summit reached on 19th March 2003. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4250
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DORJ03101
Peak ID DORJ
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Hirofumi Oka
Sponsor Dorje Lhakpa 2003
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 17th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Trisuli->Dhunche->Syabrubesi (by bus)->Langtang->Yak Kharka
Basecamp Date 2003-02-28
Summit Date 2003-03-19
Summit Time 1241
Summit Days 19
Total Days 21
Termination Date 2003-03-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6966
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 2400
Total Members 5
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 1
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(28/02,4800m),C1(03/03,5400m),C2(06/03,5700m),C3(08/03,6050m),Smt(19/03)
Route Notes BC at 4800m at Glacier (usual BC site). March 19: Oka, Toyama and Gelbu Sherpa left C3 at 02:00 hours, reached summit at 12:41 hours, stayed about 30 minutes and back to C3 at 18:40 hours. Next day to BC. Summiters said they had seen Everest Makalu, Nuptse, Sishapangma from the summit. Weather was clear at the time of summit. First attempt by Morita and Toyama on 15th. They reached up to 6700m, but due to bad weather and exhaustion had to retreat. Second attempt on 17th by Noritomi, Toyama and Yamaguchi also had to retreat from 6700m due to bad weather.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Nomad Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458726
Year 2003
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Itaru Morita M 1976 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Tsuyoshi Noritomi M 1978 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Hirofumi Oka M 1976 Japan Leader Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Hisayuki Toyama M 1978 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Does variety of odd jobs Details Other expeditions
Shimpei Yamaguchi M 1979 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Gelbu Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.