Drangnag Ri | 1996 N Ridge from W

A Japan expedition to Drangnag Ri in 1996 via N Ridge from W, led by Susumu Kobayashi. Summit reached on 11th October 1996. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1972
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Expedition ID DRAN96301
Peak ID DRAN
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge from W
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Susumu Kobayashi
Sponsor Rolwaling Expedition of A.A.C.H. 1996 to Drangnag Ri
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 1996-09-29
Summit Date 1996-10-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 16
Termination Date 1996-10-15
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned on 11 Oct due to bad snow conditions
High Point (m) 6030
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 700
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(29/09,4950m),TempC1(03/10,5200m),C1(08/10,5500m),xxx(11/10,6030m)
Route Notes BC at Drangnag Temporary C1 at below glacier C1 just northwest of point 5616m on Schneider Rolwaling map. High point at a small West Ridge. Fixed rope from 5500m (1 hour=2 km from BC on level terrain) to 6030m on very steep ridge and took time to fix it because had to dig deep to anchor it. High point was on a ridge from west leading to point 6320m and this small ridge junction with North Ridge. Route is a good one and Yanagisawa would like to return to it when snow conditions are good.
Accidents Kobayashi pulmonary edema
Achievement -
Agency Guides For All Seasons
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456369
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n ridge from w

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kazuo Iwase M 1965 Japan Climber Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan Ministry of labor official Details Other expeditions
Susumu Kobayashi M 1932 Japan Leader Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Retired food inspector Details Other expeditions
Kyo Matsuda M 1941 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan University professor of agriculture Details Other expeditions
Yukio Niwa M 1941 Japan Climbing Leader Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan Veterinarian Details Other expeditions
Arata Sasaki M 1975 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan University student of economics Details Other expeditions
Kazuya Wakao M 1972 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Unemployed Details Other expeditions
Takeshi Yamaguchi M 1937 Japan Exp Doctor Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Physician (obstretics) Details Other expeditions
Morio Yanagisawa M 1967 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Computer programmer Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DRAN96301 AAJ - - - 72:352 (1998) -
DRAN96301 HIGH - - - 175:88-89 (Jun 1997) -
DRAN96301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199835201/Asia-Tibet-Dranang-Ri-North-Ridge-Attempt - - -