Everest | 2000 S Col-SE Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Everest in 2000 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Yoon Hong-Keun. Summit reached on 4th October 2000. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3719
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER00302
Peak ID EVER
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Yoon Hong-Keun
Sponsor 2000 Chungbuk Korean Everest-Lhotse Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 373
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2000-09-03
Summit Date 2000-10-04
Summit Time 1345
Summit Days 31
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2000-10-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Lhotse (LHOT-003-04)
Campsites BC(03/09),C1(17/09,6100m),C2(20/09,6400m),C3(25/09,7300m),C4(03/10,7900m),Smt(04-05/10)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in West Cwm C3 on Lhotse Face C4 at South Col. 8 Oct midnight up from C4 Kim Wong-Sik were Cho Cheol-Hee, Hong Sun-Dok, Ang Phurba and Mingma Sherpa. At South Summit Sherpas turned back because tired, no fixed rope above and having trouble with oxygen systems. 3 Koreans on up to top at 1:45 pm by Cho and Hong, 2:30 by Kim who was tired. 1st two returned C4 6:00 and Kim 9:00 and all slept C4. Handless member Kim Hong-Bin reached C3 only, then very tired and went no higher.
Accidents Nawang Wangchu dizzy and back pain, vomitting so sent home
Achievement -
Agency Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457827
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Cheol-Hee Cho M 1970 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea - Details Other expeditions
Jae-Sung Heo M 1976 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Sun-Dok Hong M 1970 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Motorcar engineer Details Other expeditions
Seok-Youn Hwang M 1971 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Local Korean Alpine Federation Details Other expeditions
Hun-Moo Jang M 1971 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea - Details Other expeditions
Eui-Jong Jeong M 1975 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Woong-Sik Kim M 1966 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Climbing equipment store owner Details Other expeditions
Young-Min Kim M 1976 S Korea Climber Chungwon, Chungcheongbuk, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Young-Sik Kim M 1964 S Korea Climbing Leader Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea High school teacher Details Other expeditions
Seo-Koo Lee M 1974 S Korea Climber Seongnam, Gyeonggi, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Mun-Seok Park M 1965 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Owner of 2 buildings Details Other expeditions
Hee-Cheol Woo M 1967 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Journalist Details Other expeditions
Hong-Keun Yoon M 1962 S Korea Leader Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Building contractor Details Other expeditions
Hong-Bin Kim M 1964 S Korea Climber Gwangju (Kwangju), Jeollanam, S Korea Businessman Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER00302 HIGH - - - 226:59-60 (Sep 2001) -
EVER00302 - - http://www.k2news.com/ever20ar6.htm - - -