Everest | 2003 W Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2003 via W Ridge, led by Kiyoshi Ishii. Summit reached on 11th May 2003. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4256
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER03106
Peak ID EVER
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kiyoshi Ishii
Sponsor Club Yeti Everest 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 Lukla->Dingboche->Island Peak->BC
Basecamp Date 2003-03-30
Summit Date 2003-05-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 42
Total Days 53
Termination Date 2003-05-22
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7650m due to shortage of ropes and bad weather
High Point (m) 7650
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 2500
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Island Peak (Inokuma, Kimura and Takahashi on March 22)
Campsites BC(30/03,5350m),C1(03/04,6050m),C2(10/04,6470m),C3(17/04,6900m),C4(10/05,7450m),xxx(11/05,7650m)
Route Notes May 11: Inokuma, Okamoto and three Sherpas left C4 at 09:30 hours; at 7650m no more ropes left. Returned to C4 at about 15:00 hours. Next day to BC. Inokuma, Kimura and Okamoto left BC on 22nd. Only team on this route. Will leave Nepal on 31st.
Accidents Tenzing Gelji Sherpa got high altitude sickness at C2 (sent back to home)
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458824
Year 2003
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Takayuki Inokuma M 1970 Japan Climber Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan Member of travel agency office staff Details Other expeditions
Kiyoshi Ishii M 1948 Japan Leader Hatano, Kanagawa, Japan Manager of mountain hut Details Other expeditions
Tatsuo Kimura M 1952 Japan Climber Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan Technical engineer Details Other expeditions
Yuki Okamoto M 1977 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Salesman in travel agency Details Other expeditions
Sae Takahashi F 1974 Japan Climber Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan Nurse Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER03106 HIGH - - - 256:70 (Mar 2004) -