Everest | 2004 S Col-SE Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Everest in 2004 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Chun Byung-Tai. Summit reached on 16th May 2004. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4622
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER04160
Peak ID EVER
Year 2004
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Chun Byung-Tai
Sponsor 2004 Joyful Expedition to Everest
Success 1 True
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 2004-04-04
Summit Date 2004-05-16
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 42
Total Days 47
Termination Date 2004-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 12
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
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 -
Campsites BC(04/04,5300m),C1(08/04,6000m),C2(11/04,6500m),C3(20/04,7300m),C4(30/04,7900m),Smt(15/05)
Route Notes BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 at usual campsite C2 at usual campsite C3 at usual campsite C4 at South Col. May 15 left C4 at 21:20 hours Chun and Shim together with Thilen, Dawa Nurbu, Dawa Ongju and Pema Sherpa. Summited at 11:30 hours by Shim and Thilen Sherpa; Chun and three Sherpas came up on summit at 12:45 hours. On summit were member of Greek expedition and two Sherpas from expedition. The first summiters spent about little more than 2 hours and second team about an hour. All descended together to South Col where they reached at 19:00 hours. The weather on summit was unusually good on summit. The members took off oxygen mask, hung gloves just off jacket and they did not have any problem. From South Col to C2 all members. On 19th to BC. Member Cha went up to 7300m on 15th; suffered little headache and went down to C2. Member Han up to C2. Kim Ji-Ho to South Col on 15th; exhausted, decided to go to lower camp by himself. Kuoun up to Lhotse West Face. Lee Ki-Yeong up to South Col; exhausted, went to lower camp. Park up to C2; developed vision problem, went down to BC. Ryu up to South Col; exhausted, down to lower camp. The expedition also was filming their climbing activities for TV that will be telecasted in coming summer. Sherpas: Thilen Sherpa, 20/11/68, Tashigaon, Makalu-5, Sankhuwasabha, Everest X4 Dawa Nurbu Sherpa, 1971, Makalu-9, Mathilow Walung Dawa (Ongju) Sherpa, 17/12/72, Mathilow Walung, Makalu-9, Kangch X2 Peme Sherpa, 1972, Makalu-5, Tashigaon, 1st 8000er The special club 20001 project was established with the objective to summit five summits of the world. The club was already had four summits and Everest was the last summit which the members had successfully summited. The climbing activities is one of the parts of celebration programme on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Inha University. Shim expressed his gratitude to Nawang Sherpa with one artificial leg who helped him while descending from South Col to C2.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency NE-KO Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459286
Year 2004
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
Jong-Won Cha M 1972 S Korea Climber Suwon, Gyeonggi, S Korea Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Byung-Tai Chun M 1958 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Used car salesman Details Other expeditions
Kgyoung-Su Han M 1965 S Korea Climber Anyang, Gyeonggi, S Korea Salesman of kitchen equipment Details Other expeditions
Woo-Young Jang M 1973 S Korea Member Incheon, S Korea Television cameraman Details Other expeditions
Dae-Yeon Kim M 1977 S Korea Member Incheon, S Korea Television Details Other expeditions
Ji-Ho Kim M 1969 S Korea Climbing Leader Incheon, S Korea Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Youn-Soo Kuoun M 1967 S Korea Climber Bundang, Gyeonggi, S Korea Plastics engineer Details Other expeditions
Ki-Yeong Lee M 1982 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea University student of administration Details Other expeditions
Jaa-Chul Park M 1953 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Taxi company manager Details Other expeditions
Jae-Min Park M 1979 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Student of statistics Details Other expeditions
Hyun-Su Ryu M 1979 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea University student of computer engineering Details Other expeditions
Sung-Bo Shim M 1969 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Biotech company sales manager Details Other expeditions
Thilen Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nurbu Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Wangchuk (Dawa Ongchu) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Peme Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.