Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Atsushi Yamamoto. Summit reached on 24th May 2008. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5999
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08130
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Atsushi Yamamoto
Sponsor Everest Guide Expedition
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 2008-05-01
Summit Date 2008-05-24
Summit Time 1310
Summit Days 23
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2008-05-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 2
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 -
Campsites BC(01/05,5350m),C2(21/05,6450m),C3(22/05,7250m),C4(23/05,7900m),Smt(24/05)
Route Notes C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse Face C4 at South Col. Everest Guide Expedition, led by Atsushi Yamamoto - 1 June 2008 Expedition arrived at BC on 1 May, and Nepalese staff were the first amongst them to sleep in C2, which they did on 9 May, not making any C1 at the top of the Icefall. But the Japanese climbers made a C1 at 6000m on 20 May. They continued up in this summit push, occupying C3 at 7250m on 22 May and C4 on 23 May. On 24 May Fujimori, Kadoya, Kato, Masuda, Matsuura, Phurba Chhiri Sherpa and Hari Bahadur Chaulagain left C4 at 2:00 am Matsuura got to 8100m, then turned back because he was climbing too slowly, went to C4 to wait for the others, all of whom went to the summit the same day, 24 May. The summiters returned to C4 at 5:30 pm, and the whole party, including Matsuura, descended the next day: Kato and Matsuura spent the night in C2 while the other Japanese and the two Nepalese went to BC. On the 24th, Yamamoto had gone up to C2 to meet Matsuura, who was extremely tired. Yamamoto met him at 7300m on 25th and escorted him down to C2. All members were in BC on the 26th. They left BC on the 28th and took a helicopter from Syangboche to Kathmandu on 30 May. Other non-summiting members: Funahashi reached 7000m, but she was very slow and there was new snowfall; she descended to C1 with Yamamoto. She had become snowblind while going down from C2 to C1 and had had to stay in C1 an extra day to recover. Shiga, the expedition doctor, stayed in BC. Yamamoto's high point was 7300m in his climb up to help Matsuura. Members used oxygen sleeping in C1 and C2, then climbing and sleeping above C2 to their high points to and in C4. The two Nepalese used it sleeping in C4 to high points to and perhaps in C4 on descent. Nepali climbers: Hari Bahadur Chaulagain, 25/12/71 (10/9/2028), Makalu-2, no 8000ers before, but climbed frequently on lower mountains with Tamotsu Ohnishi Phurba Chhiri Sherpa, 4/10/68 (19/6/2025), Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solu, Everest X4, Lhotse X2, Manaslu X2, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents Funahashi snowblindness
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460894
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mikihito Fujimori M 1939 Japan Climber Matudo, Chiba, Japan Financial consultant Details Other expeditions
Eiko Funahashi F 1939 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Attorney Details Other expeditions
Michihiro Kadoya M 1963 Japan Climber Sakai, Osaka, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Yoshinobu Kato M 1976 Japan Climber Minami Alps, Yamanashi, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Yoshito Masuda M 1947 Japan Climber Moriyama, Shiga, Japan Company president Details Other expeditions
Toshiaki Matsuura M 1946 Japan Climber Inuyama, Aichi, Japan Real estate dealer Details Other expeditions
Naoko Shiga F 1966 Japan Exp Doctor Tokyo, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Atsushi Yamamoto M 1962 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hari Bahadur Chaulagain M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Gairigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhiri (Phurba Chhiri) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Sakpharma, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.