Everest | 1987 NE Ridge-N Face

A Japan expedition to Everest in 1987 via NE Ridge-N Face, led by Tsuneo Hasegawa. Summit reached on 9th February 1988. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 467
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER87401
Peak ID EVER
Year 1987
Season 4
Host Country 2
Route 1 NE Ridge-N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Tsuneo Hasegawa
Sponsor U-TAN Club Winter Everest 1987
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 From Lhasa
Basecamp Date 1987-10-16
Summit Date 1988-02-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 116
Total Days 133
Termination Date 1988-02-26
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7650m due to danger of falling stones and bad weather
High Point (m) 7650
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown True
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/10),C1,ABC(24/11,6450m),C3(20/01,7350m),xxx(09/02,7650m)
Route Notes Atushi Iharra - 11 March 1988 4 members, but wife BC only - reached 7700m. New route avoiding N Col's strong wind via a couloir to NE Ridge; his highest point was where couloir reached ridge. Climb start of Nov through Feb 28. Isono, Japanese, etc. - 27 Feb 1988 Hasegawa tried and still attempting till end Feb to solo N Face. Went to mountain last Nov. Route probably Japanese-Hornbein Couloirs to get protection from winter wind. Mrs. Okawara - 21 Feb 1988 Mrs. Okawara has heard that her friend Mr. Hasegawa has been leading a small expedition to N Side of Everest this winter and is still there, but she has no details. She believes some Sherpas are with the Japanese but doesn't know where. She does not expect members to come to KTM. US Everest North, Jamieson/Matoos - 19 Oct 1987 Japanese to unclimbed N Ridge arrived BC 16th Oct and started climb 1 Nov. 20 Japanese plus 15-18 Sherpas. See AAJ 1989 account. Hashegawa tries again Autumn 1989. US Everest North, Winter 1987 Japanese unclimbed North Ridge arrived BC 16 Oct and start climb 1 Nov 20 Japanese and 15-16 Sherpas. (From The American Alpine Journal 1989, pg 271, by Tsuneo Hasegawa) Our expedition consisted of : 1. Masayoshi Utsumi 2. Kiyotaka Hoshino 3. Mrs. Masami Hasegawa (leader's wife) 4. Tsuneo Hasegawa, leader As reported in AAJ 1988 on 273, we were prevented from getting to the mountain earlier by the big snowstorm in Oct. We were given permission to continue during the winter. The route we attempted was a new one, which began east of the North Col. We climbed the northeast shoulder at about 7800m. We established ABC-C2 at 6450m on Nov 24, 1987. From there we climbed to 7000, 7200, 7450m and 7500m on Dec 11, 19, 24 and 27, respectively. We established C3 at 7350m on Jan 20 and occupied in on Feb 7. On Feb 9, we climbed to 7700m. We removed ABC on Feb 23 and BC on the 26th. During the mountaineering activity, the wind blew steadily from 150 to 200 kph. The tent at C3 was damaged by the falling rock and ice many times, since there was no safe tent site in the couloir.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2449323
Year 1987
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Unknown
Route (lowercase) ne ridge-n face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Masayoshi Utsumi M 1956 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Kiyotaka Hoshino M - Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Masami Hasegawa F - Japan BC Manager - - Details Other expeditions
Tsuneo Hasegawa M 1947 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

6 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER87401 AAJ Hasegawa, Tsuneo - - 63:271 (1989) -
EVER87401 AAJ - - - 62:272 (1988) -
EVER87401 IWA - - - :278 (1988) -
EVER87401 IWA - - - :47 (1988) -
EVER87401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198927102/Asia-Tibet-Mount-Everest-Winter-Attempt-1987-1988 - - -
EVER87401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198827203/Asia-Tibet-Everest - - -