Everest | 1989 S Col-SE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 1989 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Ken Kanazawa. Summit reached on 13th October 1989. 30 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 471
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER89308
Peak ID EVER
Year 1989
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Ken Kanazawa
Sponsor Kathmandu Club Autumn 1989 Everest Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 97th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1989-08-25
Summit Date 1989-10-13
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 49
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 24
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 16
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(25/08,5350m),C1(03/09,6050m),C2(09/09,6450m),C3(17/09,7300m),C4(04/10,7950m),Smt(13/10)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse Face C4 slightly below South Col. 5th Oct 1st attack by Mitani, H Ohnishi, Yamamoto and 2 Sherpas reached 8200m when hit by avalanche from SW Face: Ang Phurba not hit and pulled out Mitani, Yamamoto and Nawang Thile with Ohnishi, and all Ok. 2nd attack 7th Oct from col by Kurataki, Futamata, Nakanishi, Moti Lal Gurung and Tshering Dorje to 8210m and again avalanche and very strong wind. 3rd attack from BC 10th in C2, 11th to C3, 12th to C4 and started from col 13th at 2 am in full moonlight and reached top 12:30 pm. Mitani first, Lobsang, Chuldin Dorje, H Ohnishi and Yamamoto in that order; on top only few minutes because of strong wind. Japanese party was before Koreans and Mexican last. Returned to C2 same day. 4th attack 15th Oct from col without oxygen by Ando, Takahashi and Hori and then defeated by wind and down to C2. Now (15th Oct) climbing finished. Avalanches hit both times at 4:00-4:30 am. Lobsang's actual name is Tchiring Thebe Lama. This was Mitani's 6th Everest expedition, 1st success on Everest.
Accidents Kurotaki frostbitten fingers (1 may be bad)
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2449937
Year 1989
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

30 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Masaki Ando M 1955 Japan Climber Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi, Japan Surgeon Details Other expeditions
Katsuaki Enoi M 1960 Japan Climber Hyogo-shi, Japan YMCA secretary Details Other expeditions
Yuji Futamata M 1955 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Surveying business Details Other expeditions
Kenji Goto M 1947 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Hori M 1957 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Building maintenance engineer Details Other expeditions
Akiko Kanazawa F 1945 Japan Climber Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan Housewife Details Other expeditions
Ken Kanazawa M 1945 Japan Leader Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan Dentist Details Other expeditions
Junji Kurotaki M 1952 Japan Climber Aomori-shi, Aomori, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Nobuhide Kuwahara M 1944 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Dentist Details Other expeditions
Toichiro Mitani M 1956 Japan Climber Kotohira, Kagawa, Japan Insurance business manager Details Other expeditions
Joji Nakamura M 1948 Japan BC Manager Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan Dentist Details Other expeditions
Norio Nakanishi M 1958 Japan Climber Toyama-shi, Toyama, Japan Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Ryoko Narita F 1957 Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Nurse Details Other expeditions
Keiko Nishihira F 1952 Japan Climber Hyogo-shi, Hyogo, Japan Pattern maker Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Ohnishi M 1962 Japan Climber Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan Unemployed salesman Details Other expeditions
Tamotsu Ohnishi M 1942 Japan Climber Osaka Sayama, Osaka, Japan Director of printing press Details Other expeditions
Junichi Shiota M 1950 Japan Exp Doctor Yokohama, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Ken Takahashi M 1958 Japan Climber Niigata, Japan Teacher Details Other expeditions
Kaoru Takao M 1946 Japan Climber Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan President, medical-equipment company Details Other expeditions
Nobuo Tsutsumi M 1951 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Engineer Details Other expeditions
Atsushi Yamamoto M 1962 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Salesman, department store Details Other expeditions
Takehiko Yanagihara M 1960 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Manager, drug store Details Other expeditions
Hideki Yatsuhashi M 1952 Japan Climber Niigata, Japan Owner, wine shop Details Other expeditions
Tetsuaki Yoshimura M 1961 Japan Climber Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Tchiring Chumbi (Tchiring Thebe) Sherpa M 1953 Nepal H-A Worker Nupri (Gorkha), Gandaki Zone High-altitude porter Details Other expeditions
Chuldim (Chuldim Dorje) Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu High-altitude porter Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nawang Thile (Pemba Dorje) Sherpa M 1953 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Moti Lal Gurung M 1950 Nepal Sirdar Sedua, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Dorje Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER89308 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 64:232 (1990) -
EVER89308 JAC Kanazawa, Ken The Southeast Ridge of Everest - 85:79-81 (1990) -
EVER89308 MM - - - 131:5 (Jan 1990) -
EVER89308 IWA - - - :280 (1990) -
EVER89308 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199023203/Asia-Nepal-Everest-Post-Monsoon-Ascents-by-a-Mexican-Japanese-and-Koreans - - -