Everest | 1989 S Pillar-SE Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Everest in 1989 via S Pillar-SE Ridge, led by Kim In-Tae. Summit reached on 13th October 1989. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 472
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER89312
Peak ID EVER
Year 1989
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Pillar-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kim In-Tae
Sponsor Kim In-Tae Autumn 1989 Everest Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 98th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1989-09-03
Summit Date 1989-10-13
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 40
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 16
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
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 -
Campsites BC(03/09,5400m),C1(04/09,6200m),C2(07/09,6400m),C3(12/09,7400m),C4(19/09,7800m),Smt(13/10)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 at right side of pillar C4 at right side of pillar. 1st summit bid 23rd Sept by Cho Kwang-Je and Kim Bum-Taek and reached 7850m (above S Summit but below Hillary Step) and turned back because snow waist-deep and returned to C4. 2nd summit bid 8th Oct only because strong winds till now. 2nd bid by the same 2 members with Cho Hyo-Je and Park Hee-Taek and reached 8100m before defeated by wind. 3rd bid successful. 2 members left C4 10:20 pm 12th Oct in full moon. Park Hee-Taek turned back at S Summit while Cho Kwang-Je went on up with Japanese and Mexican climbers when they met at S Summit. Reached summit at 12:30 pm, after Japanese party and before Mexican. No more summit bids after this. Bad relations with Sherpas: one member's nose broken by Sherpas at BC; expedition hired Sherpas directly, not through trekking agency.
Accidents Park Hee-Taek frostbitten toes that will heal probably but not certainly
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2449937
Year 1989
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s pillar-se ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hyo-Je Cho M 1961 S Korea Climber Euchang-kun, S Korea Farmer Details Other expeditions
Kwang-Je Cho M 1964 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Jae-Il Choi M 1956 S Korea Deputy Leader Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Moon-Chul Chun M 1963 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Jae-Ok Goo M 1956 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Owner, building-blocks manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Bum-Taek Kim M 1963 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Byung-Oh Kim M 1958 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Artist (painter) Details Other expeditions
Hyun-Jin Kim M 1963 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Il-Chul Kim M 1953 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
In-Tae Kim M 1953 S Korea Leader Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Owner, sports shop Details Other expeditions
Min-Hyo Kim M 1965 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Owner, camera shop Details Other expeditions
Suk-Soo Kim M 1957 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Owner, clothing shop Details Other expeditions
Keun-Bae Lee M 1962 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Sang-Gon Lee M 1956 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Dong-Yul Park M 1959 S Korea Climber Euchang-kun, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Hee-Taek Park M 1964 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER89312 MM - - - 131:5 (Jan 1990) -
EVER89312 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 64:232 (1990) -
EVER89312 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199023203/Asia-Nepal-Everest-Post-Monsoon-Ascents-by-a-Mexican-Japanese-and-Koreans - - -