Everest | 1990 SW Face (Bonington rte)

A S Korea expedition to Everest in 1990 via SW Face (Bonington rte), led by Park Young-Bae. Summit reached on 11th October 1990. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 720
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Expedition ID EVER90312
Peak ID EVER
Year 1990
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face (Bonington rte)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Park Young-Bae
Sponsor Korean Everest Southwest Face Expedition 1990
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 -
Basecamp Date 1990-09-21
Summit Date 1990-10-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 20
Total Days 24
Termination Date 1990-10-15
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7770m due to bad weather and team exhausted
High Point (m) 7770
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(21/09,5400m),C1(25/09,6100m),C2(30/09,6400m),C3(07/10,7000m),C4(11/10,7770m),xxx(11/10,7770m)
Route Notes C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Bonington route. 3 members and a Sherpa spent 2 nights in C4 and down on 13th Oct because of wind. Then in BC snow coming and men tired. 3 members to C3 and C4 only; other members not above C2.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450346
Year 1990
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face (bonington rte)

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Chang-Sun Kim M 1960 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Unemployed, last year was sales engineer in import company Details Other expeditions
Hong-Kyung Kim M 1959 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Ki-Hwan Kim M 1965 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Chemical engineering student Details Other expeditions
Sang-Ho Koo M 1958 S Korea Climber Siheung, Gyeonggi, S Korea Department manager (Doosan group of industrial companies) Details Other expeditions
Young-Bae Park M 1948 S Korea Leader Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, S Korea Calligrapher Details Other expeditions
Hong-Gil Um M 1960 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Staff member (Korean Alpine Federation) Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER90312 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 65:230 (1991) -
EVER90312 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199123001/Asia-Nepal-Everest-Southwest-Face-Attempt - - -