Fang | 1997 E Face-S Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Fang in 1997 via E Face-S Ridge, led by Yu Jae-Hyung. Summit reached on 8th November 1997. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2378
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID FANG97301
Peak ID FANG
Year 1997
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face-S Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Yu Jae-Hyung
Sponsor 1997 Korea Fang Expedition
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 1997-10-04
Summit Date 1997-11-08
Summit Time -
Summit Days 35
Total Days 40
Termination Date 1997-11-13
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned due to fatal accident
High Point (m) 7300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 2350
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 2
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(04/10,4600m),C1(13/10,5400m),C2(16/10,5900m),C3(30/10,6400m),C4(05/11,6900m),C5(07/11,7200m),xxx(08/11,7300m)
Route Notes BC above Modi Khola on East Face C1 at snow ramp on East Face C2 on East Face. C3 pitched 23 Oct, then snow avalanche came and not occupied till 1 week later. 7th Nov Kim and Lee Hag-Young slept in C5 and 8th Nov Kim and Lee making route beyond C5 and while doing this Kim fell 50-100m; Lee returned to C4 when other members were. 9th Nov 4 members slept again in C4 hoping for helicopter search but helicopter cannot go that high and no search on the ground also. Body not seen. 10th Nov 4 members go down C1; climb now finished. C1-C3 1400m C3-C4 1200m C4-C5 150m _____ 2350m fixed rope on rock in snow which made climbing difficult. While climbing ridge strong wind and much new snow falling - on face much avalanching ("continuous avalanche" says Yu). Korean Climber Dies By Elizabeth Hawley Kathmandu, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A South Korean mountaineerer fell to his death on November 8 while climbing in the Nepalese Himalaya, Nepal's tourism ministry announced today. The climber was a member of a nine-man South Korean expedition to a 7647 meter (25,089-foot) peak in the Annapurna massif; the peak is widely known as Fang but officially named Varaha Shikhar. According to the ministry's report, Kim Yea-Hoon, a 25-year-old employee of a mountaineering-equipment company, who lived in Kwangmyung, plunged 50 meters (165 feet) down Fang's slopes from an altitude of 7200 meters (about 23,600 ft) on November 8. He died from his injuries the next day. The expedition abandoned their attempt to scale Fang, the ministry, said because of the death of their teammate and are on their way back to Kathmandu. If they had been successful, they would have been the first Koreans to summit Fang and the first mountaineers from any nation to succeed in the autumn season. The mountain is considered to be very difficult to climb, and its summit has been reached only once, by an Austrian team in the spring of 1980 on an entirely different route from the Koreans eastern approach. Kim was unmarried. His team was led by Yu Jae-Hyung from Chuncheon.
Accidents Seo's leg injured by avalanche 10th Nov; Hong slight frostbite; Kim fatal fall
Achievement -
Agency Hyecho Adventure Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453028
Year 1997
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face-s ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Seong-Uk Hong M 1962 S Korea Climbing Leader Seoul, S Korea Business manager Details Other expeditions
Yea-Hoon Kim M 1972 S Korea Climber Kwangmyung, Gyeonggi, S Korea Mountaineering equipment company office staff Details Other expeditions
Hak-Young Lee M 1970 S Korea Climber Phocheon, Gyeonggi, S Korea University student Details Other expeditions
Yong-Hyun Lee M 1971 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea University student Details Other expeditions
Bong-Ha Park M 1970 S Korea Climber Sokcho, Gangwon, S Korea University student Details Other expeditions
Seok-Kun Seo M 1932 S Korea Deputy Leader Chunchon, Gangwon, S Korea Business manager Details Other expeditions
Yong-Seup Shim M 1932 S Korea Deputy Leader Chunchon, Gangwon, S Korea Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Seok-Man Yong M 1965 S Korea Climber Chunchon, Gangwon, S Korea Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Jae-Hyung Yu M 1950 S Korea Leader Chunchon, Gangwon, S Korea High school teacher Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
FANG97301 HIGH - - - 188:24 (Jul 1998) -