Ganesh VI | 1981 SE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Ganesh VI in 1981 via SE Ridge, led by Hiroyasu Shirakabe. Summit reached on 5th May 1981. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3943
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Expedition ID GAN681101
Peak ID GAN6
Year 1981
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Hiroyasu Shirakabe
Sponsor -
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st?
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1981-03-24
Summit Date 1981-05-05
Summit Time -
Summit Days 42
Total Days 50
Termination Date 1981-05-13
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6908
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
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 Attempted Ganesh II (GAN2-811-01)
Campsites BC(24/03,4750m),Smt(05/05)
Route Notes Number of higher camps, if any, not known. At the time of this climb, the expedition believed that the peak was unnamed. Ganesh VI summit reached on May 5 by Shinichiro Kasai and Yuichi Fukuoka via its SE Ridge (according to Osamu Tanabe, summiter on Japanese team to Ganesh VI in Spring 2000). 1981 success was 1st ascent of Ganesh VI.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st ascent of Ganesh VI
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID GAN281101
Checksum 2447026
Year 1981
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hiroyasu Shirakabe M 1946 Japan Leader Funaba-shi, Chiba, Japan Architect Details Other expeditions
Yukitoshi Tanikawa M 1948 Japan Deputy Leader Yokohama, Japan Architect Details Other expeditions
Yuichi Fukuoka M 1956 Japan Climber Funaba-shi, Chiba, Japan Petroleum engineer Details Other expeditions
Shinichiro Kasai M 1955 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Shigeki Nakajima M 1933 Japan Exp Doctor Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Syunsuke Ono M 1957 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Physics student Details Other expeditions
Shinji Suzuki M 1958 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Physics student Details Other expeditions
Ichiro Takahashi M 1957 Japan Climber Nagoya, Japan Sales engineer Details Other expeditions
Takao Takahashi M 1947 Japan Climber Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Tetsuo Tejima M 1954 Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Civil engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.