Gurja Himal | 1988 N-S Ridge btw GURJ & DHA6

A S Korea expedition to Gurja Himal in 1988 via N-S Ridge btw GURJ & DHA6, led by Shin Young-Chul. Summit reached on 26th September 1988. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1657
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GURJ88301
Peak ID GURJ
Year 1988
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N-S Ridge btw GURJ & DHA6
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Shin Young-Chul
Sponsor 1988 Korea Dhaulagiri VI, Gurja Himal Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 8th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1988-08-31
Summit Date 1988-09-26
Summit Time 1243
Summit Days 26
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7193
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 9
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 1
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 Climbed Dhaulagiri VI (DHA6-88-301) and Ghustang North (GHUN-883-01)
Campsites BC(31/08,4530m),Dep(02/09,4800m),C1(06/09,5350m),C2.ABC(10/09,5750m),C3(14/09,6300m),C4(25/09,6750m),Smt(26/09)
Route Notes 26th Sept 5:50 am 2 teams started for 2 summits and on top of Dhaulagiri 6 12:30 pm and Gurja 12:43 pm; returned C4 from Dhaulagiri VI 17:00 hrs and Gurja 18:00 hrs same day. Ridge to Gurja very difficult knife ridge atop steep walls on both sides (walls moving rock, snow and ice). Easy climb to Dhaulagiri VI. 1000m fixed rope C2 to C4 on steep sections. No rope fixed rope above C4. Many crevasses below C2 (area where Spring 1988 climber died). Ghustang North climbed 19th Sept by 3 members (Lee, Lee and Shin) from C2 up W Face.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Nepal
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID DHA688301
Checksum 2449779
Year 1988
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n-s ridge btw gurj & dha6

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kwang-Young Kim M 1963 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Won-Chel Hwang M 1963 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Hyung-Jin Kook M 1964 S Korea Climber Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Sang-Ho Lee M 1959 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Syung-Hwan Lee M 1965 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Marine engineer Details Other expeditions
Bong-Hee Nam M 1960 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Young-Kon Ra M 1955 S Korea Deputy Leader Seoul, S Korea Naval architect Details Other expeditions
Young-Chul Shin M 1951 S Korea Leader Ulsan, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Kyoung-Deug Sohn M 1964 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Maila Pemba Sherpa M 1953 Nepal H-A Worker Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pempalung Dorje Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.