Gurkarpo Ri | 2003 SE Face

A S Korea expedition to Gurkarpo Ri in 2003 via SE Face, led by Kim Myung-Sim. Summit reached on 25th September 2003. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4484
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GURK03301
Peak ID GURK
Year 2003
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kim Myung-Sim
Sponsor 2003 Gurkarpo Ri Expedition of KTAC of Alpine Club
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 Syabru Besi->Langtang village->Langsisa Kharka/Glacier
Basecamp Date 2003-09-18
Summit Date 2003-09-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2003-10-02
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5750m due to dangerous avalanching
High Point (m) 5750
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 800
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(18/09,5200m),C1(25/09,5650m),xxx(25/09,5750m)
Route Notes BC at 5200m head of Langshisa Glacier C1 at 5650m SE Face Too many avalanches especially in afternoon and weather rainy or snowfall frequently. Very dangerous face with so many avalanche and much equipment lost and members injured by stones mixed in snow avalanches (one helmet broken). Ha fell 400m with an avalanche at 5500m. Avalanches funnelled by several couloirs feeding into kind of river of avalanches. Fixed 500m rope along routes BC to C1 and 400m taken away by avalanche. All down in BC 28th. Now again heavy rain and 7 big avalanches took more equipment.
Accidents Lim and Yoon injured by stone-snow avalanche; also Ha and Kim
Achievement -
Agency Hyecho Adventure Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455271
Year 2003
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jae-Cheul Ha M 1971 S Korea Climber Busan (Pusan), S Korea Owner of export/import sports clothing business Details Other expeditions
Sang-Kyun Joung M 1955 S Korea Climber Busan (Pusan), S Korea Clothing store owner Details Other expeditions
Myung-Sin Kim M 1955 S Korea Leader Busan (Pusan), S Korea Economic Research Institute director Details Other expeditions
Tae-Soo Lim M 1957 S Korea Climber Changwon, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Materials engineer Details Other expeditions
Jae-Young Park M 1981 S Korea Climber Busan (Pusan), S Korea University student Details Other expeditions
Hag-Sul Yang M 1961 S Korea Climbing Leader Gimhae (Kimhae), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Insurance salesman Details Other expeditions
Jae-Ho Yoo M 1961 S Korea Climber Busan (Pusan), S Korea Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Myung-Sik Yoon M 1964 S Korea Climber Kyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk, S Korea Machinery engineer Details Other expeditions
Nurbu Jangbu Sherpa M 1954 Nepal H-A Worker Ghat, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Sharke Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Thile Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
GURK03301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 78:396 (2004) -
GURK03301 HIGH - - - 265:59-60 (Dec 2004) -
GURK03301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200439601/Asia-Nepal-Jugal-Himal-Gurkarpo-Ri-another-Unsuccessful-Korean-Attempt-on-This-Unclimbed-Peak - - -