Gurkarpo Ri | 1998 NW Ridge

A Japan expedition to Gurkarpo Ri in 1998 via NW Ridge, led by Kazuo Higuchi. Summit reached on 13th October 1998. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3145
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Expedition ID GURK98301
Peak ID GURK
Year 1998
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kazuo Higuchi
Sponsor Academic Alpine Club of Hokkaido Gurkarpo Ri Expedition 1998
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 Via Langtang Glacier
Basecamp Date 1998-09-26
Summit Date 1998-10-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 17
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6150m due to difficulty of route
High Point (m) 6150
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 600
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(26/09,4870m),C1(03/10,5550m),C2(10/10,6100m),xxx(13/10,6150m)
Route Notes BC at glacier north of Langshisa Ri C1 at glacier north of Langshisa Ri C2 on NW Ridge. Fixed 500m above C2 on steep snow rock narrow NW Ridge to place 6150m where ridge ended in steep face downwards on 13 Oct, so returned C2 after trying to find way around. 14th Oct back to BC. 15-19th Oct collected ropes and tried to bring all rope but 18th blizzard and had to leave 200m fixed rope. On 12th 3 others, Kengo Kokura, Hironori Miyai and Miyuki Yoshida up to 6150m to take down ropes and clean camps.
Accidents 3 members temporary altitude sickness
Achievement -
Agency Guides For All Seasons
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453458
Year 1998
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kazuo Higuchi M 1962 Japan Leader Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Outdoor educator Details Other expeditions
Kazuo Iwase M 1965 Japan Climber Miyako, Iwate, Japan Labor inspector Details Other expeditions
Kengo Kokura M 1971 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Unemployed; entering climbing profession Details Other expeditions
Hironori Miyai M 1961 Japan Climber Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan High school teacher of geography & social studies Details Other expeditions
Masashi Sasase M 1961 Japan Climber Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, Japan University associate professor of physical education Details Other expeditions
Osamu Shimizu M 1960 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Geological engineer Details Other expeditions
Hideaki Toda M 1958 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Geological engineer Details Other expeditions
Miyuki Yoshida F 1974 Japan Climber Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan University student of geography Details Other expeditions
Karsang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
GURK98301 HIGH - - - 198:40 (May 1999) -