Hungchhi | 2003 W Face-SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Hungchhi in 2003 via W Face-SW Ridge, led by Koo Kyoung-Mo. Summit reached on 24th April 2003. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4321
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID HCHI03101
Peak ID HCHI
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face-SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Koo Kyoung-Mo
Sponsor 2003 Korean Student Alpine Federation Hungchi Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 2nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Namche->Gokyo->Ngojumba Glacier
Basecamp Date 2003-03-31
Summit Date 2003-04-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 24
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2003-04-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7029
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 2000
Total Members 8
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
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(31/03,4800m),ABC(03/04,5055m),C1(09/04,5616m),C2(11/04,5831m),C3(21/04,6010m),C4(24/04,6266m),Smt(24/04)
Route Notes BC at 4800m west side of Gyuba Tshonsche Lake ABC at 5055m east side of lake C1 at 5616m SW Ridge C2 at 5831m SW Ridge C3 at 6040m SW Ridge C4 at 6266m SW Ridge Difficult rock climb from ABC to C1, very steep (70-80 degrees) and overhung; fixed 600m rope here. Difficult again from C4 to top where was snow wall of 90 degree and overhanging part: fixed 400m rope here. Also had fixed rope on blue ice just before C2 and mixed snow and blue ice above C2 to big rock subsidiary peak between C2 and C3. All camp altitudes by GPS: summit 6666m, mountain 7020m given by HMG.
Accidents Nothing
Achievement New route
Agency NE-KO Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455117
Year 2003
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face-sw ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Chan-Il Jeong M 1980 S Korea Climber Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea University student of physical education Details Other expeditions
Hee-Sick Jeong M 1979 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea University student of electronics Details Other expeditions
Jeon-Am Kim M 1973 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea University student of architecture Details Other expeditions
Seung-Koo Kim M 1983 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea University student of traffic engineering Details Other expeditions
Sung-Ho Kim M 1974 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Unemployed (just graduated from university) Details Other expeditions
Kyoung-Mo Koo M 1964 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Reporter Details Other expeditions
Yun-Ji Lee M 1983 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea University student architecture Details Other expeditions
Cheol-Mok Yoo M 1972 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Executive of environmental engineering company Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
HCHI03101 HIGH - - - 256:74 (Mar 2004) -
HCHI03101 AAJ Griffin, Lindsay - - 78:401 (2004) -
HCHI03101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200440101/Asia-Nepal-Malahangur-Asia-Nepal-Khumbu-Hungchi - - -