Himalchuli East | 1977 E Face-N Ridge

A Japan expedition to Himalchuli East in 1977 via E Face-N Ridge, led by Toyozo Sugasawa. Summit reached on 13th May 1977. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2817
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Expedition ID HIME77101
Peak ID HIME
Year 1977
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face-N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Toyozo Sugasawa
Sponsor Meiji University Mountaineering 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 Trisuli Bazar->BC
Basecamp Date 1977-03-22
Summit Date 1977-05-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 52
Total Days 65
Termination Date 1977-05-26
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7800m due to fatal avalanche
High Point (m) 7800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 6
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 0
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(22/03),C1(28/03,5300m),C2(02/04,5800m),C3(11/04,6450m),C4(24/04,6700m),C5(07/05,6800m),C6(11/05,7150m),xxx(13/05,7800m)
Route Notes -
Accidents Yoshiharu Kondo killed by falling ice block of broken cornices (hit in face)
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2445659
Year 1977
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face-n ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ryoten Hasegawa M 1947 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Makoto Nebuka M 1947 Japan Climber Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Toyozo Sugasawa M 1943 Japan Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Masaru Irisawa M - Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Katsuaki Ono M - Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Yoshiharu Kondo M 1944 Japan Climber Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Shuichi Okazawa M 1949 Japan Climber Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Kazuo Takeda M - Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Koichi Wada M 1952 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Junichi Tanaka M 1952 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Bonzo Toriyama M - Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Takemi Igarashi M - Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Toichiro Mitani M 1956 Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Tatsumi Sasaki M 1949 Japan Exp Doctor Tokyo, Japan - Details Other expeditions

References

6 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
HIME77101 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. - - 52:593 (1978) -
HIME77101 JAC Sugawara, Toyozo Himalchuli, The East Face, 1977 - 73:10-11 (1978) -
HIME77101 JAC Sugawara, Toyozo Himalchuli, The East Face, 1977 - 73:120-128 (1978) -
HIME77101 IWA - - - 61:III (1978) -
HIME77101 IWA - - - 61:29 (1978) -
HIME77101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197859303/Asia-Nepal-Himalchuli - - -