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 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| 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 | - | - | - |