Himalchuli West | 1990 SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Himalchuli West in 1990 via SW Ridge, led by Park Dong-Seol. Summit reached on 19th December 1990. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 731
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Expedition ID HIMW90401
Peak ID HIMW
Year 1990
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Park Dong-Seol
Sponsor Keimyung University Alpine Club Himalchuli Winter Exped 1991
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 4th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1990-11-18
Summit Date 1990-12-19
Summit Time 1500
Summit Days 31
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7540m due to length of route and bad weather
High Point (m) 7540
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 1800
Total Members 6
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(18/11,4900m),C1(27/11,5750m),C2(29/11,6350m),C3(04/12,6750m),C4(07/12,7240m),C5(08/12,7500m),Smt(19/12)
Route Notes C1 at east Pokhari C2 on SW Ridge C3 on SW Ridge C4 on SW Ridge C5 on SW Ridge. Ridge very long from C1 and sometimes steep snow face. Fixed 1800m rope BC to C5. Did not go beyond W Peak because long route to E Peak with many dangerous crevasses. 19th Dec 3 members started from C3 and reached C5 at 2:00 pm and Lee Suk-Hwan alone to W Peak which he reached 3:00 pm. Other 2 stopped at C5 because of strong wind. They saw route from C5 and W Peak so long and dangerous and needed 2 more camps to reach E Peak. Now bad weather: snowfalling so decided to abandon idea of going to East (Main) Peak.
Accidents None
Achievement 1st Korean ascent of West Summit
Agency Sallyan
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450685
Year 1990
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jeong-Gi Hong M 1966 S Korea Climber Youngpoong, Seoul, S Korea Business student Details Other expeditions
Jong-Seon Lee M 1967 S Korea Climber Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk, S Korea Business student Details Other expeditions
Suk-Hwan Lee M 1966 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Commerce student Details Other expeditions
Dong-Seol Park M 1959 S Korea Leader Youngchon, Gyeonggi, S Korea Farmer Details Other expeditions
Geun-Young Park M 1965 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Business student Details Other expeditions
Gu-Yeoul Ryoo M 1965 S Korea Climber Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk, S Korea Student, architecture Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
HIMW90401 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 65:238 (1991) -
HIMW90401 MM - - - 138:9 (Mar 1991) -
HIMW90401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199123803/Asia-Nepal-Himalchuli-West-Winter-Ascent - - -