Kangchenjunga Central | 1989 SW side-N Ridge

A USSR expedition to Kangchenjunga Central in 1989 via SW side-N Ridge, led by Eduard Myslovsky. Summit reached on 15th April 1989. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2858
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Expedition ID KANC89101
Peak ID KANC
Year 1989
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW side-N Ridge
Route 2 SW side-N Ridge up; N Ridge-Main Smt down
Route 3 Y Kang/Main Smts-N Ridge up; S Ridge-S Smt down
Route 4 S Smt-S Ridge up; N Ridge-Main/YK Smts down
Nationality USSR
Leaders Eduard Myslovsky
Sponsor Soviet Expedition to Kangchenjunga Massif
Success 1 True
Success 2 True
Success 3 True
Success 4 True
Ascent 1 4th
Ascent 2 5th
Ascent 3 6th
Ascent 4 7th
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1989-03-09
Summit Date 1989-04-15
Summit Time 1730
Summit Days 37
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8482
Traverse True
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 15
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed/traversed other Kangchenjunga summits (KANG-891-01, KANS-891-01) and Yalung Kang (YALU-891-01)
Campsites BC(09/03,5350m),C1(16/03,6150m),C2(18/03,6450m),C3(24/03,7250m),C4,C5(15/04,8200m),Smt(15,29/04,01/05)
Route Notes -
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Amtrek
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route True
Primary Member True
Primary Reference True
Primary ID KANG89101
Checksum 2450116
Year 1989
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw side-n ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Eduard Vikentevich Myslovsky M 1937 USSR Leader Moscow, USSR Professor of radio electronics Details Other expeditions
Sergei Anatolievich Arsentiev M 1958 USSR Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia, USSR Sports instructor Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Sergeevich Balyberdin M 1949 USSR Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia, USSR Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Anatoli Boukreev M 1958 USSR Climber Almaty (Alma-Ata), Kazakhstan, USSR Skiing coach Details Other expeditions
Valeri Nikolaevich Khrishchati M 1951 USSR Climber Almaty (Alma-Ata), Kazakhstan, USSR Soil scientist Details Other expeditions
Viktor Pastukh M 1957 USSR Climber Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR Physician Details Other expeditions
Mikhail Mojaev M 1958 USSR Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia, USSR Engineer Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Karataev M 1954 USSR Climber Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, USSR Alpine & skiing coach Details Other expeditions
Sergei Igorevich Bershov M 1947 USSR Climber Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR Alpine & skiing coach Details Other expeditions
Evgeni Vinogradski M 1946 USSR Climber Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia, USSR Physician Details Other expeditions
Alexander Pogorelov M 1957 USSR Climber Rostov-on-Don, Russia, USSR Sports instructor Details Other expeditions
Mikhail Mikhailovich Turkevich M 1953 USSR Climber Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR Director of mountaineering club Details Other expeditions
Grigori Luniakov M 1955 USSR Climber Almaty (Alma-Ata), Kazakhstan, USSR Sports instructor Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Koroteev M 1955 USSR Climber Moscow, USSR Chemical engineer Details Other expeditions
Vasili Elagin M 1953 USSR Climber Moscow, USSR Alpine guide & geologist Details Other expeditions
Zijnur Khalitov M 1951 USSR Climber Almaty (Alma-Ata), Kazakhstan, USSR Junior army officer & professional climber Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.