Kangchenjunga | 2000 SW Face

A S Korea expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2000 via SW Face, led by Um Hong-Gil. Summit reached on 19th May 2000. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	3586
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
Host Country	1
Route 1	SW Face
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	S Korea
Leaders	Um Hong-Gil
Sponsor	2000 Korean Kangchenjunga Expedition
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	55th
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	-
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	2000-04-03
Summit Date	2000-05-19
Summit Time	0620
Summit Days	46
Total Days	50
Termination Date	2000-05-23
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8586
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	5
Fixed Rope (m)	3000
Total Members	8
Summit Members	2
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	8
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	1
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	-
Campsites	BC(03/04,5400m),C1(11/04,6100m),C2(19/04,6400m),C3(21/04,7100m),C4(17/05,7600m),C5(18/05,8500m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes	BC at normal site C1 at big snowfield C2 at snow face C3 above many seracs on small snow plateau C4 at Great Shelf C5 on summit bid (without oxygen). 22 April route making up from C3 among many seracs when Ang Dawa Tamang was hit by fist-size piece of ice hit him at 7300m on cheek and fell 5-7m down. Members and 5 Sherpas carried him to C3, 23rd he's "little Ok" but carried down on mattress when at 10:00 am at 6900m he died. Had not been wearing helmet (none of team wore helmets). Took back to BC 28 April and 1 May body carried to KTM by helicopter. All stayed in BC 2 weeks because depression. No motivation, not able to decide to go up, but decided to make one try to go to top. 15 May returned to C1, 16th to C3, 17th to C4 and stayed there. 18th am 2:30 up from C4 only 2 Koreans and 2 Indians together. Indians at 8200m turned back because deep snow made them too tired while Um and Park went on up; at 8500m at 8:00 pm made biv (unprepared and no more food and water) on very steep ice, rock-snow mixed with little space to biv. Spent night sitting on small shelf clipped into old rope: cold but gentle wind and only light snowfall. 19 May 4:50 am started up again and 6:20 am on top with sunshine and no wind. On summit 1 hour for ceremony to remember 2 Korean members who died Um's expedition in '99 (had photos and Korean flag which left in plastic at top). Indians on top on 21 May found photos and flag and brought flag down (they kept flag). Um and Park returned C3 1:00 pm and slept there. 20 May to BC at 12:30 pm. Um intends to go to K2 this summer despite his fatigue on return to KTM.
Accidents	Nepal cook very sick from altitude; 1 Sherpa died because of brain damage from falling ice
Achievement	-
Agency	Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2454179
Year	2000
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	Used
Route (lowercase)	sw face

Members

Field	Value
ID	27821
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	02
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Ha-Young
Last Name	Cheong
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1966
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	Seoul, S Korea
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2437207
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ha-young cheong
Year of Birth	1966
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	34
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27822
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	03
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Jae-Myung
Last Name	Cho
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1954
Calculated Age	45
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	La Canada, California
Occupation	Sales for clothing factory
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2433040
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jae-myung cho
Year of Birth	1954
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	46
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27823
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	04
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	In-Gyung
Last Name	Go
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1944
Calculated Age	55
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	Seoul, S Korea
Occupation	Chairman of foreign-languages academy
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2429335
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	in-gyung go
Year of Birth	1944
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	56
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27824
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	05
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Jong-Hwan
Last Name	Kim
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1957
Calculated Age	42
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, S Korea
Occupation	Cameraman
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2434036
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jong-hwan kim
Year of Birth	1957
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	43
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27825
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	06
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Sae-Jun
Last Name	Kim
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1957
Calculated Age	42
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	Seoul, S Korea
Occupation	Alpine & ski instructor
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2434172
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sae-jun kim
Year of Birth	1957
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	43
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	27826
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	07
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Mu-Taek
Last Name	Park
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1969
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	Seoul, S Korea
Occupation	Alpine & ski instructor
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8586
Summit Date 1	2000-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0620
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	55
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1969-2004) Died 18 May 2004 on Everest from exposure
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2438424
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mu-taek park
Year of Birth	1969
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27827
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	08
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Sang-Il
Last Name	Shim
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1967
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Climber
Residence	Seoul, S Korea
Occupation	Alpine instructor
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2437777
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sang-il shim
Year of Birth	1967
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27828
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	01
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Hong-Gil
Last Name	Um
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	39
Citizenship	S Korea
Status	Leader
Residence	Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, S Korea
Occupation	Advertising manager of foreign-language academy
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8586
Summit Date 1	2000-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0620
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	55
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From 8000m and finished at 8400m
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2435230
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	hong-gil um
Year of Birth	1960
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	40
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	28062
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Member ID	09
Peak ID	KANG
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Ang Dawa (Dawa)
Last Name	Tamang
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1972
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	Sirdar
Residence	Lapcha, Gorakhani, Solukhumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6900
Summit Date 1	2000-04-23
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	True
Death Date	2000-04-23
Death Time	1000
Death Type	8
Death Height (m)	6900
Death Class	3
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	Falling serac caused fatal head injury
Member Notes	Born March 1972
Necrology	(1972-2000) Died 23 Apr 2000 on Kangchenjunga from falling serac
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	15
HCN	0
Checksum	-1974
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	1
Name (lowercase)	ang dawa (dawa) tamang
Year of Birth	1972
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	28
Role	Hired

9 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Ha-Young Cheong	M	1966	S Korea	Climber	Seoul, S Korea	-	Details Other expeditions
Jae-Myung Cho	M	1954	S Korea	Climber	La Canada, California	Sales for clothing factory	Details Other expeditions
In-Gyung Go	M	1944	S Korea	Climber	Seoul, S Korea	Chairman of foreign-languages academy	Details Other expeditions
Jong-Hwan Kim	M	1957	S Korea	Climber	Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, S Korea	Cameraman	Details Other expeditions
Sae-Jun Kim	M	1957	S Korea	Climber	Seoul, S Korea	Alpine & ski instructor	Details Other expeditions
Mu-Taek Park	M	1969	S Korea	Climber	Seoul, S Korea	Alpine & ski instructor	Details Other expeditions
Sang-Il Shim	M	1967	S Korea	Climber	Seoul, S Korea	Alpine instructor	Details Other expeditions
Hong-Gil Um	M	1960	S Korea	Leader	Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, S Korea	Advertising manager of foreign-language academy	Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa (Dawa) Tamang	M	1972	Nepal	Sirdar	Lapcha, Gorakhani, Solukhumbu	-	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	5399
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KANG00107
Reference ID	01
Year	2000
Type	3
Journal	HIGH
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	2001
Language	-
Citation	218:74-75 (Jan 2001)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
KANG00107	HIGH	-	-	-	218:74-75 (Jan 2001)	-