Kangchenjunga | 2002 SW Face

A S Korea expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2002 via SW Face, led by Han Wang-Yong. Summit reached on 13th May 2002. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4065
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG02104
Peak ID KANG
Year 2002
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Han Wang-Yong
Sponsor 2002 Korean Kangchenjunga Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 59th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-04-10
Summit Date 2002-05-13
Summit Time 1525
Summit Days 33
Total Days 36
Termination Date 2002-05-16
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/04,5600m),C1(16/04,6300m),C2(20/04,6800m),C3(03/05,7500m),C4(12/05,7900m),Smt(13/05)
Route Notes C4 at Great Shelf. 13 May started for top at 1:00 am: summiter Gu Gun-Soo, but Gu stopped at 8300-8400m because very tired and down to C2 while others to top 3:25 pm in clear skies and little wind. Summiters also slept in C4. 14 May all down to BC. In summit bid: oxygen used sleeping in C4 by only Han, but other members used it only going to top and back to C4 (not sleeping in C4 on return from top). Dawa Wangchuk no oxygen at all. 4 Kazakhs summited on 13th also in amongst Koreans.
Accidents Nothing
Achievement -
Agency Echo Himal
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454905
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Gun-Soo Gu M 1970 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Shop owner Details Other expeditions
Hyung-Jun Gu M 1977 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Economics student Details Other expeditions
Wang-Yong Han M 1966 S Korea Leader Jeollabuk, S Korea Economics student Details Other expeditions
Woong-Sik Kim M 1966 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Professional alpinist & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Yong-Jun Ko M 1977 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Fish shop owner Details Other expeditions
Jong-Moon Park M 1972 S Korea Climber Chungwon, Chungcheongbuk, S Korea Shop owner Details Other expeditions
Jong-Seung Park M 1968 S Korea Climber Chungwon, Chungcheongbuk, S Korea Architect Details Other expeditions
Sang-Jin Seo M 1979 S Korea Climber Gwangju (Kwangju), Jeollanam, S Korea Student of architecture Details Other expeditions
Dawa Wangchuk (Dawa Ongchu) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Zarok, Namche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG02104 HIGH - - - 244:54 (Mar 2003) -