Kangchenjunga | 2009 SW Face

A S Korea expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2009 via SW Face, led by Kim Jae-Soo. Summit reached on 18th May 2009. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6457
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG09107
Peak ID KANG
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kim Jae-Soo
Sponsor Kolon Sport International Kangchenjunga Expedition 2009
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 75th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach See route details
Basecamp Date 2009-05-06
Summit Date 2009-05-18
Summit Time 1120
Summit Days 12
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2009-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 1300
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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 Makalu (MAKA-091-09) and Dhaulagiri I (DHA1-092-01)
Campsites BC(06/05,5500m),C2(10/05,6600m),C3(15/05,7300m),C4(17/05,7800m),Smt(18/05)
Route Notes Approach: Son bus to Taplejung, trekked to BC; Kim and Go by helicopter to Suketar from Makalu. Kim, Go, Ngada (Nada), Kami Chhiri Lama and Kami Chhiri Sherpa started at 1 am on 18 May from C4. The team reached to the summit at 11:20 am, stayed on summit for 40 minutes, descended to C4 at 4 pm. They had rest at C4 for about 30 minutes then continued to C3 where they reached at 9 pm, slept there. Next day to BC. Summit day weather was good, little windy. Pasaban team, Norwegian, Swedish and Polish woman Kinga also summited on that day. Pasaban got to the summit without oxygen. Son climbed up to C2 on 15 May. He could not sleep well at C2. Next day went down to BC. The team returned to Kathmandu on 24 May. One week later will go to Pakistan Nanga Parbat. Sherpas: Ngata (Nada) Sherpa, 2/2/76 (19/10/2032), Lelep-9, Taplejung Kami Chhiri Lama, about 1/5/68 (19/1/2025), Bhakanje-5, Solu, Everest X1 Kami Chhiri Sherpa, 1/12/78 (02/09/2035), Cheskam-2, Sankhuwasabha
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457474
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Byung-Woo Son M 1971 S Korea Climber Busan (Pusan), S Korea Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Mi-Sun Go F 1967 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Ngata (Nada) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Kami Chhiri Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Chhiri (Ang Kami) Lama M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Bhakanje, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jae-Soo Kim M 1961 S Korea Leader Gimhae (Kimhae), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea CEO of shoe material company Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG09107 KAN - Female Climbers - 1:11-12 (Sep 2009) -