Kusum Kanguru | 1981 SE Face

A Japan expedition to Kusum Kanguru in 1981 via SE Face, led by Minoru Kato. Summit reached on 21st October 1981. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	2899
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
Host Country	1
Route 1	SE Face
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Japan
Leaders	Minoru Kato
Sponsor	Hoyusigaku-kai Club and Kobe Alpine Society
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	2nd?
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	-
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	1981-10-12
Summit Date	1981-10-21
Summit Time	-
Summit Days	9
Total Days	0
Termination Date	-
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	6370
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	2
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	8
Summit Members	6
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	0
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	True
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(12/10,4900m),C1(15/10,5400m),C2(16/10,5600m),Smt(21/10)
Route Notes	Two independent teams merged on the route and summited together.
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	-
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2447510
Year	1981
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	se face

Members

Field	Value
ID	23641
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	01
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Minoru
Last Name	Kato
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	25
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Leader
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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)	6370
Summit Date 1	1981-10-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	2
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	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-26
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	minoru kato
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	23642
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	02
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Toshimitsu
Last Name	Ishii
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	28
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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)	6370
Summit Date 1	1981-10-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	2
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	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-26
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	toshimitsu ishii
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	23643
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	06
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Kazuko
Last Name	Tsunoda
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	26
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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)	6370
Summit Date 1	1981-10-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	2
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	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-26
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	kazuko tsunoda
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	23644
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	03
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Michihiro
Last Name	Matsui
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1949
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	Kakogawa, Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Staff member, Kojitsu Sanso sports shop
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)	6370
Summit Date 1	1981-10-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1200
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	2
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	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2431232
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	michihiro matsui
Year of Birth	1949
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	32
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	23645
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	05
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Yoshihiro
Last Name	Mihata
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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)	6370
Summit Date 1	1981-10-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1200
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	2
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	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-26
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	yoshihiro mihata
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	23646
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	08
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Kenji
Last Name	Yamamoto
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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)	6370
Summit Date 1	1981-10-21
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1200
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	2
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	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-26
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	kenji yamamoto
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	41673
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	07
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Minoru
Last Name	Tsunoda
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
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	13
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	minoru tsunoda
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	41674
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Member ID	04
Peak ID	KUSU
Year	1981
Season	3
First Name	Katsuhiko
Last Name	Mehara
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	24
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
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	13
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	katsuhiko mehara
Year of Birth	-
Year	1981
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

8 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Minoru Kato	M	-	Japan	Leader	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Toshimitsu Ishii	M	-	Japan	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Kazuko Tsunoda	F	-	Japan	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Michihiro Matsui	M	1949	Japan	Climber	Kakogawa, Osaka, Japan	Staff member, Kojitsu Sanso sports shop	Details Other expeditions
Yoshihiro Mihata	M	-	Japan	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Kenji Yamamoto	M	-	Japan	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Minoru Tsunoda	M	-	Japan	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Katsuhiko Mehara	M	-	Japan	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	1875
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Reference ID	01
Year	1981
Type	2
Journal	AAJ
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1982
Language	-
Citation	56:212 (1982)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	3979
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Reference ID	02
Year	1981
Type	3
Journal	MM
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1982
Language	-
Citation	83:10 (Jan 1982)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	6616
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Reference ID	03
Year	1981
Type	3
Journal	IWA
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1982
Language	Japanese w/English summary
Citation	88:187 (1982)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	6970
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Reference ID	04
Year	1981
Type	3
Journal	IWA
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1982
Language	Japanese
Citation	88:43 (1982)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	12831
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KUSU81301
Reference ID	05
Year	1981
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198221202/Asia-Nepal-Kusum-Kanguru
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
KUSU81301	AAJ	-	-	-	56:212 (1982)	-
KUSU81301	MM	-	-	-	83:10 (Jan 1982)	-
KUSU81301	IWA	-	-	-	88:187 (1982)	-
KUSU81301	IWA	-	-	-	88:43 (1982)	-
KUSU81301	-	-	http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198221202/Asia-Nepal-Kusum-Kanguru	-	-	-