Lhotse | 2002 W Face

A S Korea expedition to Lhotse in 2002 via W Face, led by Lee Se-Jung. Summit reached on 5th October 2002. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4215
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Expedition ID LHOT02303
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2002
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Lee Se-Jung
Sponsor 2002 South Korea
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 78th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-09-03
Summit Date 2002-10-05
Summit Time 0830
Summit Days 32
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2002-10-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 3
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 Attempted Everest (EVER-023-05)
Campsites BC(03/09),C1(11/09,6100m),C2(15/09,6400m),C3(25/09,7300m),C4(04/10,7850m),Smt(05/10)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 at West Cwm C3 on Lhotse West Face C4 on Lhotse West Face. Lee Se-Jung, Park, Lee Woo-Kyung and Serap Jangbu up from Col and reached just under Balcony at 8400m in 4 hours and then snow avalanche coming down; no one hurt, but party returned to C4 to sleep and 4 Oct to C2. They all used oxygen sleeping in C4 and climbing up from Col and sleeping again in C4 but no longer. Everest climbing finished. All Lhotse summiters used oxygen on low flow sleeping night of 5 Oct and full flow climbing to top and down to C4 on 5 Oct but going down same day from C4 (Lhotse) to C2 not using it. Expedition finished. All down in BC 6 Oct. Lhotse Summiters were on top 1 hour before Brazilians. Sherpa Lhotse Summiters: Lhakpa Tshering, Khumjung, Everest X1, Annapurna I X1 Ang Babu, aka Jimba Zangbu, Khumjung, Lhotse 5/01, Xixa X1 Serap Jangbu, Khumjung, 5 8000ers & Lhotse 4/01
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Echo Himal
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455230
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Se-Jung Lee M 1965 S Korea Leader Kongju, Daejeon, S Korea Teacher Details Other expeditions
Sun-Dok Hong M 1970 S Korea Climber Jeonju (Cheonju), Jeollabuk, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Soon-Kwang Hwang M 1963 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Businessman Details Other expeditions
Sun-Dug Hwang M 1977 S Korea Climber Ansung, Gyeonggi, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Kiu-Su Jun M 1968 S Korea Climber Daejeon (Taejon), S Korea Owner of building-cleaning business Details Other expeditions
Jea-Hyun Kwon F 1978 S Korea Climber Kongju, Daejeon, S Korea Nurse Details Other expeditions
Hee-Seok Lee M 1978 S Korea Climber Seosan, Chungcheongnam, S Korea Hotel planner Details Other expeditions
Hyun-Suk Yu F 1974 S Korea Climber Jeollabuk, S Korea Nurse Details Other expeditions
Ang Babu (Jimba Zangbu) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tshering/Chhiring Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Serap Jangbu Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.