Lhotse | 2008 W Face

A S Korea expedition to Lhotse in 2008 via W Face, led by Kim Young-Mi. Summit reached on 4th October 2008. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6168
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT08301
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kim Young-Mi
Sponsor 2008 Korean Lhotse Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-09-13
Summit Date 2008-10-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 48
Termination Date 2008-10-31
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to strong winds
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(13/09,5350m),C1(02/10,6100m),C2(04/10,6500m),xxx(04,18,22/10,6500m)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm High point at C2. 2008 Korean Lhotse Expedition, led by Ms. Kim Young-Mi - 4 Nov 2008 One member, Hong Sung-Taek, arrived at BC with the rest of the team on 13 September, stayed only one night and left on the 14th because of personal problems at home. The other three members went three times to C2 at 6500m in the Western Cwm, but never went higher. First priority was given to the attempt by Koreans under Park Young-Seok to scale Everest's SW Face by a new route. Three Sherpas were initially assigned by Park to the Lhotse team, but in fact all three were employed on Everest instead. The three members, Ms Kim, Lee Han-Koo and Lee Hyeong-Mo, moved up to C2 for Lhotse on 4 Oct, spent two nights there, then down to BC on the 6th; on the 18th, stayed only one night because strong wind broke one tent, and back to BC on the 19th; and on 22nd, spent three nights there, and down to BC on the 25th in very strong wind.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency NE-KO Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457472
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Young-Mi Kim F 1980 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Book illustrator Details Other expeditions
Han-Koo Lee M 1968 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Photographer Details Other expeditions
Hyeong-Mo Lee M 1979 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Sung-Taek Hong M 1967 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Language academy proprietor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.