Lhotse | 2009 W Face

A S Korea expedition to Lhotse in 2009 via W Face, led by Joo Jung-Soo. Summit reached on 20th May 2009. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6473
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT09112
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Joo Jung-Soo
Sponsor Incheon 2009 Everest Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 133
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Phakding->Namche->Tengboche->Pheriche->Lobuche->Gorakshep
Basecamp Date 2009-03-30
Summit Date 2009-05-20
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 51
Total Days 54
Termination Date 2009-05-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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 Everest (EVER-091-73)
Campsites BC(30/03,5400m),C1(18/04,6200m),C2(26/04,6500m),C3(30/04,7225m),C4(19/05,7800m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 above the Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse West Face C4 on Lhotse West Face. Shin started from C4 at 8:30 pm of 19 May, reached summit at 11 am, stayed on summit for 30 minutes, descended to C2 at 8 pm same day. Next day to BC. Summit day weather was very good. Regarding other members of the expedition: Cheon who was suppose to climb Lhotse and Everest had accident in Korea and could not join the expedition. The expedition leader Joo stayed in BC. Another member Whang, who was suppose to climb Lhotse and Everest, did not try on Lhotse but summited Everest. Members Kang, Kim Jun-Woo, Kim Kwang-Jun, Kim Myung-Sun, Kwae, Lee Jung-Ho, Lee Won-Ruk, Sung, Yoo including climbing leader Jun touched C2 but did not sleep there. They were exhausted. The initial plan was to have five Sherpas to work on both mountains but the five Sherpas worked only with Everest team. So there was no Sherpas working for Lhotse team.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Trekking Camp Nepal
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER09173
Checksum 2457701
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jun-Min Cheon M 1969 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Graphic designer Details Other expeditions
Jung-Soo Joo M 1955 S Korea Leader Incheon, S Korea Travel agency owner Details Other expeditions
Byeong-Min Jun M 1959 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Show owner Details Other expeditions
Ho-Jung Kang M 1973 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Photographer Details Other expeditions
Jun-Woo Kim M 1955 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Professor Details Other expeditions
Kwang-Jun Kim M 1963 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Soo-Young Kwae M 1960 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Business manager Details Other expeditions
Jung-Ho Lee M 1965 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Driver Details Other expeditions
Won-Rok Lee M 1968 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Structural engineer Details Other expeditions
Sung-Kyoon Shin M 1982 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Cheung-Sik Whang M 1970 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Alpine shop manager Details Other expeditions
Myung-Sun Kim M 1987 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Suk-Woo Sung M 1967 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Engineer Details Other expeditions
Joo-Myeon Yoo M 1963 S Korea Climber Kunpo, Gyeonggi, S Korea Outdoor equipment shopkeeper Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.