Lhotse | 2016 W Face

A Japan expedition to Lhotse in 2016 via W Face, led by Kenji Kondo. Summit reached on 21st May 2016. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9165
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT16107
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kenji Kondo
Sponsor Adventure Guides Lhotse Expedition 2016
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 2016-04-23
Summit Date 2016-05-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 28
Total Days 31
Termination Date 2016-05-24
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8500m due to lack of fixed rope
High Point (m) 8500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
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 Summited Everest (EVER-161-30)
Campsites BC(23/04,5350m),C2(01/01,6400m),C3(17/05,7000m),C4.EVER(18/05,7900m),Smt.EVER(19/05),C4.LHOT(20/05,7800m),xxx(21/05,8500m)
Route Notes C4 20/05 7800m HPt 21/05 8500m (point of dead body just below the summit) by Ito, Kondo, Phurba Chhiri and Cheppa at 3 pm. Team left C4 for the summit at 6 am. The fixed rope stopped at 8150m. Kondo took the lead. He found the ice axe of Ang Phurba (the Sherpa who fell to his death on 19 May) at 8250m, which came in handy as he needed two axes for his alpine-style climb. He took some of the old fixed rope and found some coiled up rope, tied it all together and produced a 50m long piece of rope, which he fixed (about 15 pitches) and lead the team to the high point that way. On the way down he used the same system and everyone arm-rapped down. They descended to C4, where they arrived at about 6 pm, had a rest and Kondo and Ito descended to C2, where they arrived at 11 pm. Phura Chhiri and Cheppa stayed at C3. On 22 May they arrived at BC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID EVER16130
Checksum 2460356
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kenji Kondo M 1962 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Ban Ito M 1995 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Chhepa Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Yoshinobu Jitsukawa M 1943 Japan Climber Kanagawa, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhiri (Phurba Chhiri) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Sakpharma, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.