Lhotse | 1976 S Face

A Japan expedition to Lhotse in 1976 via S Face, led by Kanji Kamei. Summit reached on 9th May 1976. 21 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2202
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT76101
Peak ID LHOT
Year 1976
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face
Route 2 S Ridge-W Ridge (to 7600m)
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kanji Kamei
Sponsor 1976 Kanagawa Alpine Association 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 Khumbu Valley
Basecamp Date 1976-02-26
Summit Date 1976-05-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 73
Total Days 86
Termination Date 1976-05-22
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7600m due to heavy snowfall
High Point (m) 7600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 19
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 12
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(26/02,4300m),C1(08/03,5800m),C2(19/03,6400m),C3(25/03,7250m),TempC4(17/04,7300m),xxx(09/05,7600m)
Route Notes Kamei - 13 June 76 Planned C4 at 7780m but rock face there very difficult; made a camp at 7300m (called advance camp). 7600m reached by 2 members 2 times, but no camp; this highest point reached. C3 many snow avalanches; every day snow falling; every day had to make new routes. Winds not so bad as constant snowfall. Route possible in good weather. Kohguchi - 26 May 76 Bad weather - wind and snow, I cannot reach summit. Left BC 22 May. No C4 established. Others expected in KTM 10-14 days. Ryohei Uchida arrives 1st or 2nd June; trying to reach to Ridge Only accident 1 Sherpa's leg. PM Singh - 27 Feb76 BC at 4300m yesterday. PM Singh - 10 March 76 C1 established at 5800m 8 March. Veda & Kamei - 5 Feb 76 18 members total now 5 to Lukla 4 Feb 76; others to Lukla about 10 Feb. 18 tons baggage also by air. 2 groups porters; 300 each from Lukla to BC. 1973 recce reached 7300m route South Ridge to West Ridge. BC on Lhotse Glacier at 5350m C1 6000m on South Ridge, etc. From C3 to C4 very difficult rock wall Maybe one more camp above (or beyond) C6 West Ridge is long ridge at altitude. BC established end of Feb. C4 end of March at top of South Ridge rock wall C5 mid-April Summit mid-May 12 Sherpas including 2 sirdars: Ang Tsering (1975 Japanese Everest women summiter) and Sange.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2445694
Year 1976
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face

Members

21 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yukinori Fukase M - Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Engineer (in car-equipment company) Details Other expeditions
Takumi Fukuzawa M - Japan Climber Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Engineer (in same motor-car equipment company as Fukase) Details Other expeditions
Jiro Hamada M - Japan Climber Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan Works in a construction company Details Other expeditions
Shigeo Hori M - Japan Climber Hatano, Kanagawa, Japan Works in accounts section of the Japanese cigarette monopoly Details Other expeditions
Makoto Ishikawa M - Japan Climber Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Works in the Yokosuka city office (office of the municipality) Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Kadokura M - Japan Climber Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Works in motor-cycle equipment manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Kanji Kamei M - Japan Leader Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Works in administration of television station in Yokohama Details Other expeditions
Minoru Kanazawa M - Japan Climber Minami-Ashigara, Kanagawa, Japan Chemist in research Details Other expeditions
Nao-aki Kohguchi M - Japan Exp Doctor Yokohama, Japan Specialist in cardio-vascular diseases at Kanagawa children Med. Details Other expeditions
Fumio Kondo M - Japan Climber Machida, Tokyo, Japan Works in a Tokyo plastics stamping company Details Other expeditions
Masaaki Maruyama M 1947 Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Works in computer manufacturing company as an engineer Details Other expeditions
Akira Miyazawa M - Japan Deputy Leader Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Works in computer company (Honeywell) Details Other expeditions
Naoyuki Narikiyo M - Japan Climber Hatano, Kanagawa, Japan Works in drug (medicine) manufacturing company, in sales Details Other expeditions
Toyotaro Ohmasu M 1943 Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Works in company manufacturing equipment to protect the environment Details Other expeditions
Haruhisa Sunagawa M 1942 Japan Climbing Leader Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan Works in office of Fujisawa city (municipality office) Details Other expeditions
Hisao Takahashi M - Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Engineer in transistor factory (Toshiba Electric Manufacturing Co.) Details Other expeditions
Masao Tomioka M - Japan Climber Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan Engineer in Japan Telegraph and Telephone Co. Details Other expeditions
Ryohei Uchida M 1936 Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Professional still photographer & noted alpinist Details Other expeditions
Ren-no-Suke Ueda M - Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Reporter on staff of Kanagawa Shimbun; reports for TV Details Other expeditions
Ang Tshering Sherpa M 1949 Nepal Sirdar Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M - Nepal Sirdar - - Details Other expeditions

References

7 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT76101 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. - - 51:239 (1977) -
LHOT76101 HJ Kamei, Kanji Lhotse, 1976 - 35:142-145 (1976-78) -
LHOT76101 MM - - - 51:11 (Sep 1976) -
LHOT76101 IWA - - - 55:149 (1977) -
LHOT76101 IWA - - - 55:32-33 (1977) -
LHOT76101 - Kanagawa-ken Mountaineering Union Account of the Lhotse Expedition of 1976 The Club, Kanagawa, Japan - -
LHOT76101 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/35/10/lhotse-1976/ - - -