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/ | - | - | - |