Manaslu | 1987 E Ridge

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 1987 via E Ridge, led by Seigo Matsushima. Summit reached on 27th October 1987. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 283
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA87302
Peak ID MANA
Year 1987
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Seigo Matsushima
Sponsor Aomari Manaslu Expedition 1987
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 Gorkha->Arughat Bazar->Buri Gandaki->Samagaon
Basecamp Date 1987-09-30
Summit Date 1987-10-27
Summit Time -
Summit Days 27
Total Days 29
Termination Date 1987-10-29
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to member's death, difficult climb
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 15
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(30/09,4400m),C1(05/10,5430m),C2(14/10,5825m),C3(26/10,6300m),xxx(27/10,6500m)
Route Notes BC at 2-1/2 hours from Samagaon at start of East Ridge C2 on East Ridge after having climbed couloir C3 on end of East Ridge at glacier and below big rock pinnacle High point at west side of pinnacle. Route BC to C1 on north side of E Ridge (BC also north of E Ridge). Big snowstorm of 19th Oct dumped 1.20m snow on BC. 28th Oct Ichigi Kudo died at BC of presumed apoplexy: while eating supper, suddenly fell over and became unconscious. All members came down to BC and decided continuation of climb above C3 very difficult. Had planned ascent of pinnacle; after start climb, thought to go to west side of it but still rock and ice climb here very difficult. So decided not to continue after accident, not enough time with sudden death of Kodo. This route is possible: 50-50 chance of success without Kodo's death.
Accidents Only Kudo's death; Kamiharako could not acclimatize so he and Kiyokawa left expedition
Achievement -
Agency Express
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450298
Year 1987
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) e ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shinji Furukawa M 1959 Japan Climber Shimokita, Aomori, Japan Transport company employee Details Other expeditions
Tsugio Kamiharako M 1955 Japan Climber Ajigasawa, Aomori, Japan Prefecture official Details Other expeditions
Shozo Kikuchi M 1945 Japan Climber Aomori-shi, Aomori, Japan Manager, sport shop Details Other expeditions
Mutsuo Kiyokawa M 1960 Japan Climber Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan Official of Japan Railroad Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Kokubu M 1949 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Hitoshi Kudo M 1948 Japan Climber Gonohe, Aomori, Japan Gonohe government official Details Other expeditions
Ichigi Kudo M 1944 Japan Leader Aomori-shi, Aomori, Japan Teacher, math in high school Details Other expeditions
Seigo Matsushima M 1936 Japan BC Manager Mutsu, Aomori, Japan Dentist Details Other expeditions
Toshiko Mikami F 1954 Japan Climber Aomori-shi, Aomori, Japan Hotel staff member Details Other expeditions
Norimasa Nishiie M 1961 Japan Climber Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan Student, biology Details Other expeditions
Mamoru Nishiya M 1957 Japan Climber Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan Hospital staff member Details Other expeditions
Shuzaburo Saito M 1947 Japan Climber Kuroishi, Aomori, Japan Executive of garden landscape company Details Other expeditions
Masaaki Sasamoto M 1950 Japan Climber Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan Office worker, construction company Details Other expeditions
Yoko Tobe F 1953 Japan Climber Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Employee in department store Details Other expeditions
Tsuginori Yoshida M 1950 Japan Exp Doctor Morioka, Iwate, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA87302 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. & Hawley, Elizabeth - - 62:214 (1988) -
MANA87302 MM - - - 120:11 (Mar 1988) -
MANA87302 IWA - - - :279 (1988) -
MANA87302 IWA - - - :70 (1988) -
MANA87302 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198821402/Asia-Nepal-Manaslu-Attempt-and-Tragedy - - -