Manaslu | 1998 NE Face

A S Korea expedition to Manaslu in 1998 via NE Face, led by Park Young-Seok. Summit reached on 6th December 1998. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3257
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MANA98401
Peak ID MANA
Year 1998
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Park Young-Seok
Sponsor Dong Guk University Manaslu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 63rd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1998-11-06
Summit Date 1998-12-06
Summit Time 1120
Summit Days 30
Total Days 32
Termination Date 1998-12-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8163
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 2
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(06/11,4600m),C1.ABC(29/11,5600m),C1(01/12,5600m),C2(03/12,6400m),C3(04/12,7600m),Smt(06/12)
Route Notes BC at normal site above Samagaon C2 at normal site C3 at 200m higher than normal site and left of it. After reached BC went up to C1 site several times but 17 Nov heavy snowfall and strong wind so 21 Nov retreated to Samagaon. Up to BC again 27 Nov. 29 Nov to ABC but found deposited gear buried; 5 Sherpas stayed there to dig out gear and make camp site. 1 Dec members back to ABC. 2 Dec made route through icefall fixing 400m rope and 3 Dec established C2 at bottom of seracs below plateau. 4 Dec made C3 by direct route and put it higher than normal C3's (at 7300-7400m); Korean C3 at 7600m or higher. 5 Dec stayed at C3 because very windy. 6 Dec up to top: left C3 at 5:50 am when very windy and very cold; had to around big serac and spent extra hour getting around it and finally reached top at 11:20 am when not windy but still very cold (Sherpas got slightly frostbitten fingers when taking photo of Park on summit in at least - 40 degree C cold) but clear weather. Every day windy during expedition and "I very lucky at summit times" when not strong wind this day. Other Korean members not strong climbers; Park teaching students from university and juniors, so needed 5 Sherpas. 6 Dec slept in C2 (returned to camp C3 in 1-1/2 hours from top on crusted surface so very quickly to C3) and arrived C2 5:30-6:00 pm on 6th. 7th reached BC. Park's next 8000ers will be Kangchenjunga in spring 1999 K2 + Broad summer 1999 Makalu autumn 1999 Xixa winter ? (TMA people don't like winter climbs) "I hope next winter I finish all 8000m mtns." After finish: "I live with my wife and 2 sons - 10 months I am away." Nepalese summiters: Kami Dorchi (Dorje) Sherpa, summited Annapurna I 3 May 1998 with Koreans, this his only previous 8000er Ang Dawa Tamang, summited Anna I in 1994 and 1998, Everest 3 times This expedition supported by Dong Guk University and this is why members are students and juniors getting instruction from Park. Doubts about Park's summit success in Korea, says Korean Embassy's Y. K. Young 28 Jan 1999 - Park's reply 22 Jan 1999 is that there were no summit photos; those doubters may have thought he claimed to be photos from top he did not claim as such; he reached one meter below highest rock of summit; not safe to get on top of it. South Korean Climber Summits Himalayan Giant By Elizabeth Hawley Kathmandu, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A South Korean climber who hopes to "conquer" all of the world's 14 mountains that are more than 8000 meters (26,250 ft) high, summited his ninth such giant mountain, Mt Manaslu, on Dec 6, the Nepalese tourism ministry announced today. The climber, Park Young-Seok, a 35-year-old tour company owner from Seoul, reached the summit of the Nepalese Himalayan giant, Manaslu, the world's eighth highest mountain on December 6 with 2 two Nepalese climbers helping him. However, Park and his two companions, Kami Dorchi Sherpa and Ang Dawa Tamang, used no bottled oxygen at all to assist them to overcome the serious lack of oxygen in the air at such great heights. Almost every day while they were on the mountain at the end of November and the first week of December, fierce winds buffeted them. But on Dec 6 "I was very lucky at summit time" when there was little wind, Park told Reuters here today, although it was extremely cold, perhaps minus 40 degrees Celsius at the top. Three other Koreans and 27 other Nepalese mountaineers had summited Manaslu before them since its first ascent in 1956. Twenty one other climbers from all countries of the world have summited as many as nine "eight-thousanders." Only five of these men have successfully scaled all 14 of them. Park said today he hopes to join this small distinguished band in about one year from now. "I hope next winter I will finish all eight-thousand-meter mountains." He plans to climb the world's third highest mountain (Kangchenjunga on the Indo-Nepalese border) next spring; the second highest (K-2 on Pakistan's border with China) and another great Karakoram peak (Broad peak) in the summer; the fifth highest (Makalu on Nepal's border with China) next autumn; and finally one of the "lesser" eight thousanders, Xixabangma (or Shishapangma) in Tibet, next winter. What will he do when he has finished them all? "I will live with my wife and two sons. Now I am away from home for ten months every year."
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Korean to nine 8000er summits
Agency Explore Himalaya
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454367
Year 1998
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bo-Sik Choi M 1960 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Newspaper reporter Details Other expeditions
Yong-Kwon Jung M 1962 S Korea Climber Hanam, Gyeonggi, S Korea Photographer Details Other expeditions
Duk-Hwan Kim M 1967 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Tour company official Details Other expeditions
Hyung-Woo Kim M 1968 S Korea Climber Jeju (Cheju), S Korea Office worker in tour company Details Other expeditions
Gang-Mo Park M 1975 S Korea Climber Masan, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Civil engineering student Details Other expeditions
Young-Seok Park M 1963 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Tour company owner Details Other expeditions
Kami Dorchi (Kami Dorje) Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Kerung, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa (Dawa) Tamang M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Lapcha, Gorakhani, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
MANA98401 HIGH - - - 198:47 (May 1999) -