Myagdi Matha | 2008 SE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Myagdi Matha in 2008 via SE Ridge, led by Yoshiteru Takahashi. Summit reached on 5th September 2008. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6155
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID MYAG08301
Peak ID MYAG
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Yoshiteru Takahashi
Sponsor Yeti Project Japan
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 Myagdi Khola->Murto Tareju Khola
Basecamp Date 2008-08-31
Summit Date 2008-09-05
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2008-10-11
Termination Reason 12
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 5100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 50
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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(31/08,4350m),xxx(05/09,5100m)
Route Notes BC on western slope of SE Ridge High point at SE Ridge. Yeti Project on Myagdi Matha (6273m of Dhaulagiri IV) - 22 Oct 2008 Team's purpose was to sight and photograph yetis. They chose the SE Ridge of Myagdi Matha because the leader, Takahashi, and deputy Leader, Kuniaki Yagihara, had seen footprints along this ridge in autumn 1975, when they had been on an expedition to Dhaulagiri IV. This team had three camps from which members spent all their time doing "nothing except waiting and watching" through binoculars (and drinking heavily), and occasionally checking automatic video cameras that were activated by anything moving. The members were rotated from one observation camp to another every seven or ten days. One of these camps was on the ridge at 4720m; the other two were on the west and east sides of the ridge's slopes. The pictures they got were of footprints that, in Ohnishi's view, could have been made by any animal and distorted by the sun, and a fuzzy creature moving along the ridge. Ohnishi didn't and still doesn't believe there is such a thing as a yeti. The leaders want to return to do more of this "research." The climbing part of the team's program was to get onto the ridge and set up one camp and series of cameras along the ridge. The highest point reached was 5100m, where the northernmost camera was placed. This point was reached on 5 Sept by all seven members, plus Rinji Sherpa and Narendra Magar. No one made any attempt to reach the summit. Nepalese: plus Rinji Sherpa, March 1974, Tapting, Solu Narendra Magar, 11/11/1967, Tapting, Solu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457983
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yusuke Kakuhata M 1976 Japan Climber Sokashi, Saitama, Japan Writer Details Other expeditions
Kazunari Murakami M 1955 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Plumber Details Other expeditions
Tamotsu Ohnishi M 1942 Japan Climber Osaka Sayama, Osaka, Japan Retired printing company executive Details Other expeditions
Takashi Orikasa M 1962 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Photographer Details Other expeditions
Yoshiteru Takahashi M 1943 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Wooden furniture maker Details Other expeditions
Nobuo Tsutsumi M 1951 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Rescue instructor Details Other expeditions
Kuniaki Yagihara M 1946 Japan Deputy Leader Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Mountain museum director Details Other expeditions
Rinji Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Narendra Magar M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.