Nemjung | 2009 NW Face-W Ridge

A Japan expedition to Nemjung in 2009 via NW Face-W Ridge, led by Osamu Tanabe. Summit reached on 30th October 2009. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6682
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID NEMJ09301
Peak ID NEMJ
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Face-W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Osamu Tanabe
Sponsor Shinshu University Alpine Club Peri Himal Expedition to Nemjung
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 2nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-09-18
Summit Date 2009-10-30
Summit Time 1330
Summit Days 42
Total Days 44
Termination Date 2009-11-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7140
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 220
Total Members 8
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 Climbed Himlung (HIML-093-06)
Campsites BC(18/09,4800m),C1(27/10,5300m),C2(28/10,6000m),C3(29/10,6840m),Smt(30/10)
Route Notes After having completed their climb of Himlung, on 19 October the team checked the west side of Himjung's South Face. They discovered that their proposed route from Nemjung to Himjung was too dangerous from rock fall. They were forced to abandon their idea of any traverse, and now concentrated on simply climbing Nemjung from their established BC. From their C2 at the bottom of the West Face at 6000m, they moved up the face just north of the West Ridge and pitched C3 on the ridge itself at 6840m on the 29th. From there on 30th October, Yasuhiro Hanatani, Kadoya, Oki and Tanabe set out for the top at 9:15 am. They were on the summit at 1:30 pm and down in C3 at 4:15 pm. They returned to BC on the 31st. The expedition's climbing was over.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458404
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw face-w ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shin Egawa M 1987 Japan Climber Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan University student Details Other expeditions
Taichi Fujimatsu M 1950 Japan Climber Ueda, Nagano, Japan Teacher Details Other expeditions
Hiroko Hanatani F 1982 Japan Climber Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan Housewife Details Other expeditions
Yasuhiro Hanatani M 1976 Japan Climber Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Michihiro Kadoya M 1963 Japan Climber Sakai, Osaka, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nobusuke (Bond) Oki M 1979 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Alpine photographer Details Other expeditions
Tokihiro Takizawa M 1961 Japan Climber Ueda, Nagano, Japan University professor in Textiles Details Other expeditions
Osamu Tanabe M 1961 Japan Leader Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

6 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
NEMJ09301 JAN Tanabe, Osamu The West Face of Nemjung, Alpine Style - 11:99-102 (July 2010) -
NEMJ09301 JAC Tanabe, Osamu The West Face of Nemjung, Alpine Style - 105:27-40 (2010) -
NEMJ09301 JAC Tanabe, Osamu The West Face of Nemjung, Alpine Style - 105:A21-23 (2010) -
NEMJ09301 AAJ MacDonald, Dougald Nemjung (7,140m), West-Northwest Face and Upper West Ridge - 84:306-307 (2010) -
NEMJ09301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201030600/Nemjung-7140m-West-Northwest-Face-and-Upper-West-Ridge - - -
NEMJ09301 - - http://jac.or.jp/english/images/vol11/jan-vol11-99-102.pdf - - -