Punchen Himal | 2009 SSW Ridge

A Japan expedition to Punchen Himal in 2009 via SSW Ridge, led by Koichi Kato. Summit reached on 4th October 2009. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6693
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID PUCH09301
Peak ID PUCH
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SSW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Koichi Kato
Sponsor 2009 Punchen Himal 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 Near Buri Gandaki's Syar Khola with Yaghi Khola
Basecamp Date 2009-09-27
Summit Date 2009-10-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2009-10-06
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5888m due to difficult rock section
High Point (m) 5888
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 300
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(27/09,4200m),C1(29/09,4800m),C2(03/09,5700m),xxx(04-05/10,5888m)
Route Notes BC at Syar Khola C1 at Yangdi Khola C2 east of Yangdol High point at beginning of rock. The team made two bids to reach the summit. The first one was on 4 October by Shigemori and Tanaka, plus Pasang Tamang and Dhan Kumar Tamang. They left C2 for the top at 4:00 am, moving up the snow ridge to 5888m, where the final section of the route led up difficult bare rock. Here they stopped, turned around and descended to C1. The two members returned to BC the next day. The other three members, brothers Akira and Koichi Kato and Isie, and the same two Tamangs (who came up from C1) left C2 on 5 October at 7:00 am, and they in turn stopped at 5888m, at 12 noon. They went down to BC on the same day. The climb was over. Tamangs: Dhan Kumar, 4/12/85 (19/8/2042), Deusa, Solu, no 8000ers Pasang, 4/12/68, Deusa, Solu, Everest X3
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458513
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ssw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Fumio Isie M 1942 Japan Climber Kutami, Kumamoto, Japan Telephone company engineer Details Other expeditions
Akira Kato M 1944 Japan Climber Aso, Kumamoto, Japan Telephone company engineer Details Other expeditions
Koichi Kato M 1941 Japan Leader Ueki, Kamoto-ku, Kumamoto, Japan Telephone company engineer Details Other expeditions
Shuzo Shigemori M 1949 Japan Climber Yukuhashi, Fukuoka, Japan Television company employee Details Other expeditions
Toshiaki Tanaka M 1946 Japan Climber Saga-shi, Saga, Japan Telephone company engineer Details Other expeditions
Dhan Kumar Tamang M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Deusa-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tamang M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Deusa, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUCH09301 JAN - - - 11:129-130 (July 2010) -
PUCH09301 - - http://jac.or.jp/english/images/vol11/jan-vol11-128-132.pdf - - -