Pumori | 1992 SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Pumori in 1992 via SW Ridge, led by Lee Jae-Won. Summit reached on 30th September 1992. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1165
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Expedition ID PUMO92302
Peak ID PUMO
Year 1992
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Lee Jae-Won
Sponsor 1992 Moiwoori Pumori 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 -
Basecamp Date 1992-09-22
Summit Date 1992-09-30
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 14
Termination Date 1992-10-06
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6200m due to team depressed by death of one member at Thyangboche
High Point (m) 6200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
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(22/09,5300m),ABC(23/09,5500m),C1(28/09,5800m),xxx(30/09,6200m)
Route Notes BC for SW Ridge C1 on SW Ridge. 1 member escorted Kim's body to Korea.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Universal Trekking Network
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452328
Year 1992
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Dong-Sub Choi M 1958 S Korea Climbing Leader Seoul, S Korea Leather-goods factory owner Details Other expeditions
Joong-Seog Choi M 1966 S Korea Climber Songtan, Gyeonggi, S Korea University student of statistics Details Other expeditions
Jeong-Hyeong Jo M 1964 S Korea Climber Goryeo, Incheon, S Korea Manager of factory making corks for bottles Details Other expeditions
Hyun-Su Kim M 1958 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Bar owner Details Other expeditions
In-Chang Lee M 1965 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpine equipment salesman Details Other expeditions
Jae-Won Lee M 1953 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Manager of home-construction company Details Other expeditions
Jun-Ho Kim M - S Korea Climber - - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
PUMO92302 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 67:222 (1993) -
PUMO92302 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199322201/Asia-Nepal-Pumori-Post-Monsoon-Ascents-Attempts-and-Tragedy - - -