Samdo | 2009 NNE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Samdo in 2009 via NNE Ridge, led by Yusuke Kuramoto. Summit reached on 20th September 2009. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6703
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID SAMD09302
Peak ID SAMD
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NNE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Yusuke Kuramoto
Sponsor Japan Alpine Club Panpoche Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st,2nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach See route details
Basecamp Date 2009-09-02
Summit Date 2009-09-20
Summit Time 1020
Summit Days 18
Total Days 47
Termination Date 2009-10-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6335
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Attempted Panpoche 1 (PAN1-093-01)
Campsites BC(02/09,4330m),C1(11/09,4600m),C2(14/09,5600m),Smt(20,27/09)
Route Notes Approach: Besisahar->Marshyangdi->Buri Gandaki->Samdo, E on N side of Sonam Glacier. The team went by bus to Besisahar and trekked north up the Marshyangdi River to the Buri Gandaki River, north along the Buri Gandaki to Samdo village, east alng the north side of the Sonam Glacier to BC. BC was pitched on 2 September at 4330m on the north side of the glacier and C1 on 11 September 270m higher along the glacier near its bends to the north and then again towards the east. C2 was placed on 14 September on Samdo's NNE Ridge, which forms the border with Tibet, at a col at 5600m. They left C2 for top at 4:15 am on 20 September and all members were on the summit at 10:20 am. The ridge was not difficult: it was covered with good snow and not sharp. They descended to C2 at 1:15 pm. The team then, on the 21st, made a camp on the same ridge north of Samdo at 5900m, and the next day they tried to proceed directly to Panpoche, which is southwest of Samdo. But now snow was falling, and all the members were tired, so instead they descended to BC. On the 25th, Kameoka, Kotani and Yamamoto returned to C1, which was northwest of Samdo on the glacier at 4600m. On the 26th, they made a camp at 5900m, and on the 27th they went to Samdo's 6335m summit and along its West Ridge to 6400m, but then turned back to their camp at 5900m. They had expected to summit Panpoche and then return to the camp; they had taken no tent with them that day. On the 28th the other three members arrived at 5900m with two more tents. And on the 30th the whole team moved southwest from Samdo and reached 6500m on Panpoche's NE Ridge. Here they had to turn back: the rock ridge was covered in places by unstable snow, which broke off under their feet. So back to 5900m and the climb was finished. They had fixed 650m of rope between BC and C1, and 50m more above C2.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st ascents of Samdo
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458634
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nne ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yoshitaka Kameoka M 1986 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Kohei Kotani M 1987 Japan Climber Kyoto, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Yusuke Kuramoto M 1988 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Seiya Nakasukasa M 1989 Japan Climber Kyoto, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Daisuke Nakatsuka M 1988 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
Hiroki Yamamoto M 1986 Japan Climber Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions

References

6 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
SAMD09302 JAN - - - 11:130 (July 2010) -
SAMD09302 JAC Kurano, K. Panpoche and Samdo Peak - 105:50-56 (2010) -
SAMD09302 JAC Ikeda, Tsunemichi Pangpoche 1 - 105:A23 (2010) -
SAMD09302 AAJ Kuromoto, Yusuke - - 84:307-308 (2010) -
SAMD09302 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201030702/Samdo-6335m-North-Ridge-Panpiche-I-6620m-Northeast-Ridge-Attempt - - -
SAMD09302 - - http://jac.or.jp/english/images/vol11/jan-vol11-128-132.pdf - - -