Sita Chuchura | 1995 N Ridge from E

A Japan expedition to Sita Chuchura in 1995 via N Ridge from E, led by Kuniharu Okawa. Summit reached on 4th April 1995. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1422
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Expedition ID SITA95101
Peak ID SITA
Year 1995
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge from E
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kuniharu Okawa
Sponsor JAC Youth Section Sita Chuchura Expedition 1995
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 French Pass
Basecamp Date 1995-03-24
Summit Date 1995-04-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 17
Termination Date 1995-04-10
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5550m due to deep snow, avalanche danger and strong wind
High Point (m) 5550
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(24/03,5100m),ABC(24/03,5250m),C1(04/04,5550m),xxx(04/04,5550m)
Route Notes BC before French Pass ABC deposit before French Pass C1 at south side of ridge west from Pass. BC not at French Pass because too much snow and very strong wind at pass. C1 just little down on south side of ridge running west from French Pass. Had stayed at deposit camp/ABC 1 March to 3 April. Then night at C1 and then decided to go down: avalanche danger, deep snow falling every evening and strong wind. Every day deep snow above Koreans. 5th April to ABC and 7th April to BC. Then had trouble with deep snow below BC to Dhampus Pass and had to stay BC 3 days. 3 members and no Sherpas not enough manpower; should be at least 6 people; also maybe came too early.
Accidents Nothing
Achievement 1st spring attempt
Agency Himalayan Culture Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453382
Year 1995
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge from e

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kuniharu Okawa M 1967 Japan Leader Yoshikawa-machi, Saitama, Japan Financial planner Details Other expeditions
Masakazu Okuda M 1966 Japan Climber Ise, Mie, Japan Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Akihito Tsujino M 1968 Japan Climber Ichijima-cho, Hikami, Hyogo, Japan University student of education Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
SITA95101 AAJ - - - 70:273 (1996) -
SITA95101 HIGH - - - 155:19 (Oct 1995) -
SITA95101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199627301/Asia-Nepal-Sita-Chuchura-Attempt - - -