Takphu Himal | 2000 E side

A Japan expedition to Takphu Himal in 2000 via E side, led by Tamotsu Ohnishi. Summit reached on 18th July 2000. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3629
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TAKP00201
Peak ID TAKP
Year 2000
Season 2
Host Country 1
Route 1 E side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Tamotsu Ohnishi
Sponsor -
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 2000-07-14
Summit Date 2000-07-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 4
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5373m due to hanging glacier and rain
High Point (m) 5373
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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 Changwatang (CHWT-002-01), Nalakankar North (NALA-002-01) and Nalakankar South (NALS-002-01)
Campsites BC(14/07,4300m),ABC(15/07,4618),xxx(18/07,5373m)
Route Notes On 9 July, left base camp to attempt Nalakankar range highest peak, Takphu Himal, 6422m (according to a Chinese map and border map), called Til Kang by the local people of nearest village, Til (Tilgaon). Takphu is south of South Peak. Arrived at their base at (4300m) 14 July. 15 July moved to 4618m on valley floor and pitched camp there. Stayed in camp 16th and 17th. On 18th from east side, did easy rock climbing until stopped at 5373m by hanging glacier and too much rain. Went back to Tilgaon same day. Summit attempted by: Ohnishi, Yanagihara, Koji Mizutani, Ang Phurba, Kancha Dawa, Chuldim Nuru. Left Tilgaon on 21 July, trekked south-southwest one day to Hilsa village. 24th trekked east to Kermi and Simikot. Arrived Simikot 28th and flew to Nepalgunj and Kathmandu same day.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route True
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID NALA00201
Checksum 2455319
Year 2000
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e side

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tamotsu Ohnishi M 1942 Japan Leader Osaka Sayama, Osaka, Japan Printing company executive Details Other expeditions
Kazuyuki Abe M 1926 Japan Climber Hirakata, Osaka, Japan Retired engineer Details Other expeditions
Nobuo Akayama M 1927 Japan Climber Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan Retired civil servant Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Arai M 1933 Japan Climber Sakai, Osaka, Japan Retired engineer Details Other expeditions
Isamu Fujimoto M 1934 Japan Climber Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan Retired sales engineer Details Other expeditions
Mitsuko Fujimoto F 1942 Japan Climber Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan Housewife Details Other expeditions
Tazuko Inoue F 1942 Japan Climber Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan Sports instructor Details Other expeditions
Koji Mizutani M 1936 Japan Climber Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan Retired architect Details Other expeditions
Noriko Mizutani F 1938 Japan Climber Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan Housewife Details Other expeditions
Tomoko Sato F 1940 Japan Climber Kawagutu, Saitama, Japan Housewife Details Other expeditions
Takehiko Yanagihara M 1960 Japan Climber Ikuno, Osaka, Japan Printing company staff Details Other expeditions
Sadao Yoshinaga M 1932 Japan Climber Osaka, Japan Owner of trucking and ship-owning company Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M 1961 Nepal Sirdar Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chuldin Nuru (Chuldim) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kancha Dawa Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.