Tashi Kang | 2009 S Ridge

A Japan expedition to Tashi Kang in 2009 via S Ridge, led by Hidehiro Minamii. Summit reached on 23rd September 2009. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6704
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TASH09301
Peak ID TASH
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Hidehiro Minamii
Sponsor Pethangtse Tashi Kang Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 5th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach See route details
Basecamp Date 2009-09-19
Summit Date 2009-09-23
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 4
Total Days 7
Termination Date 2009-09-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6386
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(19/09,5280m),C1(12/09,5800m),Smt(23/09)
Route Notes Approach: By road to Beni and Marpha, crossed Thapa Pass into Hidden Valley->NE to BC. On 23 September Minamii and his two Sherpas Ang Phuri Lama and Dawa Chhiri Sherpa, left their only high camp C1 (5800m), at 5:45 am and reached the summit at 11:30 am. They had climbed the steep (varying from 45 to 60 degrees) South Ridge, where they had to fix 600m of rope. From C1 to the top (6386m), they were large cornices all along the right side of the ridge and the left side was very steep (60 degrees). The ridge itself was knife-edged with a thin layer of snow covering blue ice. Minamii considered himself "very lucky" to have had fine weather on his summit day, for if snow had been falling, there would have been considerable danger from avalanching. He return to BC at 3:00 pm "completely tired." Sherpas: Ang Phuri Lama, 19/2/48 (7/11/2004), Beni-3, Solu Dawa Chhiri Sherpa, 19/2/69 (8/11/2025), Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458682
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hidehiro Minamii M 1935 Japan Leader Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan Advisor to Japan Arab Association; retired oil company staff member Details Other expeditions
Ang Phuri Lama M 1948 Nepal H-A Worker Beni-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Chhiri (Dawa Tsiri) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
TASH09301 JAN - - - 11:130-131 (July 2010) -
TASH09301 - - http://jac.or.jp/english/images/vol11/jan-vol11-128-132.pdf - - -