Tawoche | 1984 E Face

A USA expedition to Tawoche in 1984 via E Face, led by John Roskelley. Summit reached on 25th April 1984. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1038
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TAWO84101
Peak ID TAWO
Year 1984
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face
Route 2 SE Face (to 5500m)
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders John Roskelley
Sponsor Amerasia Tawoche 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 Japan
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1984-04-13
Summit Date 1984-04-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5500m due to rock fall danger, bad weather and lack of food (bought only 10 days food)
High Point (m) 5500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
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 Sakashita climbed Ama Dablam (AMAD-841-03)
Campsites BC(13/04,5000m),xxx(25/04,5500m)
Route Notes BC at base of East Face on a lake. E Face was lot of grey rock with no steady cracks. Brought 10 days food for alpine ascent and would have taken lot longer and maybe seige-style climb. Lot of rock fall danger and many day's bad weather. Started on 24th April to do alpine-style climb on SE Face instead, but decided route not worth our effort. Went 5500m (the three togather) and Sakashita wanted to go on but Roskelley and Bridwell did not and all quit. Here rotten rock, rock fall and a route not worth bothering with.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2449375
Year 1984
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
James D. (Jim) Bridwell M 1944 USA Climbing Leader Olympic Valley, California Photographer & journalist Details Other expeditions
John Fenton Charles Roskelley M 1948 USA Leader Spokane, Washington Technical consultant Details Other expeditions
Naoe Sakashita M 1947 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Distributor of climbing equipment Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
TAWO84101 AAJ Bridwell, James - - 59:270 (1985) -
TAWO84101 MM - - - 99:9 (Sep 1984) -
TAWO84101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198527002/Asia-Nepal-Tawoche-Attempt - - -