Tukuche | 2010 NW Ridge

A Japan expedition to Tukuche in 2010 via NW Ridge, led by Kazumari Kimura. Summit reached on 8th October 2010. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6994
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TUKU10301
Peak ID TUKU
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kazumari Kimura
Sponsor Kurashiki Tukuche Peak 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 -
Approach Marpha, on Kali Gandaki River to Thapa Peak
Basecamp Date 2010-10-01
Summit Date 2010-10-08
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2010-10-12
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6215m due to climbed too slowly, then too tired
High Point (m) 6215
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1450
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(01/10,5000m),C1(02/10,5530m),C2(07/10,6015m),xxx(08/10,6215m)
Route Notes C2 on NW Ridge Nigh point on NW Ridge. The expedition approached the mountain by the usual trekking route up the Kali Gandaki River to Marpha, west to Thapa Pass and went to BC directly north of Tukuche. They got no higher on the mountain than 6215m on 8 October. Aono, Akazawa and Kimura, with Dirga Sing Tamang and Pemba Tshering, left C2 at 6015m at 5:40 am. The weather was fine that day, but they were very slow. Akazawa turned back at 6100m. Aono, Kimura and their two Sherpa gained only 200 vertical meters above C2 at 8:10 am. They now decided that their progress was too slow, so they also turned around and all descended all the way to BC, where Aono and Kimura arrived at 3:45 pm. The climb was now over. All members were too tired to make another summit bid. They were not young: Kimura was 68 years old and Akazawa was 65. Akazawa was now so weakened by fatigue that during his descent, he used bottled oxygen from C1 to halfway to BC. (His was the team's only use of oxygen). Their three Sherpas fixed a total of 1450m of rope on the mountain: 50m from BC to C1 in a steep section (30-35 degrees slope), 950m between C1 to C2, and 450m from C2 to their highest point 6215m. Sherpas: Dirga Sing Tamang, 26/9/67 (10/6/2024), Chimding, Kerung-5, Solu, Cho Oyu X1 Nima Nuru Sherpa, 6/11/81 (21/7/2038), Tesho, Khumbu, Everest X11, Cho Oyu X2 Pemba Tshering Sherpa, 15/6/43, Thamo, Everest X3, Dhaulagiri I X1, Cho Oyu X2, Kangchenjunga X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459153
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Daichi Aono M 1943 Japan Climber Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan Retired government officer Details Other expeditions
Seiki Akazawa M 1945 Japan Climber Kudiashiki, Okayama, Japan Retired government officer Details Other expeditions
Kazunari Kimura M 1942 Japan Leader Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan Retired engineer Details Other expeditions
Dirga Sing Tamang M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Chimding, Kerung, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru (Nima Nuru) Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering Sherpa M 1943 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.