Tukuche | 1997 N Ridge

A Japan expedition to Tukuche in 1997 via N Ridge, led by Kazuhiko Tokutake. Summit reached on 12th October 1997. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2385
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID TUKU97301
Peak ID TUKU
Year 1997
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kazuhiko Tokutake
Sponsor Togokushidohjin Tukuche Peak Expedition 1997
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 Via Dhampus Pass
Basecamp Date 1997-10-09
Summit Date 1997-10-12
Summit Time -
Summit Days 3
Total Days 7
Termination Date 1997-10-16
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6300m due to bad conditions and lack of time
High Point (m) 6300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 500
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 Dhampus (DHAM-971-01)
Campsites BC(09/10,4950m),C1(11/10,6100m),xxx(12/10,6300m)
Route Notes BC southeast of point 5087m on Japanese map at north end of glacier C1 on North Ridge south of little Tukuche Peak, where route came onto ridge. Much snowfell and avalanching started so stopped at 6300m. Had no time to wait for better conditions. Went to Dhampus (Thapa Peak) where no snow (only rock); climbed from Thapa Pass via West Ridge on 15 Oct Arakawa, Hirokazu, Ozaki, Tokutake, Yoshida, Pasang Kami Sherpa and Hasa Gurung; easy climb in 5 hr Pass to Peak and 2 hours back to Pass.
Accidents Nothing
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454396
Year 1997
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kanji Arakawa M 1948 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Local government employee Details Other expeditions
Yokoyama Hirokazu M 1950 Japan Climber Nagano, Japan Hotel manager Details Other expeditions
Moritoshi Iwasaki M 1959 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Computer operator & programmer Details Other expeditions
Yuji Maeda M 1958 Japan Climber Matsudo, Chiba, Japan Local government employee Details Other expeditions
Fumio Ozaki M 1948 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Local government official Details Other expeditions
Yoko Satake F 1953 Japan Climber Funaba-shi, Chiba, Japan Welfare officer for local government Details Other expeditions
Hisato Tamura M 1962 Japan Climber Funaba-shi, Chiba, Japan Computer operator Details Other expeditions
Kazuhiko Tokutake M 1941 Japan Leader Nagano, Japan Hotel manager Details Other expeditions
Nobuyuki Yoshida M 1959 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Office manager Details Other expeditions
Hasta Bahadur Gurung M 1958 Nepal H-A Worker Sitalpati, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kami Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
TUKU97301 HIGH - - - 188:25 (Jul 1998) -