Yakawa Kang | 2009 S Face

A Japan expedition to Yakawa Kang in 2009 via S Face, led by Shoji Sakamoto. Summit reached on 15th November 2009. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6712
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID YAKA09301
Peak ID YAKA
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Shoji Sakamoto
Sponsor Sakamoto Khatung Kang & Yakawa Kang 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 By road to Pokhara->Beni->Jomsom->Muktinath
Basecamp Date 2009-11-03
Summit Date 2009-11-15
Summit Time 1400
Summit Days 12
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2009-11-17
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6450m due to slow climbing
High Point (m) 6450
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 700
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 -
Campsites BC(03/11,5100m),C1(05/11,5416m),xxx(15/11,6450m)
Route Notes BC on main trekking route east from Muktinath C1 on Thorang La. Sakamoto made two attempts to scale Yakawa Kang. The first attempt was made from High Camp on 6 November. He and Pasang Kaji reached 6200m, just below a glacier, and then turned back because, at 1:30 pm, it was too late to continue. They went back to High Camp. They needed more fixed rope, so Sakamoto asked his trekking agency, Cosmo Treks, to send 200m of rope and 20 rock pitons. Now they could try again. They left High Camp on 15 November at 1:50 am. Pasang Kaji fixed from 6100m to the top of the rock band at 6200m, then up a 50-degree glacier of stable ice and fixed this to 6250m (in the first summit bid, he had already fixed rope from 5800m to 6100m). They reached their high point at 6450m at 2:00 pm or a little later; they turned back because again they were late, and also a cold, strong wind was blowing now. So back to High Camp; the climb was finished. Sakamoto had originally planned to go from Yakawa Kang to a nearby peak south of Yakawa Kang, Khatung Kang, but abandoned that idea because they had no more kerosene and little food. They descended to BC on the 16th and left for Kathmandu via Muktinath on the 17th. Sakamoto did not plan to leave Nepal immediately. He was leaving Kathmandu on the 25th on a bicycling trip northwest to Rara Lake. Sherpa: Pasang Kaji, 24/2/81 (13/11/2037), Dogre [Dhodre], Sotang-6, Solu, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X1, Manaslu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458870
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shoji Sakamoto M 1959 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kaji Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Dhodre, Sotang, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.