Yalung Kang | 1989 SE Face

A S Korea expedition to Yalung Kang in 1989 via SE Face, led by Kim Teuk-Hee. Summit reached on 20th December 1989. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 407
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID YALU89401
Peak ID YALU
Year 1989
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kim Teuk-Hee
Sponsor 1989-90 Korean Winter Yalung Kang Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 18th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1989-11-27
Summit Date 1989-12-20
Summit Time 1605
Summit Days 23
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8505
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 2
Hired Deaths 2
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(27/11,5500m),C1(02/12,6150m),C2(05/12,6600m),C3(08/12,7500m),C4(12/12,8100m),Smt(20/12)
Route Notes C3 above Great Shelf. Planned all climing finished 13th Dec but because of cold and wind climbing prolonged. 13th up to 8300m but very strong wind and cold defeated this summit bid and all to C3 except Jin and 2 Sherpas, Ang Dawa Sherpa and Tchiring Thebe Lama to C4. 20th the 3 men 4:30 am started up, 2:30 pm cloudy and windy and worried about returning late but kept going up and reached summit 4:05 pm (if turned back at 2:30 would be dark by time reached C4 anyway - had headlamps). 5 mins rest and photos at top. At 4:14 pm leader at BC talking with sirdar; base and sirdar stopped talking and Kim tried to talk to summit Sherpa but no answer; men in C4 also tried to contact summiter but also received no answer all night. 21st search by men in C4 and C1 but no trace. Probably 3 summiters fell down N Face. No avalanching and could not be seen 21st morning in clear but windy weather. No snowfall during windy night of 20th. 1st summit bid leader and Sherpas used oxygen at and above C4 and other members except Jin used it climbing above C4. 2nd summit bid Jin used oxygen sleeping in C4 and climbing above C4, but Sherpas used it only sleeping. Kim finds it difficult to accept that Jin is dead, that he is not just late coming back from N Face.
Accidents 3 fatalities on summit ascent; Kim Sang-Ho severe altitude sickness and stayed below BC
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2451580
Year 1989
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) se face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jun-Suk Byun M 1958 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Farmer Details Other expeditions
Kyo-Sup Jin M 1963 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea University engineering student Details Other expeditions
Sang-Ho Kim M 1960 S Korea Climber Gyeongsangbuk, S Korea Bicycle shop owner Details Other expeditions
Teuk-Hee Kim M 1947 S Korea Leader Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Advertising agency owner Details Other expeditions
Beong-Suk Shin M 1963 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Mathematics student Details Other expeditions
Tchiring Chumbi (Tchiring Thebe) Sherpa M 1953 Nepal H-A Worker Nupri (Gorkha), Gandaki Zone - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
YALU89401 MM - - - 132:10 (Mar 1990) -