Yansa Tsenji | 2010 S Face of WSW Ridge

A Japan expedition to Yansa Tsenji in 2010 via S Face of WSW Ridge, led by Makoto Kuroda. Summit reached on 5th October 2010. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7000
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID YANS10301
Peak ID YANS
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face of WSW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Makoto Kuroda
Sponsor Team Frozen Moss Expedition to Mt. Dhagpahe
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 -
Basecamp Date 2010-09-20
Summit Date 2010-10-05
Summit Time -
Summit Days 15
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2010-10-09
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5800m due to loose rock falling
High Point (m) 5800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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 -
Campsites BC(20/09,3800m),ABC(25/09,4800m),xxx(05/10,5800m)
Route Notes High point on South Face of WSW Ridge. This mountain in the Langtang Himal has several names. The tourism ministry calls it Dhagpahe with the name Yansa Tsenji in parentheses, which is the name the Japanese knew it by. Some Nepalese trekking maps say it is Dragpoche. The two-member Japanese team approached it from the west, trekked eastward along the Langtang Khola to Kyanjin Kharka and north to Ryunjshung Kharka. They made their BC on 20 September at 3800m at Ryunjshung Kharka because it was raining when they reched the area. In improved weather on the 25th, they made ABC 1000m higher on moraine at the north end of Yala Tsang Glacier. But the weather turned, and they retreated to BC on the 26th for two nights, returned to ABC on the 28th, then back to BC in the rain on the 30th. Finally they began to make some progress. They returned to ABC on 3 October and two days later, on the 5th, they climbed the South Face of the WSW Ridge to 5800m. Here they found a lot of falling rock, loosened by rain that had melted the snow or ice that normally held it in place, and they immediately went back to ABC. The next day they were in BC. They had abandoned the climb. They did return to ABC on the 8th but only to clear the camp. They left BC on the 9th. The team had originally planned to climb the mountain by a rib on the South Face, but there were many crevasses on this face and here, too, there was falling rock.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459195
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face of wsw ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Makoto Kuroda M 1973 Japan Leader Kita-Azumi, Nagano, Japan Alpine guide & photographer Details Other expeditions
Hiroki Suzuki M 1980 Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Manager of outdoor clothing marketer to professional climbers Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.