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Planned solo ascent on N Face: by leader Tsuneo Hasegawa after others reached top via N Col-N Ridge and provided support for Hasegawa's descent.

Shinichi Ishii killed by avalanche which he started at about 6900m and which buried him.


Shambu Tamang, Spanish-Nepal Everest - 28 Sept 85

Japanese team this autumn were attempting Everest by two routes simultaneously:
N Face (Australian 1984) and N Col-NE Ridge.


Letter from Tsunemichi Ikeda, Editor in Chief - Nov 11, 1985

It was the 11-member party, led by Tsuneo Hasegawa, to make a dual ascent by North Face and NE Ridge. The leader Hasegawa intended a solo on N Face while the others siege NE Ridge. The latter party was expected to support the leader's descent from the summit. They made a rapid progress and made C5 at 7750m and ropes were fixed up to 8200m by Sept 10th. But on 17th, Shinichi Ishii (37), a photographer and a climber of the NE Ridge party avalanched when he was descending from North Col. His body could not be found. The whole plan was abandoned by the accident and bad weathers.