원정 개요

Ms Hiruma, Kuraoka, Takiguchi, Ms Tanaka, Yoshida, Temba Nurbu, Keshap Gurung, Santa Bahadur Gurung, Karma Gyalzen and Kusang Dorchi Sherpa left C4 at 2:45 am on 21 May. Reached summit at 9:30 am, stayed on summit 30 minutes, descended to C4 at 12:30 pm. Then to C3 between 3:30 pm-4:30 pm. Temba and Keshap to C2. Next day to BC. Weather on summit day was good, no wind, very hot. The team returned to Kathmandu on 29 May and will leave on 1 June. Next autumn will come for Cho Oyu or Dhaulagiri.

Dead: Hasta Bahadur Gurung (50 years) (2015), Angla-4, Sitapati, Sankhuwasabha. On 13 May the team along with Hasta Bahadur reached C3. At 9 pm Hasta Bahadur told Keshap Gurung and Santa Bahadur Gurung who were sleeping in same tent that he is suffering from unbearable heart pain. Then he was given oxygen. Santa went to Kuraok's tent and told him about Hasta Bahadur. Kuraoka went to Hasta Bahadur's tent. Kuraoka started heart massage for about 10 minutes. But it did not do any good. Hasta Bahadur was already dead. The body was brought to BC on 14 then to Samagaon on 15 May. Man Bahadur Gurung, brother of Hasta Bahadur, came to Samagaon in helicopter and took the body to Kathmandu same day.

Fixed rope: 1000m contributed

Sherpa:
Temba Norbu Sherpa, 27/4/80 (15/01/2037), Makalu-5, no 8000ers
Keshap Gurung, 31/3/79 (18/12/2035), Laprak-4, Gorkha, summited Dorje Lhakpa
in 2000 with French team of GHA
Santa Bahadur Gurung, 23/4/59 (20/1/2016), 49, Swara-5, Gorkha, Manaslu X1,
Cho Oyu X1
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa, (19/05/2040) Makalu-9, Everest X2
Kusang Dorje/Dorchi Sherpa, (18/07/1957), Makalu-9, Manaslu X2


Eberhard Jurgalski - 11 Jan 2010

The Japanese expedition stopped on the fore-summit, as noted in the Japanese Alpine News 2009.