원정 개요

BC at normal site
C1 at top of Icefall
C2 at Western Cwm
C3 on SW Face
C4 on SW Face (bottom of Couloir)
C5 on SW Face (bottom of rock band) by Sun-Woo Nam and Jin-Sung Kim.

Started climbing 3rd April. Found very strong tents of Bonington expedition on face. No snow, so could see ice screws on bare rock, fixed ropes of 8-9 expeditions, much dangerous falling rock. Never in previous visits to Khumbu saw face so black. Made fixed ropes to C4 site on 28th April but tent and member only on 1 May and could not pitch tent and had to biv. 2nd May Nam tried climbing rock band but rock condition too bad: 3 cm covering rock from 1 May. Snowfall - "so we gave up." 2 men biv at C5 site but on 2nd only Nam tried to go up: Kim Jin-Sung descended that morning as both men knew snow condition impossible for success. No more attempts: snow falling on 2nd and 3rd also.


Park Young-Seok - 1 April 2007

Park Young-Seok said on 1 April 2007 that while he was making the route on the SW Face, when he was at 7000m he was being belayed by a Sherpa who suddenly pulled on the rope and caused Park to fall 150m. His facial bones were broken in three places.