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| My dreams to visit glaciers and ice capped mountains had come true! |
Tim Inoue had experienced overseas mountaineering expeditions five times
through his life.
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| 5-Expeditions (Life time mountaineering to overseas by Tim Inoue ) |
The expedition party went into Kuluane National Park in the St. Elias range
with 7 Japanese members.
Mt. Sttele 5071m, Mt. Walsh 4505m and Mt. Jedken 3500m (Virgin Peak) were
climed.
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Mt. Walsh 4505m
From the summit
of Mt. Steele
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The party had explored hidden Sherpi Gang glacier to find possible route
to the top. They had reconnoitered 3 fork of the glacier and reached the
high pass of the divide ridge between Sherpi Gang glacier and P36 glacier.The
second peak of Sherpi Kangri 7003m was selected to attempt. 6500m of the
South -east ridge was the return back point of the expedition.
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East face of Sheri Kangri
From Sherpi La camp |
Shunji Ogata & Tim Inoue stood on the sumit of Sherpi Kangri 7380m
at 9:15 on 10th of August in 1976.
The West Ridge was steep and Rock-and-ice covered. Total 3 thousand meters
fixed rope provided them leading to the top.
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Sherpi Kangri 7380m
From Khor-Kondus |
On 5th November, Deqing and Ciren had reached the summit of Lopchin Feng
(6,805m) at 1:18PM.
On 7th November, Kondo and Yazaki stood on the top at 3:36PM as well.
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Lopchin Feng 6805m
From Dema La |
2015 Bada Ri , Ta Ri expedition
On October 24th, 1915, 6 members made the first ascent of Ta Ri Feng 6330m
in Nyaiqentanglha Mountains.
The expedition had organized by Koe University and
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan.
The highest peak of the range, Badaa Ri 6516m was left as unclimbed peak.
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Ta Ri 6330m
& Bada RI 6516m
From Bada Qu ridge |
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