Satopanth. A Himalayan Association of Japan expedition with 14 members was led by Akinori Hosaka. Climbing the north ridge, Hosaka, Koji Sekine, Takahito Amagi, Wakio Okegawa and Fumiaki Goto got to the summit on August 9 and Kyoko Endo, Hiroko Hirakawa, Osamu Takita and Hiroshi Nakagawa on August 11.