I previously stumbled on a Japanese Everest expedition in 1983 while I was browsing around The Himalayan Database. It was a winter expedition and lead by Michiko Takahashi. This team consisted of 18 members. However, the detailed information of the expedition on section Display Expedition only displays names of two of them. This is why there is discrepancy between the total number of climbers between the sections Peak Expedition Statistical Summary and Peak Member Statistical Summary. (The code of Everest is “EVER”) I even contacted the website’s staff about this and they said they didn’t have information about other 16 members of the expedition so they didn’t include them in the latter one (Peak Member Statistical Summary).
By the way, I must say the Himalayan Database is a great website. Thanks to Elizabeth Hawley and her assistants’ efforts of recording and arranging so much information over years, it contains quite comprehensive records of mountaineering in Nepal (including those border peaks, such as Everest) and much precious information you will not find anywhere else online. If you are interested in information of mountaineering, I strongly suggest you to use it often.
Did anyone know more about this expedition? Or did you know anyone who knows more about it? Especially the names and other basic information of other 16 members of the expedition. If so, you can help the staffs of the website to add the information.
by szh1996