Chobuje | 1983 NE side
A Austria expedition to Chobuje in 1983 via NE side, led by Ernst Gritzner. Summit reached on 8th October 1983. 12 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 139 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | CHOB83301 |
| Peak ID | CHOB |
| Year | 1983 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | NE side |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Leaders | Ernst Gritzner |
| Sponsor | Chobuje Expedition 1983 |
| Success 1 | False |
| Success 2 | False |
| Success 3 | False |
| Success 4 | False |
| Ascent 1 | - |
| Ascent 2 | - |
| Ascent 3 | - |
| Ascent 4 | - |
| Claimed | False |
| Disputed | False |
| Countries | - |
| Approach | Rolwaling Valley |
| Basecamp Date | 1983-09-29 |
| Summit Date | 1983-10-08 |
| Summit Time | - |
| Summit Days | 9 |
| Total Days | 18 |
| Termination Date | 1983-10-17 |
| Termination Reason | 6 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 6150 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 0 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 12 |
| Summit Members | 0 |
| Member Deaths | 2 |
| Total Hired | 0 |
| Summit Hired | 0 |
| Hired Deaths | 0 |
| No Hired | True |
| O2 Used | False |
| O2 None | True |
| O2 Climb | False |
| O2 Descent | False |
| O2 Sleep | False |
| O2 Medical | False |
| O2 Taken | False |
| O2 Unknown | False |
| Other Summits | - |
| Campsites | BC(29/09,4500m),C1(02/10,5080m),C2(07/10,5850m),xxx(08/10,6150m) |
| Route Notes | BC northwest of top end of Tsho Rolpa C1 at lake, north of point 4561 on Schneider map. Fatal avalanche took two lives and destroyed considerable amount of equipment in C2. Snow much better than German route, but best route is from SW as marked on postcard. Both bodies found eventually and buried at C2. 2 Gritzners were in C2 night of 10/11 Oct but Karl Gritzner got fever/headache from sun and wanted to go down on 11th and brothers volunteered to go down with him as not safe to descend alone; 2 brothers reached BC 6:30 am. Yes, could have done so [reached summit] in few more days. From glacier northeast of mountain climbed up icefall to rib then slope. C2 in place safe from avalanches but perhaps wind from avalanche [caused fatal accident]. Took 9 hours to get to C2 because so much snow and arrived at 5:00 pm. Took time to find one of 2 tents. Found Pfeifer in one of them dead under snow; descended on 14th. Reiss and Becker again up to search at C2 on 15th. Prachanda Shrestha, Tourism Ministry- 18 Oct 1983 2 members were at C2 on 11 Oct and members at BC tried to contact by walkie-talkie at 8 pm but no contact. Bad weather in 1/2 meter snow. 12th morning again tried to contact C2 but no response all day. 3 members from C1 started to C2 (on date unknown). Found tents buried under snow at C2. Digging in snow under one tent, found of Karl Pfeifer because its late at night they could not search other members tent. Other man was Udo Ertl. 3 searchers returned to C1. 2 of them stayed in C1 and BC at midnight (date still not known) and said 2 now in C2 died of suffocation from an avalanche leader mate on 14 Oct. The next day if possible 3 members try to go to C2 to find Ertl's body. C1 - 5050m C2 - 5850m Why climb abandoned not said. Prachanda Shrestha, Tourism Ministry 4 members left BC to return to KTM (says LO on 1 Oct): Schreidl Schaffelhofer Frosch Vogl Others to start climb 2 Oct. |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | - |
| Commercial Route | - |
| Standard Route | - |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2450884 |
| Year | 1983 |
| Summit Success | False |
| O2 Summary | None |
| Route (lowercase) | ne side |
Members
12 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Alf | M | 1948 | Austria | Exp Doctor | Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Manfred Ehrengruber | M | 1955 | Austria | Climber | Haid, Lower Austria, Austria | Electrician | Details Other expeditions |
| Udo Ertl | M | 1960 | Austria | Climber | Kreuth, Lower Austria, Austria | Clerk (salesman) | Details Other expeditions |
| Eduard Frosch | M | 1946 | Austria | Member | Vienna, Austria | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Ernst Gritzner | M | 1944 | Austria | Leader | Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria | Computer programmer | Details Other expeditions |
| Karl Gritzner | M | 1942 | Austria | Climber | Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria | Policeman | Details Other expeditions |
| Karl Pfeifer | M | 1940 | Austria | Climber | Stadt Haag, Lower Austria, Austria | Welder | Details Other expeditions |
| Oswald Pletschko | M | 1942 | Austria | Climber | Haimburg, Carinthia, Austria | Clerk | Details Other expeditions |
| Andrea Schaffelhofer | F | 1958 | Austria | Member | Vienna, Austria | City government official | Details Other expeditions |
| Rudolf Schreidl | M | 1940 | Austria | Member | Vienna, Austria | Civil engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Siefried Varch | M | 1957 | Austria | Climber | Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria | Plumber | Details Other expeditions |
| Christa Vogl | F | 1942 | Austria | Member | Vienna, Austria | Medical assistant | Details Other expeditions |
References
5 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOB83301 | AAJ | - | - | - | 58:244 (1984) | - |
| CHOB83301 | HJ | Gritzner, Ernst | Chobuje Expedition, 1983 | - | 41:153-157 (1983-1984) | - |
| CHOB83301 | MM | - | - | - | 96:12 (Mar 1984) | - |
| CHOB83301 | - | - | http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198424403/Asia-Nepal-Chobutse-Tragedy | - | - | - |
| CHOB83301 | - | - | https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/41/21/expeditions-and-notes-41/ | - | - | - |