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/ - - -