Cho Oyu | 2000 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2000 via NW side, led by Luis Stitzinger. Summit reached on 16th May 2000. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	3507
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
Host Country	2
Route 1	NW side
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Germany
Leaders	Luis Stitzinger
Sponsor	DAV Summit Club Cho Oyu Expedition 2000
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	360,363
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Austria
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	2000-04-24
Summit Date	2000-05-16
Summit Time	1215
Summit Days	22
Total Days	28
Termination Date	2000-05-22
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8188
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	3
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	8
Summit Members	4
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	2
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	False
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(24/04,4900m),ABC(26/04,5650m),C1(04/05,6320m),C2(10/05,6925m),C3(15/05,7400m),Smt(16-17/05)
Route Notes	BC at Chinese camp ABC at normal spot C1 at normal spot C3 at below Yellow Band. Michael Dreher left early on 8th of May due to a lung infection and was not acclimatizing well. Wolfgang Kunze also left early on 3 May due to stomach sickness, dysentery, and could not eat. Sherpas: Ang Kami from Kathmandu went to C3, Mingma Sherpa reached 8000m with Henry Voigt and turned back because he did not feel like climbing. On 17 May the second team summited at 12:30 pm - they saw prayer flags at top and a few glimpses of Everest, then came down to C3 to spend the night. It was a little cloudy on the summit. Holzknecht originally tried to summit with Henry, but turned around just after C3 and then summited the next day (17 May). (Summiter turned back before C3).
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	International Trekkers (Intrek Asia)
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	False
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2456966
Year	2000
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	nw side

Members

Field	Value
ID	27219
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	02
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Michael
Last Name	Dreher
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	40
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Climber
Residence	Bad Endorf, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Member of management of factories producing ladies lingerie
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	True
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	10
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	Left early due to lung infection
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2435035
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	michael dreher
Year of Birth	1959
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	41
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27220
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	03
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Juergen
Last Name	Hadel
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	40
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Climber
Residence	Falkenstein, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Water supply engineer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2435053
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	juergen hadel
Year of Birth	1960
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	40
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27221
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	04
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Bernhard
Last Name	Holbaum
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1953
Calculated Age	47
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Climber
Residence	Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation	Engineer in coal-fired generating plant
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2000-05-17
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	363
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2432510
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	bernhard holbaum
Year of Birth	1953
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	47
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27222
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	05
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Hans
Last Name	Holzknecht
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1952
Calculated Age	48
Citizenship	Austria
Status	Climber
Residence	Thaur, Tirol, Austria
Occupation	Bank cashier
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2000-05-17
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	363
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2432136
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	hans holzknecht
Year of Birth	1952
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	48
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27223
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	06
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Wolfgang
Last Name	Kunze
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1948
Calculated Age	51
Citizenship	Austria
Status	Climber
Residence	Gurtis, Vorarlberg, Austria
Occupation	Textiles export manager
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	True
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	10
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	Left early due to stomach sickness and dysentery
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2430889
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	wolfgang kunze
Year of Birth	1948
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	52
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27224
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	07
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Andreas
Last Name	Semmler
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1970
Calculated Age	29
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Climber
Residence	Brunnthal, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Alpine guide & sports instructor
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2439016
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	andreas semmler
Year of Birth	1970
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	30
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	27225
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	01
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Luis Andreas
Last Name	Stitzinger
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1968
Calculated Age	31
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Leader
Residence	Brunnthal, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Alpine guide & sports instructor
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2000-05-17
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	363
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2438237
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	luis andreas stitzinger
Year of Birth	1968
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	32
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	27226
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	08
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Henry
Last Name	Voigt
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1963
Calculated Age	37
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Climber
Residence	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation	Plastics industry chemist
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2000-05-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1215
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	360
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2436078
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	henry voigt
Year of Birth	1963
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	37
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	47419
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	09
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Ang Kami
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Kathmandu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	7400
Summit Date 1	2000-05-15
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	3
Summit Term	19
HCN	0
Checksum	66
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ang kami sherpa
Year of Birth	-
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	47420
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00103
Member ID	10
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	1
First Name	Mingma
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	8000
Summit Date 1	2000-05-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	7
HCN	0
Checksum	66
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mingma sherpa
Year of Birth	-
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Hired

10 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Michael Dreher	M	1959	Germany	Climber	Bad Endorf, Bavaria, Germany	Member of management of factories producing ladies lingerie	Details Other expeditions
Juergen Hadel	M	1960	Germany	Climber	Falkenstein, Bavaria, Germany	Water supply engineer	Details Other expeditions
Bernhard Holbaum	M	1953	Germany	Climber	Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Engineer in coal-fired generating plant	Details Other expeditions
Hans Holzknecht	M	1952	Austria	Climber	Thaur, Tirol, Austria	Bank cashier	Details Other expeditions
Wolfgang Kunze	M	1948	Austria	Climber	Gurtis, Vorarlberg, Austria	Textiles export manager	Details Other expeditions
Andreas Semmler	M	1970	Germany	Climber	Brunnthal, Bavaria, Germany	Alpine guide & sports instructor	Details Other expeditions
Luis Andreas Stitzinger	M	1968	Germany	Leader	Brunnthal, Bavaria, Germany	Alpine guide & sports instructor	Details Other expeditions
Henry Voigt	M	1963	Germany	Climber	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Plastics industry chemist	Details Other expeditions
Ang Kami Sherpa	M	-	Nepal	H-A Worker	Kathmandu	-	Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa	M	-	Nepal	H-A Worker	-	-	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.