Cho Oyu | 2000 NW side

A Iran expedition to Cho Oyu in 2000 via NW side, led by Sadegh Aghajani Kalkhoran. Summit reached on 11th May 2000. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3511
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY00107
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2000
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Iran
Leaders Sadegh Aghajani Kalkhoran
Sponsor -
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 351
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2000-04-07
Summit Date 2000-05-11
Summit Time 1800
Summit Days 34
Total Days 36
Termination Date 2000-05-13
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 250
Total Members 15
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 2
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 Climbed Xixabangma (27 May by Mehdizadehagh, Oraz and Khadem)
Campsites BC(07/04,4900m),ABC(09/04,5600m),C1(19/04,6400m),C2(27/04,7100m),C3(01/05,7600m),Smt(11/05)
Route Notes BC at Chinese BC C1 at normal spot C2 at normal spot C3 at normal spot. Three Sherpas and seven climbers started climbing from C3 at 6:30 am of 11th May. One Sherpa turned around from near the summit because he was very tired. Two Sherpas and seven climbers reached summit at 6 pm of 11th May. They spent 30 minutes on the top, took photographs, talked to BC on radio. It took half an hour to go to the real summit from the lower summit. The day they reached on the summit was very bad; windy and snowing. Summiters came back to C3 at 9 pm of 11th May. Met a Russian climber half an hour before. * Rope: In between C1 and C2, a few meters before C3 and after C3 and some places where there was special rope. Rope fixed by the Sherpas of this team and by Korean team. ** Ang Phurba Sherpa and Tarke Sherpa summited Cho Oyu along with the seven members. Had summited Cho Oyu 2 times and 3 times respectively (Ang Phurba 3 times and Tarke Sherpa 4 times including this summit). Slaughtered a yak at Chinese BC of Cho Oyu and slaughtered sheep at Chinese BC of Xixabangma. As leader mentioned, no one raised question and objection while and after they slaughtered the animals. Liaison officer and even Sherpa people helped and involved on this activity. *** Xixabangma: Started climbing from C3 at 9:30 am of 27th May. Reached the summit at 4 pm of 27th. Came down to C3 at 7:30 pm of 27th May.
Accidents One member had kidney problem
Achievement 1st summit to Cho Oyu by Iranian
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456961
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hossein Amani Shahry M 1974 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Eghbal Aflaki Aghbelagh M 1954 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Sadegh Aghajani Kalkhoran M 1960 Iran Leader Tehran, Iran President of Iranian mountaineering federation in 1998 Details Other expeditions
Alireza Amzajardiyan M 1975 Iran Climber Hamedan, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Hamidreza Bagherpour M 1965 Iran Climber Kermanshah, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Jafar Faraji M 1977 Iran Climber Oromiyah, Iran Teacher Details Other expeditions
Mohammad Golparian M 1976 Iran Climber Hamedan, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Mohammad (Behnam) Jodaeian M 1973 Iran Climber Hamedan, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Davoud Khadem Asl M 1957 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Akbar Kazem Mehdizadeh M 1975 Iran Climber Naghadeh, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Mahmoud Godarzi Moghadam M 1950 Iran Cameraman Tehran, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Mohammad Nouri M 1952 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Mohammad Oraz M 1969 Iran Climber Naghadeh, Iran Teacher Details Other expeditions
Nima Yazdipour M 1977 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran University student Details Other expeditions
Reza Zarei Toudeshki M 1969 Iran Climber Tehran, Iran - Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Chheplung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tarke Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Rakshikharka, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.