Cho Oyu | 2000 SE Face

A S Korea expedition to Cho Oyu in 2000 via SE Face, led by Kang Duk-Moon. Summit reached on 11th October 2000. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3695
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY00311
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kang Duk-Moon
Sponsor -
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 Via Ngozumba Glacier
Basecamp Date 2000-08-31
Summit Date 2000-10-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 41
Total Days 44
Termination Date 2000-10-14
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7800m due to all equipment lost, avalanching and wind
High Point (m) 7800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 3
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(31/08,5300m),Dep(01/09,5700m),C1(06/09,6100m),C2(10/09,6500m),C3(18/09,7300m),C4(11/10,7800m),xxx(11/10,7800m)
Route Notes BC at Lungsampa Glacier C2 on SE Face C4 on SE face not slept in xxx at C4 site on SE Face. 2 Korean teams climbed together (Kang Duk-Moon & Min Byung-Nam) 11 Oct arrived C4 11:00 pm in full moonlight, too much snowing and very strong windy so immediately down to C3 (new snow avalanching to C4 site). Returned C3 midnight and now big ice avalanching: 4 people hit on heads and 3 running and left and almost all equipment in C3 swept away, so slept in C2, arriving 2 am. Between C2 and C3 accident: Pasang Nima, Pemba Gyalzen and Pasang Nuru Sherpa* carrying equipment from old C1 (now depot) to new C1 hit by avalanche 20 Sept and swept 400-500m into crevasses and died (buried by avalanche). (1 or 3-4 Sept made C1 at 5700m at top of couloir and moved to 6100m). This accident delayed progress to C4. * These three Sherpas were hired by expedition in the mountains but all came from Phortse says trekking agent.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457114
Year 2000
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kwang-Rae Cho M 1976 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Gun-Ha Choi M 1959 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Textile-printing Details Other expeditions
Hyun-Ill Jo M 1972 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Driving instructor Details Other expeditions
Duk-Moon Kang M 1960 S Korea Leader Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Tour company owner Details Other expeditions
Yeon-Ryong Kang M 1972 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Mu-Jin Kim M 1976 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
O-Moon Kwon M 1970 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Coffee shop owner Details Other expeditions
Doo-Hoan Oh M 1957 S Korea Climber Jinju (Chinju), Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Factory manager Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nuru Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.