Cho Oyu | 2000 NW side

A Spain expedition to Cho Oyu in 2000 via NW side, led by Francisco Jose Perez. Summit reached on 3rd October 2000. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3698
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY00314
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Francisco Jose Perez
Sponsor Montagnes del Mondo Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 378
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2000-09-15
Summit Date 2000-10-03
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 18
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2000-10-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 15
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
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(15/09,5700m),C1(21/09,6450m),C2(22/09,7100m),Smt(03/10)
Route Notes Oct 3 Buendia and Sherpa left C2 at 03:00 hours, summit at about 11:00 hours, spent about 15 minutes, very clear day, very cold. Norbu showed him the Everest and other peaks. While returning they met leader and Montesinos at about 8050m. All came down to C2. Norbu alone to BC. Leader had lost toes of both feet in Annapurna in 1987, felt the toeless feet. Very cold. Montesinos exhausted due to cold and gave up the climb. Sept 21 - BC->C1 - Buendia, Cardo, Checa, De las Meras BC->C1 - Moya, Vizcaino Sept 22 - BC->C1 - Garcia Miot, Ortega, Duran, Cuesta Sept 22 - C1->C2 - Buendia, Cardo, Checa, De las Meras Sept 30 - BC->C1 - Buendia, Cardo, Checa, Cuesta, Garcia Miot, Duran, Ortega, De las Meras BC->C1 - Matas, Montesinos, Moya, Ollanquindia, Vizcaino - BC->C2 - Leader and Sherpa Oct 2 - C1->C2 - Buendia, Cardo, Checa, Cuesta C1->C2 - Ollanquindia, Vizcaino Oct 3 - C2->Smt - Buendia Oct 4 - All returned to BC. Ollanquindia left BC on 4 Oct due to business problem at home. Team returned on Oct 9, leaving Nepal on 14. Norbu put up about 5-meter long prayer flags on the summit.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457106
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Juan Jose (Juanjo) Buendia Munoz M 1968 Spain Climber Cuenca City, Cuenca, Spain High school sports teacher Details Other expeditions
Oscar Cardo Briones M 1977 Spain Climber Cuenca, Spain Student Details Other expeditions
Pedro Raul Checa Chumillas M 1964 Spain Climber Madrid, Spain Customs official Details Other expeditions
Francisco Cuesta Cuenca M 1962 Spain Climber Cuenca, Spain Plumber Details Other expeditions
Miguel De Las Meras Osma M 1961 Spain Climber Cuenca, Spain Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Francisco Juan (Paco) Duran Ramos M 1957 Spain Climber Arcas, Cuenca, Spain Policeman Details Other expeditions
Pedro Jose Garcia Aguirre M 1971 Spain Climber Ordizia, Guipuzcoa, Spain Shopkeeper Details Other expeditions
Fernando Garcia Miota M 1961 Spain Climber Cuenca City, Cuenca, Spain Goverment environment supervisor Details Other expeditions
Saturnino Matas La Puerta M 1962 Spain Climber Madrid, Spain Spanish-Wnglish translator Details Other expeditions
Lina Montesinos Pastor F 1963 Spain Climber Eloa, Alicante, Spain Shoe factory owner Details Other expeditions
Josef Maria Moya Pujal M 1968 Spain Climber Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain High school teacher Details Other expeditions
Jose Ollanquindia Hernandez M 1958 Spain Climber Echo, Huesca, Spain Hotel manager Details Other expeditions
Carlos Alfonso Ortega Abaria M 1962 Spain Climber Cuenca, Spain Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Francisco Jose (Coque) Perez Laffont M 1959 Spain Leader Pobla, Valencia, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Juan Carlos Vizcaino Aranda M 1967 Spain Deputy Leader Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Norbu/Nurbu (Nuru) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY00314 - - http://www.citelan.es/dolomia Spanish - -
CHOY00314 - - http://www.citelan.es/dolomia/cronica.html - - -