Cho Oyu | 2000 NW side

A Czech Republic expedition to Cho Oyu in 2000 via NW side, led by Robin Baum. Summit reached on 2nd October 2000. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	3702
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
Host Country	2
Route 1	NW side
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Czech Republic
Leaders	Robin Baum
Sponsor	Cho Czech Expedition
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	377,383
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Canada, USA
Approach	KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date	2000-09-12
Summit Date	2000-10-02
Summit Time	1630
Summit Days	20
Total Days	28
Termination Date	2000-10-10
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8188
Traverse	False
Ski	True
Paraglide	False
Camps	3
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	10
Summit Members	3
Member Deaths	0
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(12/09,4000m),ABC(14/09,5700m),C1(17/09,6400m),C2(21/09,7100m),C3(27/09,7500m),Smt(02,05/10)
Route Notes	BC at Chinese BC C1 (all spent night) C2 Patek and Smrz spent night C3 Weingartl spent night. Oct 02 - Patek and Weingartl left C3 around 05:30. Patek alone summit at about 16:30 hours NST, back to C3. Weingartl reached up to shoulder (8000m about) and had to quit due to cold and a little frostbite. Oct 05 - Kalousek and Smrz left C3 around 07:00 hours, summit at about 17:00 hours, back to C3. Smrz skied down to C2, took about 1-1/2 hours. At yellow band and icefall used fixed rope to descend - took off skis. They said he is the first Czech to ski down on the 8000m mountain. Weingartl left BC on Oct 8 due to the work back home. Pokorny left BC on Sept 29; he went up to C3. The expedition team returned to KTM on the night of Oct 12; leaving Nepal on Oct 16. Source of above information Baum with Kalousak and others.
Accidents	-
Achievement	Skied down
Agency	Everest Adventure
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	False
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2457105
Year	2000
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	nw side

Members

Field	Value
ID	29004
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	01
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Robin
Last Name	Baum
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1969
Calculated Age	31
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Leader
Residence	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Occupation	Surveying engineer
Leader	True
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	2438433
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	robin baum
Year of Birth	1969
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	29005
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	02
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Libor
Last Name	Chrastil
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	40
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Exp Doctor
Residence	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Occupation	Surgeon
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	2435198
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	libor chrastil
Year of Birth	1960
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	40
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29006
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	03
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Jan
Last Name	Kalousek
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	41
Citizenship	USA
Status	Climber
Residence	New York, New York
Occupation	Furniture export-import business
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	2000-10-05
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1700
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	383
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	2434744
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jan kalousek
Year of Birth	1959
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	41
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29007
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	04
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Pavel
Last Name	Machovec
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	41
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Trebic, Czech Republic
Occupation	Aircraft 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	2434883
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	pavel machovec
Year of Birth	1959
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	41
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29008
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	05
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Vaclav
Last Name	Patek
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1951
Calculated Age	49
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Zlin, Moravia, Czech Republic
Occupation	Owner of shop selling rock-climbing shoes
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	2000-10-02
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1630
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	377
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	2431905
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	vaclav patek
Year of Birth	1951
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	49
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29009
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	06
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Miroslav
Last Name	Pelc
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1950
Calculated Age	50
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Napajedla, Czech Republic
Occupation	Roofing technician
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	2431475
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	miroslav pelc
Year of Birth	1950
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	50
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29010
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	07
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Josef
Last Name	Peterek
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1952
Calculated Age	47
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic
Occupation	Construction technician
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	2432434
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	josef peterek
Year of Birth	1952
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	48
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29011
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	08
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Dusan
Last Name	Pokorny
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1948
Calculated Age	51
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Climber
Residence	Kingston, Ontario
Occupation	Electronics 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)	7500
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	1
Summit Term	19
HCN	0
Checksum	2430972
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	dusan pokorny
Year of Birth	1948
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	52
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29012
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	09
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Vladimir
Last Name	Smrz
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1965
Calculated Age	35
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Occupation	Roofing technician
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	True
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2000-10-05
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1700
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	383
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	Skied down from summit to C2
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2436850
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	vladimir smrz
Year of Birth	1965
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	35
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	29013
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Member ID	10
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2000
Season	3
First Name	Hana Marie
Last Name	Weingartl
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1957
Calculated Age	42
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Climber
Residence	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Occupation	Virologist with govt inspection agency
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)	8000
Summit Date 1	2000-10-02
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	Little frostbite
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	8
HCN	0
Checksum	2434298
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	hana marie weingartl
Year of Birth	1957
Year	2000
Age at Expedition	43
Role	Member

10 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Robin Baum	M	1969	Czech Republic	Leader	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Surveying engineer	Details Other expeditions
Libor Chrastil	M	1960	Czech Republic	Exp Doctor	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Surgeon	Details Other expeditions
Jan Kalousek	M	1959	USA	Climber	New York, New York	Furniture export-import business	Details Other expeditions
Pavel Machovec	M	1959	Czech Republic	Climber	Trebic, Czech Republic	Aircraft engineer	Details Other expeditions
Vaclav Patek	M	1951	Czech Republic	Climber	Zlin, Moravia, Czech Republic	Owner of shop selling rock-climbing shoes	Details Other expeditions
Miroslav Pelc	M	1950	Czech Republic	Climber	Napajedla, Czech Republic	Roofing technician	Details Other expeditions
Josef Peterek	M	1952	Czech Republic	Climber	Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic	Construction technician	Details Other expeditions
Dusan Pokorny	M	1948	Canada	Climber	Kingston, Ontario	Electronics engineer	Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Smrz	M	1965	Czech Republic	Climber	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Roofing technician	Details Other expeditions
Hana Marie Weingartl	F	1957	Canada	Climber	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Virologist with govt inspection agency	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	8053
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	CHOY00318
Reference ID	01
Year	2000
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://berninasport.prodejce.cz/chooyu/expedice_chooyu2000.htm
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	Czech
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
CHOY00318	-	-	http://berninasport.prodejce.cz/chooyu/expedice_chooyu2000.htm	-	-	-