Cho Oyu | 2000 NW side

A Poland expedition to Cho Oyu in 2000 via NW side, led by Ryszard Pawlowski. Summit reached on 4th October 2000. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3707
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY00323
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Ryszard Pawlowski
Sponsor Patagonia Mountain Agency (PMA) Cho Oyu Expedition 2000
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 380,382
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Canada, Yugoslavia
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2000-09-19
Summit Date 2000-10-04
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 15
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2000-10-14
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(19/09),ABC(21/09,5800m),C1(25/09,6400m),C2(29/09,7000m),C3(03/10,7500m),Smt(04-05/10)
Route Notes Summit success team left C3 6:30 NST: Chomczyk, Pawlowski and Zaluski. Chomczyk at about 8000m at 2:00 pm and turned back by Pawlowski because too late. Chomczyk again to top from C3 behind 2 Americans (probably from Mazur's team - 1 from Czech team). Milosevic died. October 11, 2000 Report on Death of Mr. Pavle Milosevic, born May 1, 1950 On October 10 at approximately 16:00 a message was received at the advanced base camp (ABC) via radio-telephone, that Pavle (50) at that time was descending from the C1 (6500m), is not feeling well and requires assistance with his further descent. Four members of the Polish Cho Oyu 2000 expedition left the ABC immediately carrying tea, food and some pain-killing medicine. Pavle continued his descent initially with Ryszard Kowalewski with whom he spent previously two nights in C1 (6500m), two nights in C2 (7200m) and two nights in C3 (7500m). During his further descent from C1 on October 10, Pavle was also helped by three members of the international climbing expedition lead by Daniel Mazur of Seattle, USA. Soon the above group was joined by other members of Mazur's expedition, an Ukranian Slava and Nepalese staff. Altogether there were up to 16 people involved in the rescue effort. Pavle received some liquids and stimulating injections. And the time during the rescue action we were in a radio-telephone contact with an American physician, Dr Roblee Allen, who was writing for us at the advanced base camp. At approximately 0:30 on October 11 Pavle was delivered to the ABC. The doctor administered further injections, oxygen and placed Pavle for 2 hours in a Gamov bag. After that treatment, Pavle's conditions improved significantly. He communicated with the doctor and us, his vital signs were correct and his body temperature was normal. All of us retired at 3:30 full of optimism. Pavle reminded breathing auxilliary oxygen and was under direct care of the doctor. At approximately 5:30 Pavle stopped breathing and could not be revived. Dr Allen established that the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Pavle was buried on October 11 in a stone cairn located on the glacier in front of the advanced base camp.
Accidents Only Milosevic's fatal sickness
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457107
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Eugeniusz Chomczyk M 1960 Poland Climber Woodhaven, New York Worker Details Other expeditions
Slawomir J. (Jack) Jakobczyk M 1947 Canada Climber Toronto, Ontario Engineer Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Kowalewski M 1943 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Artist Details Other expeditions
Pavle Milosevic M 1950 Yugoslavia Climber Toronto, Ontario Engineer Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Jan Pawlowski M 1950 Poland Leader Katowice, Poland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dariusz Jerzy Zaluski M 1959 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Businessman Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.