Cho Oyu | 2001 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2001 via NW side, led by Robert Rackl. Summit reached on 14th May 2001. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3762
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY01106
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2001
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Robert Rackl
Sponsor Amical Alpin Cho Oyu Expedition 2001
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 393
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria, Chile, France
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-04-21
Summit Date 2001-05-14
Summit Time 1500
Summit Days 23
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2001-05-15
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide True
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 15
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(21/04,4900m),ABC(24/04,5700m),C1(29/04,6200m),C2(07/05,7000m),C3(08/05,7400m),Smt(14/05)
Route Notes C3 at not slept in until 14 May by 3 in descent. 14 May 10:30 am NST left C2 for top: Binder, Rummel, Gelhardt, Joachim, Graeff, Seidel, Hadel, Hoffmann, Eisenhans, Rackl, Chuldim Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa. Six returned at 6500m either slightly sick or too cold. Above yellow band went Gelhardt, Hadel, Eisenhans and Hoffmann only. 7800m Gelhardt with frostbite (one very badly frozen and three others not so bad); 2 others nearly to 8000m where Hoffmann had eye problems and Eisenhans down with him (eyes were Ok down in C3). Hadel on alone to top (flags there and followed trail of earlier summiters) and arrived at 3:00 pm in clear sky on top but other peaks in clouds; he also returned to C3 only at 8:30 pm in dark (had reached yellow band in day light and route below had fixed ropes). Hoffmann on 16 May from C2 to parapented down but fell into crevasse and rescued by other German expedition and Australians (mildly frostbitten fingers from 5 hours in crevasse 10-15m down).
Accidents Gelhardt and Hoffman frostbite
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457375
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Martin Stangl M 1970 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Teacher Details Other expeditions
Uwe Binder M 1962 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Dentist Details Other expeditions
Michael Bindig M 1963 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Editor Details Other expeditions
Lothar Dedek M 1939 Germany Climber Zorneding, Bavaria, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Hermann Eisenhans M 1960 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Physicist Details Other expeditions
Albert Gelhardt M 1954 Germany Climber Rennerod, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Stefan Graeff M 1966 Germany Climber Elz, Hesse, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Juergen Hadel M 1960 Germany Climber Falkenstein, Bavaria, Germany City water supply employee Details Other expeditions
Fritz Hoffman M 1959 Germany Climber Weinstadt, Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Jean-Francois Janvier M 1945 France Climber Adjoint, France Manager of import Details Other expeditions
Gerhard Joachim M 1949 Germany Climber Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Master painter Details Other expeditions
Joaquin/Jaochim Oyarzun M 1962 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Robert Rackl M 1964 Germany Leader Ohlstadt, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Peter Rummel M 1962 Germany Climber Ohlstadt, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Andreas Seidel M 1963 Germany Climber Jena, Thuringia, Germany Chemist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.