Cho Oyu | 2001 NW side

A USA expedition to Cho Oyu in 2001 via NW side, led by Kurt Wedberg. Summit reached on 14th May 2001. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3765
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY01109
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2001
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Kurt Wedberg
Sponsor International Mountain Guides (IMG) Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 388
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->Rongbuk BC
Basecamp Date 2001-04-15
Summit Date 2001-05-14
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 29
Total Days 34
Termination Date 2001-05-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 500
Total Members 10
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/04,4895m),ABC(20/04,5730m),C1(27/04,6430m),C2(07/05,7159m),C3(08/05,7522m),Smt(14/05)
Route Notes Summit: May 13 Marshall, Prebble, Romary and Wedberg slept in C3. May 14 left C3 at 02:30 hours, summit at 10:30 hours. Spent about an hour on top. Returned to C2 at about 18:00 hours. Wedberg said he saw Everest, Lhotse, Makalu from the summit. Wedberg, while descending met Mario Vielmo above the shoulder plateau and he gave him water and candy. Mario seemed Ok going toward summit. The team descended to ABC on 14th. Apr 27: All ten members slept in C1. May 04: Gladbach and Shaw left BC due to exhaustion. May 07: Remaining eight members slept in C2. May 08: Remaining eight members slept in C3 on oxygen. May 12: Berryman-Shafer (suffered from flu) and returned to ABC on 13th. Agle, Porter and Young left BC for KTM (three members were exhausted).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Great Escapes 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 Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alan P. Agle M 1947 USA Climber Park City, Utah Commercial airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Claudia A. Berryman-Shafer F 1949 USA Climber Fernley, Nevada Teacher Details Other expeditions
Stephen A. Gladbach M 1961 USA Climber Pueblo West, Colorado Homemaker Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Joseph (Ben) Marshall M 1974 USA Deputy Leader Telluride, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Garry C. Porter M 1942 USA Climber Olalla, Washington Retired program manager for Boeing Co. Details Other expeditions
Lynn Haertwell Prebble F 1952 USA Climber Canon City, Colorado Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Thomas (Tom) Romary M 1965 USA Climber San Francisco, California Marketing consultant Details Other expeditions
George Chester Shaw M 1946 USA Climber Palos Verdes Estates, California Owner of six carwashes Details Other expeditions
Kurt Alan Wedberg M 1966 USA Leader Bishop, California Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Stuart (Stu) Young M 1954 USA Climber Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania Pilot Details Other expeditions
Tashi Dorje (Ang Tashi) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY01109 HIGH - - - 231:80 (Feb 2002) -