Cho Oyu | 2001 NW side

A USA expedition to Cho Oyu in 2001 via NW side, led by John Race. Summit reached on 25th September 2001. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3912
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY01313
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2001
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders John Race
Sponsor International Mountain Guides (IMG) Cho Oyu Autumn 2001
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 407
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-09-02
Summit Date 2001-09-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2001-09-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 2
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(02/09),ABC(06/09,5600m),C1(12/09,6300m),C2(17/09,7000m),C3(24/09,7500m),Smt(25/09)
Route Notes 24 Sept 11:00 pm (NST) Cussen left C2 to go to top. Ang Pasang, Nichols, Stern and Turner, Danuru and Phu Nuru and Race left C3 1:00 am, but Race, seeing Cussen's headlight, dropped back to C3 and heated water for her. Race and Cussen left C3 at 1:30 am and caught up with others at small rock band. Traffic jam on fixed line and they were on it for 3 hours (24,800 ft to 25,500 ft, approx) reached top of one at 4:30 am. Cussen on top 8:45 am. Stern and Turner turned back about 8000m to make sure [they] he wasn't going to run out of energy on descent. Both Dawa Nuru and Phu Nuru to top with Cussen. Nichols and Race on up but Nichols fell over backwards and unable to self arrest. Phu Nuru caught him and got him on his feet at about 8150m. Race, the guide, short-roped him to top of fixed rope. All members slept in C2 and Sherpas to ABC. This was the guided group; also on permit: House, Bell and Carter parties. Summit Sherpas: Dawa Nuru/Danuru, Phortse, 6/10/78, Cho Oyu 13/5/00, Everest, Manaslu Phu Nuru, Phortse, 12/5/80, Cho Oyu X2 On this permit was Race team and 3 other parties. All groups used same tents, and Sherpas established all camps.
Accidents Nichols acute exhaustion
Achievement -
Agency Great Escapes Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457509
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Olivia Cussen F 1976 USA Climber Leavenworth, Washington Alpine guide & ski patroller Details Other expeditions
Chris D. Nichols M 1959 USA Climber Reno, Nevada Attorney Details Other expeditions
John Race M 1969 USA Leader Leavenworth, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Slate Stern M 1961 USA Climber Santa Fe, New Mexico Attorney Details Other expeditions
Bruce Turner M 1968 UK Climber Northampton, E Midlands, England Mechanical engineer specializing in racing car engines Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phu Nuru (Phunuru) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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