Cho Oyu | 2002 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2002 via NW side, led by Walter Rinkes. Summit reached on 16th May 2002. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4001
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY02111
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2002
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Walter Rinkes
Sponsor Bavarian Cho Oyu Expedition 2002
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 446
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lhasa->Xigatse->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2002-04-29
Summit Date 2002-05-16
Summit Time 0845
Summit Days 17
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2002-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
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(29/04,4900m),ABC(01/05,5190m),C1(08/05,6400m),C2(09/05,7100m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes May 15 started by all members and Sherpas at 23:15 hours Nepal time. Seidl and Pemba reached summit 08:45 hours, stayed about 20 min, back to C2 at 12:00 hours. Kaiser reached summit 09:45 hours, spent about 15/20 min, back to C2 at 13:00 hours. Moesl reached summit at 11:20 and Maier at 11:25 spent 20 and 15 min, respectively, then moved down together. Moesl reached C2 at 14:45 hours and Maier at 15:15 hours. Weather was very good. The members saw Everest, Lhotse and other mountains. Leader Rinkes returned from C3 due to tiredness. Walter went up with Ang Phurba on 17th to C1, on 18th to C2, 19th to C3, storm started, weather was bad, so Phurba returned to ABC on 21st and Rinkes stayed on in Dutch tent at C3 [at 7500m]. He returned to C1 on 24th. The team returned to KTM on 28 and to leave on May 30. Ang Phurba: 5 times Cho Oyu summiter - no summit Source of above information: Moesl did most of talking. Present also was Seidl. Rinkes went out saying to come back after a while, but did not.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457743
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Harald Kaiser M 1959 Germany Climber Raubling, Bavaria, Germany Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Peter Maier M 1948 Germany Climber Thurmansbang, Bavaria, Germany Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Georg Moesl M 1972 Germany Climber Lauter, Bavaria, Germany Public health office employee Details Other expeditions
Walter Rinkes M 1948 Germany Leader Kiefersfelden, Bavaria, Germany Teacher Details Other expeditions
Gerhard Seidl M 1953 Germany Climber Kraiburg, Bavaria, Germany Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen/Geljen Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.