Cho Oyu | 2002 NW side

A Italy expedition to Cho Oyu in 2002 via NW side, led by Simone Moro. Summit reached on 9th May 2002. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4016
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY02114
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2002
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Simone Moro
Sponsor Italian Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 439
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-04-17
Summit Date 2002-05-09
Summit Time 1330
Summit Days 22
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2002-05-12
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 Climbed Everest (EVER-021-10)
Campsites BC(17/04),ABC(19/04,5700m),C1(23/04,6400m),C2(08/05,7100m),Smt(09/05)
Route Notes From ABC to C2 on 8 May. 9 May 6:00 am, only 3 towards top and reached top: Nicolini and Mezzanotte at 1:30 pm, Moro after phone call in national radio and TV. All 3 saw Everest, etc and back to ABC at 7:30 pm same day. Moschetti and Stefani made summit bid from C2; Stefani to 7500m, Moschetti at 8000m [7800m according to Moro web report]. Stefani tired and Moschetti stopped because so cloudy could not see how to proceed since fixed ropes ended here; slept in C2 and 12 May in ABC. Illness: 1 member Omar Oprandi never went above BC because of pulmonary edema and left expedition to go home 19 April; Sandro Vidi also developed pulmonary edema in C1 and left to go home about 2 May. Source of above information: Moro May 8: Mezzanotte, Moro and Nicolini started from ABC at 08:30 hours - C2 at 1300 hours. May 9 started at 06:30 hours. Summit at 13:30 hours by 2 members. Spent about 20 minutes. Returned to ABC at 20:00 hours. Moro reached to summit at 14:30 hours. For Mezzanottte and Nicolini from ABC to summit was 11-1/2 hours. Both of them are "Ski Alpine Champion - European" held on April 2002 in Sorce Chanelier in France. The expedition pitched 2 tents at C1 and 1 tent at C2 (May 1). The acclimatization: members started from ABC one day, to C1 and C2, back to ABC for rest. Then to Tingri, rest one or two days. Again to ABC to C1. Nicolini had left a camel bag with tea inside at the summit. Curnis and Moro left ABC on 10th for Everest BC. Sandro Vidi left ABC on May 5 not feeling well; left Nepal on May 15th. Oprandi in Tingri on April 16. He might have left Nepal on 17th. Summit day: Nicolini and Mezzanotte saw Everests summit weather was good but windy. May 10: Moschetti reached up to 8100m, but had to return due to poor visibility. Source of above information: Mezzanotte, Nicolini and Stefani who speaks English.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457736
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mario Curnis M 1936 Italy Climber Nembro, Bergamo, Italy House builder Details Other expeditions
Mirko Mezzanotte M 1974 Italy Climber Cinte Tesino, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Simone Moro M 1967 Italy Leader Bergamo, Italy Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
Leonardo A. Moschetti M 1976 Italy Climber Strembo, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Franco Nicolini M 1960 Italy Climber Molveno, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Omar Oprandi M 1965 Italy Climber Ziano di Fiemme, Trento, Italy Army alpine guide & climbing instructor Details Other expeditions
Enrico Stefani M 1979 Italy Climber Campliglio, Trento, Italy Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Ferruccio Vidi M 1954 Italy Climber Campiglio, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sandro Vidi M 1973 Italy Climber Campiglio, Trento, Italy Sport shop owner Details Other expeditions
Valter Vidi M 1950 Italy Climber Campiglio, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY02114 HIGH - - - 244:60 (Mar 2003) -
CHOY02114 - - http://www.k2news.com/e02morodis5.htm - - -