Cho Oyu | 2002 NW side
A Italy expedition to Cho Oyu in 2002 via NW side, led by Giampaolo Casarotto. Summit reached on 1st October 2002. 14 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 4156 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | CHOY02311 |
| Peak ID | CHOY |
| Year | 2002 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 2 |
| Route 1 | NW side |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Leaders | Giampaolo Casarotto |
| Sponsor | Focus Italian Adio Cho Oyu Expedition |
| Success 1 | True |
| Success 2 | False |
| Success 3 | False |
| Success 4 | False |
| Ascent 1 | - |
| Ascent 2 | - |
| Ascent 3 | - |
| Ascent 4 | - |
| Claimed | False |
| Disputed | False |
| Countries | - |
| Approach | Lhasa->Xigatse->Tingri->BC |
| Basecamp Date | 2002-09-09 |
| Summit Date | 2002-10-01 |
| Summit Time | 0945 |
| Summit Days | 22 |
| Total Days | 28 |
| Termination Date | 2002-10-07 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8188 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 2 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 14 |
| Summit Members | 4 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 0 |
| Summit Hired | 0 |
| Hired Deaths | 0 |
| No Hired | True |
| O2 Used | False |
| O2 None | True |
| O2 Climb | False |
| O2 Descent | False |
| O2 Sleep | False |
| O2 Medical | False |
| O2 Taken | False |
| O2 Unknown | False |
| Other Summits | - |
| Campsites | BC(09/09,4900m),ABC(11/09,5770m),C1(12/09,6400m),C2(22/09,7165m),Smt(01,03/10) |
| Route Notes | Oct 01: Casiraghi (diabetic), Cucco, Pensa, Peruffo, Radin and Sormani (diabetic) from C2 at 01:00 Chinese time. Pensa and Peruffo summited at 12:00 (09:45 NST), stayed about 40 minutes back to C2 about 17:00. Cold clear day. Nice view of mountains including Everest. Two oxygen cylinders on summit; before them were 3 Americans with oxygen and a Sherpa, Japanese with oxygen. After them were two Germans (Amical) and some other people. Casiraghi and Cucco did not attempt as they were very tired. Radin reached up to rock band 7500m about [also tired?]. Sormani stopped at C3 [site at 7400m] due to coldness. Oct 03: Cadorini, Casarotto, Cerin, M. Peruffo (diabetic), Serraglio and Tararan left 10:30 from C2. Summit by Casarotto and Marco Peruffo at 10:30 (08:15 NST), stayed about half an hour, back to C2 about 14:00. Clear weather, saw Everest. There was one Spanish doctor on the summit. Cadorini, Cerin and Tararan reached up to C3 [site] exhausted and stopped climbing. Serraglio reached up to 8100m, suffered from snowblindness, waited for summiting member and returned together. Expedition Doctor Veronese up to C1, not supposed to attempt. Pavan, the research doctor, remained at ABC all the time. Expedition returned to KTM on Oct 09, leaving on 11th. |
| Accidents | Pensa frostbitten nose, right thumb, toes of both feet during the summit climb |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Thamserku Trekking |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | - |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2457881 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | None |
| Route (lowercase) | nw side |
Members
14 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paola Cerin | M | 1963 | Italy | Climber | Vicenza, Italy | Bank employee | Details Other expeditions |
| Alessandro Cadorini | M | 1975 | Italy | Climber | Monticello Conte Otto, Vicenza, Italy | Electrician | Details Other expeditions |
| Giampaolo Casarotto | M | 1956 | Italy | Leader | Creazzo, Vicenza, Italy | Primary school teacher | Details Other expeditions |
| Vitorio Casiraghi | M | 1955 | Italy | Climber | Besana Brianza, Milano, Italy | Environmental technician | Details Other expeditions |
| Stefano Cucco | M | 1954 | Italy | Climber | Vicenza City, Vicenza, Italy | Railway driver | Details Other expeditions |
| Paola Pavan | F | 1965 | Italy | Exp Doctor | Rovigo, Italy | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Patrizia Pensa | F | 1964 | Italy | Climber | Mariano Comense, Como, Italy | Nurse | Details Other expeditions |
| Alberto Peruffo | M | 1967 | Italy | Climber | Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy | Editor at a book publishing company | Details Other expeditions |
| Marco Peruffo | M | 1969 | Italy | Climber | Castelnovo di Isola Vicentina, Vicenza, Italy | Attorney | Details Other expeditions |
| Pietro Radin | M | 1943 | Italy | Climber | Vicenza, Italy | Retired electrician | Details Other expeditions |
| Paolo Serraglio | M | 1962 | Italy | Climber | Vicenza, Italy | Electronics technician | Details Other expeditions |
| Mauro Sormani | M | 1976 | Italy | Climber | Sormano, Como, Italy | Upholsterer | Details Other expeditions |
| Guiseppe Tararan | M | 1961 | Italy | Climber | San Pietro in Gu, Padua, Italy | Artisan | Details Other expeditions |
| Maria Anna Veronese | F | 1968 | Italy | Climber | Treviso, Italy | Anaesthetist | Details Other expeditions |
References
0 recorded references.