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.