Cho Oyu | 2004 NW side

A USA expedition to Cho Oyu in 2004 via NW side, led by Tomasz Przydrozny. Summit reached on 16th May 2004. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4557
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY04117
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2004
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Tomasz Przydrozny
Sponsor Polish Cho Oyu Expedition 2004
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 Helicopter to Kodari (Apr 10)->Nylam->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2004-04-16
Summit Date 2004-05-16
Summit Time 1600
Summit Days 30
Total Days 33
Termination Date 2004-05-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/04,4900m),ABC(18/04,5700m),C1(20-21/04,6430m),C2(28/04,7160m),C3(06/05,7450m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes May 16 Tomasz left C3 at 04:00 hours, summited at 16:00 hours, stayed 15 minutes. Other on summit together was Ronald (first name) of Austrian expedition. Both spent about 2 hours on summit plateau moving very slowly. Both reached C3 at 21:00 hours (Ronald left C3 next morning). Tomasz reached C2 about 17:00 hours. It took him a long time to take out the tent put up by Dutch Expedition long ago. The tent was heavily tied and snow made it more hard work to take out. With all the load, he could not move fast. It was very slow descent to C2. Jakub Lerner and Tomasz agreed to share supplies and tent. As per their arrangement C1 was to be put up by Tomasz and C2 by Jakub. They made arrangement with Dutch to borrow C3 tent, fixed by Dutch. In previous note he said C3 altitude was 7560m; in fact the altitude was given by Jakub which he did not properly judge and same altitude was copied by Tomasz. In my second visit Tomasz estimated the altitude of C3 correctly which was 7450m. Jakub and Tomasz never climbed or used tents together, because Tomasz was always ahead of Jakub. When Jakub was at C1 Tomasz in C2; when Tomasz was at C1 Jakub was in C2. On Jakub's summit day Tomasz went down to BC. As Tomasz was ahead of Jakub, he missed the ascent time. About summit time he confirmed as 1600m with Ronald (first name) of Austrian expedition. I talk to Otto Harrer, leader of the Austrian expedition on May 24 around 16:00 hours at Garden Home. He confirmed that Tomasz and Ronald were on summit together; they were very slow. Also confirmed that Ronald slept at C3 with Tomasz on return from summit and left the camp next day. For C2 Ronald left KTM on the morning of May 24.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Monterosa Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458521
Year 2004
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tomasz Przydrozny M 1967 USA Leader New York, New York Software engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.