Cho Oyu | 2004 NW side

A Norway expedition to Cho Oyu in 2004 via NW side, led by Harald Kippenes. Summit reached on 2nd October 2004. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	4687
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	CHOY04323
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2004
Season	3
Host Country	2
Route 1	NW side
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Norway
Leaders	Harald Kippenes
Sponsor	Norwegian Cho Oyu Xixabangma 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	-
Basecamp Date	2004-09-11
Summit Date	2004-10-02
Summit Time	1045
Summit Days	21
Total Days	32
Termination Date	2004-10-13
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	2
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	Had permit for Xixabangma but LO said couldn't go because weather bad
Campsites	BC(11/09),ABC(13/09,5700m),C1(20/09,6400m),C2(24/09,7100m),Smt(02/10)
Route Notes	From C2 all down to ABC afterwards. 30th, all (except Sundby) up for summit bid but Kippenes who turned back halfway to C1 to ABC when stomach trouble set in. Eide and Hope in C1, C2 1 Oct and left C2 for top at 2nd about 2:00 am (Chinese time) and both on top 1:00 pm (10:45 NST), saw Everest in perfect weather by Eide and Hope; Thorsrud turned back at 8000m with bad cough. All 3 slept in C2 and down to ABC 3 Oct. Kippenes on 30th down from summit bid team to ABC and on 1st to BC initially because of stomach problem when got very severe headache and vomiting so to Zangmu on 2 Oct, KTM 6th only waiting in Zangmu 4 days; hoping to return to mountain, but not better so to KTM instead. Sundby didn't acclimatize well and never went above C1.
Accidents	Kippenes cerebral thrombosis
Achievement	-
Agency	Fusion/Asian Trekking
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	False
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2458660
Year	2004
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	nw side

Members

Field	Value
ID	36074
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY04323
Member ID	02
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2004
Season	3
First Name	Christian
Last Name	Eide
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1975
Calculated Age	28
Citizenship	Norway
Status	Climber
Residence	Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Construction engineer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2004-10-02
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1045
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2440693
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	christian eide
Year of Birth	1975
Year	2004
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36075
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY04323
Member ID	03
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2004
Season	3
First Name	Rune
Last Name	Hope
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1974
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Norway
Status	Climber
Residence	Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Information technology student
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2004-10-02
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1045
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2440032
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	rune hope
Year of Birth	1974
Year	2004
Age at Expedition	30
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36076
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY04323
Member ID	01
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2004
Season	3
First Name	Harald
Last Name	Kippenes
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1973
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Norway
Status	Leader
Residence	Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Ecology & management student on leave from the navy (an officer)
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	7100
Summit Date 1	2004-09-24
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	True
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	1
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2440028
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	harald kippenes
Year of Birth	1973
Year	2004
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	36077
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY04323
Member ID	04
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2004
Season	3
First Name	Trond
Last Name	Sundby
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1973
Calculated Age	31
Citizenship	Norway
Status	Climber
Residence	Stavanger, Norway
Occupation	Surveyor
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6400
Summit Date 1	2004-09-20
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	6
HCN	0
Checksum	2439877
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	trond sundby
Year of Birth	1973
Year	2004
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36078
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY04323
Member ID	05
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2004
Season	3
First Name	Mikjel
Last Name	Thorsrud
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1982
Calculated Age	22
Citizenship	Norway
Status	Climber
Residence	Bagn, Norway
Occupation	Sailor in the navy
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	8000
Summit Date 1	2004-10-02
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2443082
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mikjel thorsrud
Year of Birth	1982
Year	2004
Age at Expedition	22
Role	Member

5 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Christian Eide	M	1975	Norway	Climber	Oslo, Norway	Construction engineer	Details Other expeditions
Rune Hope	M	1974	Norway	Climber	Oslo, Norway	Information technology student	Details Other expeditions
Harald Kippenes	M	1973	Norway	Leader	Oslo, Norway	Ecology & management student on leave from the navy (an officer)	Details Other expeditions
Trond Sundby	M	1973	Norway	Climber	Stavanger, Norway	Surveyor	Details Other expeditions
Mikjel Thorsrud	M	1982	Norway	Climber	Bagn, Norway	Sailor in the navy	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.