Cho Oyu | 2004 NW side

A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2004 via NW side, led by Henry Todd. Summit reached on 18th September 2004. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4694
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY04330
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2004
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Henry Todd
Sponsor -
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 Canada, Belgium, Hungary, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2004-09-05
Summit Date 2004-09-18
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 13
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2004-09-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(05/09),ABC(07/09,5700m),C1(11/09,6400m),C2(16/09,7050m),C3(23/09,7300m),Smt(18,25/09)
Route Notes Calder, Dekeyser, Pomeret, Pasang Nuru left C2 at midnight 17/18 NST. Dekeyser turned around at 7800m because wind problem and Calder took her down to ABC to sleep. Pomeret and Pasang Nuru went to top 11:30 am 18th and down to C2; saw Everest, etc, etc. Calder, Kennett, Laur, Hembury and Pasang Nuru from C2 on 24th midnight and on top at 10:00 am 25th except Hembury turned back at C3 (too slow) while rest went to top and saw Everest and down to C2 from top to sleep. From C3 for top: Joshi, Dekeyser, Pasang Nuru got to top 9:15 am of 25th and down to C2. Ogwyn who started from "lake camp" at bottom of mountain at about 6000m, at 12:45 pm 24th, passed Todd in C2 at 3:00 pm, up to C3, where he changed into down suit and on to top at 8:30 pm, when he telephoned Todd, took photo of full moon and left bandana which Calder found next morning on top and down to C2 at 11:00 pm with Todd. Klein left C3 early morning of 25th and summited at mid-morning 25th and down to ABC. Oxygen: Klein and Ogwyn none; other members who climbed from C2 to top used it from C2 to top and down somewhere below; those who went up from C3 to top from C3 to top to somewhere below. Pasang Nuru none. Pasang Nuru none in his first ascent but Todd required him to use it on 2nd ascent to find scientific instruments had left there on 18 Sept (he couldn't find them). Sherpa summiters: Pasang Nuru, 23 years old, Pangboche, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X1
Accidents Dekeyser suffered cut leg before summiting
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458646
Year 2004
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andries Nolte Botha M 1952 Canada Exp Doctor Grimshaw, Alberta Physician Details Other expeditions
Timothy Miles Halcott (Tim) Calder M 1967 UK Climber Kathmandu Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Barbara Anna Maria Dekeyser F 1975 Belgium Climber Chicago, Illinois Management consultant Details Other expeditions
Guy Alexander Hembury M 1974 UK Climber Leicester, England Alpine rescuer Details Other expeditions
Rajiv (Raj) Joshi M 1976 UK Climber Walsall, W Midlands, England Physician Details Other expeditions
Elizabeth Jane (Libby) Kennett F 1976 UK Climber London, England Atmospherics physicist Details Other expeditions
David Klein M 1975 Hungary Climber Budapest, Hungary Book publisher Details Other expeditions
Nelson Aden Laur M 1972 USA Climber Annapolis, Maryland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Joby David Ogwyn M 1974 USA Climber Shreveport, Lousianna Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
John Charles Pomfret M 1962 UK Climber Cleethorpes, Lincoln, England Builder Details Other expeditions
Henry Barclay Todd M 1945 UK Leader Kingussie, Inverness, Scotland Expedition organizer & leader Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nuru (Ang Nurbu/Nuru) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.