Cho Oyu | 2005 NW side

A Russia expedition to Cho Oyu in 2005 via NW side, led by Juri Uteshev. Summit reached on 22nd May 2005. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4845
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY05102
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Juri Uteshev
Sponsor Cho Oyu Kuzbass 2005
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 Kodari->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2005-04-28
Summit Date 2005-05-22
Summit Time 1115
Summit Days 24
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2005-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
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 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(28/04,5000m),ABC(30/04,5700m),C1(04/05,6400m),C2(10/05,7100m),C3(21/05,7500m),Smt(22/05)
Route Notes BC at CBC ABC at usual campsite C1 at usual campsite C2 at usual campsite C3 at usual campsite. Naumenko, Sokolov and Uteshev left C3 at 7:30 am (CST). At 7800m Naumenko felt his feet getting cold and he turned back to C3. Two members Sokolov and Uteshev summited at 1:30 pm CST (11:15 NST), took photographs, on top about five minutes, descended to C3 where they reached about 4 pm CST. Next day to ABC. During ascent weather was cold and strong-low wind but no snow. On the summit clear, sunny day but strong wind. Both Sokolov and Uteshev saw Everest, Lhotse, etc. On their ascent Italian, Polish, New Zealanders (don't know exactly) were behind them; on their descent, some climbers returned with them maybe from the beginning or summit plateau but they do not have idea who they were, but not Sherpas. The high point for member Proskurin was C2 (7100m) on 20th. He was not strong enough to continue. The expedition returned to KTM on May 27 and stayed in Windhorse House the night. Next day moved to Hotel Swaniga. Naumenko said according to Chinese liaison officer only 14 people got to summit.
Accidents Gaponov suffered from sore throat and high fever (reached to ABC; he had minor symptoms of sickness when he left Russia; when it aggravated, he left ABC on May 9)
Achievement -
Agency Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458938
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alexander Gaponov M 1979 Russia Climber Kemerovo, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Sergei Naumenko M 1954 Russia Climber Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia Physician Details Other expeditions
Alexander Proskurin M 1974 Russia Climber Kuzbass, Russia Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Gleb Sokolov M 1953 Russia Climber Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Juri Uteshev M 1955 Russia Leader Mezdurechensk, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.