Cho Oyu | 2005 NW side

A Australia expedition to Cho Oyu in 2005 via NW side, led by Tashi Tenzing. Summit reached on 29th April 2005. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4864
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Expedition ID CHOY05123
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Tashi Tenzing
Sponsor Jagged Globe Cho Oyu Expedition 2005
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Netherlands
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2005-04-18
Summit Date 2005-04-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2005-05-11
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to members' exhaustion
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 150
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(18/04,4750m),ABC(21/04,5510m),C1(29/04,6250m),xxx(29/04,7000m)
Route Notes High point at 7000m on 29th April by 3 Sherpas at C2 site. C2 pitched by 2 Sherpas on 24th April. Team rested in C1 on 30 April. 1 May all members and 3 Sherpas headed for C2. At 6400m Sabbagh no energy, exhausted, so Tashi took him to C1 and went up again; met Raeburn just below hanging ice cliff and they climbed cliff together to 6600m. Now Raeburn said he had no energy left, so Tashi took him to C1 at 4:00 pm in extremely slow descent. Michel Van den Munckhof below C2 at 10m high ice wall when Sherpas came down from C2 to find him, so took all 3 Sherpas to get him there. 4th and 5th heavy snowfall, 6th light shower. 7th Sherpas to C1 and 8th Pema, Tashi and Michel to towards C1 but 1-1/2 hours above ABC Michel had made extremely slow progress and soon no energy left, so at 5600m turned back and climb finished. Sherpas: Pasang Gyalzen, Makalu VDC, 3x8000er Temba Wangdi, Makalu VDC, Cho Oyu X3 Pema, Rolwaling, 40 years
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458915
Year 2005
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ian Leslie Raeburn M 1960 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Photocopier Details Other expeditions
Emile Sabbagh M 1970 Australia Climber Penhurst, NSW, Australia Warehouse worker Details Other expeditions
Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing M 1965 Australia Leader Oatley, Sydney, NSW, Australia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Michel Van den Munckhof M 1970 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Psychological counselor Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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