Cho Oyu | 2005 NW side

A Netherlands expedition to Cho Oyu in 2005 via NW side, led by Rene de Bos. Summit reached on 22nd May 2005. 18 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4865
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY05124
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Rene de Bos
Sponsor Snow Leopard Adventures Cho Oyu 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2005-05-01
Summit Date 2005-05-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2005-05-26
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8050m due to all tired and no more time
High Point (m) 8050
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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(01/05),ABC(04/05,5700m),C1(08/05,6400m),C2(10/05,7000m),C3(21/05,7450m),xxx(22/05,8050m)
Route Notes Summit party of others and Overbeeke and Van den Bos from C3 with Kaji and Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa at 5:00 am (NST). Kaji turned back at about 7500m (cold feet) and Pemba at 7600m (cold and tired). Both Dutch reached last snow field. Overbeeke to 8000m and Van den Bos to 8050m. This was at 12:00 noon and now too late to get to top withouth oxygen and not moving fast enough, clouds building looking like storm coming, so both to C3 together and to C1 on 24th. This was the highest by expedition and now yaks coming on 25th so climb finished. Sherpas: Kaji, Sankhuwasabha, 12/7/78 Pemba Gyalzen, Khumjung, 21/6/73, no 8000ers
Accidents Nothing serious but Vis had altitude problem and left expedition 9 May
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458938
Year 2005
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

18 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Frederike Bloemers F 1955 Netherlands Climber Arnhem, Netherlands Attorney Details Other expeditions
Thomas Adrianus (Thom) Bogaard M 1968 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands University hydrology profession Details Other expeditions
Suzanne Castelein F 1970 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Geologist Details Other expeditions
Rene De Bos M 1959 Netherlands Leader The Hague, Netherlands Tour company owner Details Other expeditions
Robert Arian Eckhardt M 1949 Netherlands Climber Voorschoten, Netherlands Editor Details Other expeditions
Frank Husslage M 1958 Netherlands Climber Middelburg, Netherlands Editor Details Other expeditions
Simon Petrus Kossen M 1952 Netherlands Climber Tilburg, Netherlands Chemical engineer Details Other expeditions
Alexander O. (Lex) Ottervanger M 1957 Netherlands Climber Leiderdorp, Netherlands Systems engineer Details Other expeditions
Edwin Overbeeke M 1960 Netherlands Climber Nieuwegein, Netherlands Information technology consultant Details Other expeditions
Paul Strik M 1973 Netherlands Climber Helmond, Netherlands Manager in packaging manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Jacobus Cornelis (Kase) Terhell M 1960 Netherlands Climber Arusha, Tanzania Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Hendrik (Henk) Van Bilderbeek M 1947 Netherlands Climber Delft, Netherlands Patent examier Details Other expeditions
Jan Van den Bos M 1955 Netherlands Climber The Hague, Netherlands Environmental engineer Details Other expeditions
Hans Vis M 1943 Netherlands Climber Alpen a/d Riyn, Netherlands Management consultant Details Other expeditions
Jaap Vuijk M 1963 Netherlands Climber The Hague, Netherlands Anasthesiologist Details Other expeditions
Evert Wesker M 1952 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Petroleum research engineer Details Other expeditions
Ang Kazi (Ankaji) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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