Cho Oyu | 2005 NW side
A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2005 via NW side, led by Dirk Groeger. Summit reached on 26th September 2005. 10 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 5047 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | CHOY05316 |
| Peak ID | CHOY |
| Year | 2005 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 2 |
| Route 1 | NW side |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Leaders | Dirk Groeger |
| Sponsor | Amical Alpin Cho Oyu Expedition 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 | Austria, Italy, Switzerland |
| Approach | Kodari->Tingri |
| Basecamp Date | 2005-09-02 |
| Summit Date | 2005-09-26 |
| Summit Time | 0845 |
| Summit Days | 24 |
| Total Days | 28 |
| Termination Date | 2005-09-30 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8188 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 3 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 100 |
| Total Members | 9 |
| Summit Members | 7 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 1 |
| Summit Hired | 1 |
| 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 | False |
| O2 Unknown | False |
| Other Summits | - |
| Campsites | BC(02/09,4900m),ABC(05/09,5700m),C1(13/09,6400m),C2(18/09,7100m),C3(25/09,7400m),Smt(26/09) |
| Route Notes | Team left C3 at 3:30 am, spent about half an hour on summit and got back to C2 at 12:30 pm. Studer and Groeger descended to C1 and got there at 5 pm. Summit times 8:45-10:00 NST. Raisch used Todd's oxygen from C3 down to 7800m. He climbed with Pasang Dawa from Pangboche (5X Everest, 4X Cho Oyu) who works for Henry Todd. Bolay got to Yellow Band but turned around due to exhaustion. Czerny went back to KTM on 4 Sept as he was not feeling well. |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Thamserku Trekking |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2459065 |
| Year | 2005 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | None |
| Route (lowercase) | nw side |
Members
10 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Groeger | M | 1963 | Germany | Leader | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Eberhard Rudolf Bolay | M | 1949 | Germany | Climber | Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany | University lecturer in educational sciences | Details Other expeditions |
| Stefan Czerny | M | 1975 | Austria | Climber | Vienna, Austria | Attorney | Details Other expeditions |
| Guenther Hofer | M | 1960 | Italy | Climber | Deutschnofen, Bolzano, Italy | Local government | Details Other expeditions |
| Johann Hofer | M | 1963 | Italy | Climber | Lana, Bolzano, Italy | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Klaas Koehne | M | 1965 | Germany | Climber | Muenster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Teacher of math, physics and geography | Details Other expeditions |
| Guenther Pixner | M | 1969 | Italy | Climber | Lana, Bolzano, Italy | Sales clerk | Details Other expeditions |
| Heinz Raisch | M | 1943 | Germany | Climber | Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany | Structural engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Michael Studer | M | 1981 | Switzerland | Climber | Valais, Switzerland | Machine designer | Details Other expeditions |
| Chuldim Sherpa | M | 1971 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Khumjung, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
1 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOY05316 | - | - | http://www.amical.de | - | - | - |