Cho Oyu | 2005 NW side

A S Africa expedition to Cho Oyu in 2005 via NW side, led by Michael Patterson. Summit reached on 26th September 2005. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5059
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY05328
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2005
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Africa
Leaders Michael Patterson
Sponsor Independent team on Cho Oyu
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 Australia, Philippines
Approach Kodari->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2005-09-08
Summit Date 2005-09-26
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 18
Total Days 22
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) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(08/10,4950m),ABC(12/09,5800m),C1(17/09,6400m),C2(24/09,7100m),C3(25/09,7500m),Smt(26/09)
Route Notes BC at CBC/IC on Sept 11 at 5450m ABC at usual campsite C1 at usual campsite C2 at usual campsite C3 at usual campsite. Garduce, Patterson, Wells and two Sherpas left C3 at 01:00 hours (NST). Wells summited at 07:00 hours, spent about 30 minutes, descended to C2 at 15:30 hours. Garduce summited at 10:30 hours, stayed about 20 minutes, reached C2 at 17:00 hours. Patterson summited at around 10:40 hours without oxygen, stayed on summit about 30 minutes, reached C3 at 17:00 hours. Next day all reached ABC. Before this team, there was a French and German on the summit. About 8 people summited on that day. Weather was very good; all the members saw Everest in clear weather. Garduce may come for Everest in the spring. The team returned to KTM on Oct 1 and trying to leave Patterson on Oct 3, Garduce on Oct 4 and Wells on Oct 6. Note: Oxygen used: Garduce and Wells used oxygen from C3 to summit and to C2. Patterson and Sherpas did not use oxygen. Sherpas: Lhakpa Rendu Sherpa from Sotang VDC 6, Solukhumbu Date of Birth: 2024-8-2 18 Nov '67 Phura Dorjee Sherpa, Sotang, VDC 5, Solu Date of Birth: 2023-9-19 3 Jan '68 Cho Oyu (Patterson) South Africa Phillipine Email from Phillipine member I climbed with Lhakpa Rendu, together until summit. We arrived around 10:30 am time Sept 26. Phura climbed up and down with Pete, together.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Filippino on Cho Oyu summit
Agency Arun Treks
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 Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael John Patterson M 1952 S Africa Leader Cape Town, S Africa Retired fruit export company manager Details Other expeditions
Romeo Roberto Garduce M 1968 Philippines Climber Makati, Philippines IT project manager Details Other expeditions
Peter Michael Wells M 1973 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Town planner Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Rangdu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Talakharka, Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Fura Dorje (Phura Dorje) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.