Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A Norway expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Ivar Hoel. Summit reached on 9th May 2006. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5176
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY06104
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Norway
Leaders Ivar Hoel
Sponsor Norwegian Cho Oyu Spring 2006
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 Lhasa->Xigatse->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-04-07
Summit Date 2006-05-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 32
Total Days 36
Termination Date 2006-05-13
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7400m due to bad snow conditions
High Point (m) 7400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(07/04,4900m),ABC(12/04,5700m),C1(23/04,6414m),C2(08/05,7100m),xxx(09/05,7400m)
Route Notes BC at CBC/IC on 11 April at 5300m at Deposit Camp between ABC C1 on April 17 at 6000m. Hoel and Dag Lovhaug tried to put up C3. On May 9 and left C2 at 01:00 hours (NST), but the snow conditions were bad, so they could not walk properly. There was no balance in their steps. When they reached 7400m, both Hoel and Lovhaug were so exhausted and snow started falling, thus both of them turned around to C2. High point for Flock was C2 (7100m) on May 3; he did not try to continue climbing due to exhaustion. Olav Lovhaug reached up to 6900m; at this point he felt breathing problem so he gave up. The team's experience is that they spent more time carrying load in bad weather conditions which exhausted them and no more energy to carry on the climb. The team returned to Kathmandu on May 14 and will leave the country on May 22; in between they may go to Pokhara/rafting and so on.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459291
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Oyvind Martin Flock M 1976 Norway Climber Sogndal, Norway Social worker Details Other expeditions
Ivar Hoel M 1976 Norway Leader Minnesund, Norway Alpine equipment sales manager Details Other expeditions
Dag Lovhaug M 1973 Norway Climber Jaren, Norway Electrician Details Other expeditions
Olav Lovhaug M 1944 Norway Climber Jaren, Norway Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Geir Arild Olsen M 1968 Norway Climber Arneberg, Norway Rope access worker Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.