Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A Switzerland expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Anjan Truffer. Summit reached on 24th May 2006. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5193
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY06121
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Anjan Truffer
Sponsor Kobler & Partner Ama Dablam and Cho Oyu Expedition 2006
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 Chile
Approach By helicopter to Kodari->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-05-07
Summit Date 2006-05-24
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 17
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2006-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 4
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 Attempted Ama Dablam (AMAD-061-10)
Campsites BC(07/05,4900m),ABC(09/05,5700m),C1(13/05,6400m),C2(22/05,7100m),C3(23/05,7400m),Smt(24/05)
Route Notes Summit team left C3 at 1 pm (Nepali) Weather was calm and clear. Nater and Ping Zho arrived on summit at 7 am (NST). They spent 10 minutes on summit. Good views of Everest. Nater descended to ABC, where she arrived at 3 pm. Ping Zho descended to C2, where he arrived at 1 pm. Remaining summit team arrived on summit at 10:30 am and descended to C2, where they arrived at 5 pm. Truffer and Wongchu Sherpa got sick in the night of 23 May. They both had an upset stomach and vomitted all night. They descended to ABC on 24 May as they were both too sick to climb. They left C3 at 9 am (NST) and arrived at ABC at 3 pm together with Nater. Remaining team descended to ABC on 25 May. Hired summiters: Pemba Sherpa, 4/9/71, Taksindu-5, Everest X4 Pasang Tagqu, Tibetan, 1978, Shigatse, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X2 Ping Zho, Tibetan, 3rd year student in Lhasa Tsering Dondrup, Tibetan, Cho Oyu X3?
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking (Dorje)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459306
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Christian Aquiles Cuq Maggi M 1969 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dierk Maass M 1943 Switzerland Climber Zumikon, Zurich, Switzerland Physician Details Other expeditions
Anne-Christine Nater F 1976 Switzerland Climber Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Anjan Truffer M 1974 Switzerland Leader Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Diego Wellig M 1961 Switzerland Climber Blatten-Belalp, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Phuntsok (Phinzo) M 1987 China H-A Worker Nyingtri Bomi Dzong, Tibet, China Student Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tamang M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tarke (Basang Taqu) M 1978 China H-A Worker Tsongdu, Nyalam Dzong, Tibet, China - Details Other expeditions
Tsering Dhondup (Small) M 1986 China H-A Worker Nyingchi, Mainling Dzong, Tibet, China - Details Other expeditions
Wongchu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.