Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A Spain expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Javier Sanchez Gutierrez. Summit reached on 2nd October 2006. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5393
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY06327
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Javier Sanchez Gutierrez
Sponsor Team Malaga to 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 -
Approach Zangmu->Nyalam->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-09-06
Summit Date 2006-10-02
Summit Time 0955
Summit Days 26
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2006-10-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 1
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(06/09,4900m),ABC(08/09,5700m),C1(14/09,6400m),C2(20/09,7150m),Smt(02/10)
Route Notes Sanchez Gutierrez left C2 at 11 pm on 1 Oct. Weather was calm and clear. He spent 10 minutes on top. He descended to C2, where he arrived at 2 pm. On 3 Oct he descended to ABC. Lopez reached 6800m on 20 Sept. He turned back at 4 pm because he was going to slow and it was getting late. He descended to C1 where he arrived at 5 pm. He stayed 2 nights at C1. Merchan reached C2 on 20 Sept and stayed the night. The next day he and Sanchez descended to C1 and all members descended to ABC on 22 Sept. Merchan felt ill when Sanchez left for summit push so he decided to stay at ABC. He felt very dizzy, probably problems with his ear.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Bochi Bochi Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459482
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jose Lopez Rubio M 1956 Spain Climber Malaga, Malaga, Spain Economics professor Details Other expeditions
Rafael Merchan Cotos M 1958 Spain Climber Malaga, Malaga, Spain Electrician Details Other expeditions
Francisco Javier Sanchez Gutierrez M 1962 Spain Leader Cajar, Granada, Spain Engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.