Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A Romania expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Alex Gavan, Sergiu Matei. Summit reached on 2nd October 2006. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	5400
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	CHOY06334
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2006
Season	3
Host Country	2
Route 1	NW side
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Romania
Leaders	Alex Gavan, Sergiu Matei
Sponsor	Cloud Climbing 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	-
Approach	Kodari->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date	2006-09-05
Summit Date	2006-10-02
Summit Time	1730
Summit Days	27
Total Days	29
Termination Date	2006-10-04
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8188
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	2
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	2
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(05/09,5000m),ABC(09/09,5700m),C1(14/09,6400m),C2(20/09,7200m),Smt(02/10)
Route Notes	BC at CBC/IC on 08 at about 5300m. Gavan left C2 at 01:30 hours on Oct 2, reached summit around 17:30 hours, stayed on summit maximum 20 minutes, descended to C2 around 22:00 hours. Next day to ABC. After Gavan reached summit about 10 minutes later one climber came to summit (maybe from Poland, not sure). While ascending Gavan met many people above the rock band descending. Weather was very nice, got very nice view of Everest on the summit. Gavan saw many prayer flags and one oxygen cyclinder. Matei reached up to 6800m on Sept 25 and suffered from pulmonary edema and turned around to C1 and to ABC. The expedition returned to Kathmandu on Oct 5 and will leave on Oct 13.
Accidents	Matei suffered from pulmonary edema
Achievement	-
Agency	Monterosa 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

Field	Value
ID	40613
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY06334
Member ID	01
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2006
Season	3
First Name	Alexandru Costin (Alex)
Last Name	Gavan
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1982
Calculated Age	24
Citizenship	Romania
Status	Co-Leader
Residence	Bucharest & Cepari, Romania
Occupation	Freelance Photographer
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	2006-10-02
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2443001
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	alexandru costin (alex) gavan
Year of Birth	1982
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	24
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	40614
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY06334
Member ID	02
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	2006
Season	3
First Name	Sergiu
Last Name	Matei
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1977
Calculated Age	28
Citizenship	Romania
Status	Co-Leader
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Occupation	Photographer
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6800
Summit Date 1	2006-09-25
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1730
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	True
Injury Date	2006-09-25
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	1
Injury Height (m)	6800
Death Notes	Pulmonary edema
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	6
HCN	0
Checksum	2441400
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sergiu matei
Year of Birth	1977
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Leader

2 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Alexandru Costin (Alex) Gavan	M	1982	Romania	Co-Leader	Bucharest & Cepari, Romania	Freelance Photographer	Details Other expeditions
Sergiu Matei	M	1977	Romania	Co-Leader	Bucharest, Romania	Photographer	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.