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
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.