Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side
A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Mike Grocott. Summit reached on 2nd October 2006. 25 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 5523 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | CHOY06366 |
| Peak ID | CHOY |
| Year | 2006 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 2 |
| Route 1 | NW side |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | UK |
| Leaders | Mike Grocott |
| Sponsor | Xtreme Cho Oyu Expedition |
| 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 | Ireland, Netherlands |
| Approach | Lhasa->Xigatse->Tingri->BC |
| Basecamp Date | 2006-09-03 |
| Summit Date | 2006-10-02 |
| Summit Time | 0700 |
| Summit Days | 29 |
| Total Days | 31 |
| Termination Date | 2006-10-04 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8188 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 3 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 400 |
| Total Members | 19 |
| Summit Members | 9 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 9 |
| Summit Hired | 6 |
| 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 | - |
| Campsites | BC(03/09,4900m),ABC(11/09,5700m),C1(18/09,6300m),C2(19/09,7150m),C3(01/10,7420m),Smt(02/10) |
| Route Notes | BC at CB/IC on 10th at 5300m. Doyle, Levett, Martin, Morgan, Pasang Tenzing and Phura Gyalzen Sherpa left C2 at 23:00 hours/NST on 1 Oct. Morgan, Pasang Tenzing and Phura Gyalzen Sherpa reached to the summit at 06:00 hours on 2 Oct followed by Doyle and Martin at 07:00 hours. The other members Dhillon, Grocott, Gunning, Khosravi, Montogomery, Imray, Pema Chhiring, Nima Gombu, Dawa Tenzing and Thundu left C3 at 01:50 hours on 2 Oct summited between 07:00-07:30 hours. Morgan stayed on summit about two and half hours, Grocott about two hours and rest of the members an hour and half doing their research. Pasang Tenzing took blood samples to C1. All the people on the summit at that time among them were Kenton Cool and his team, Japanese, Chinese medical team. There were more people behind the Grocott team. Weather was clear but cold and windy. The summiters had good view of Everest. Grocott said there were many prayer flags on the summit. Cox left ABC on 20 Sept because his wife is pregnant. He went up to C1. Probably he left Nepal on 22nd. Kolfschoten climbed up to C3 on 2 Oct. She was exhausted and waited for other members at C3. She descended with other members returning from the summit to C1. Levett and Van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken (Christoffer) went up to C2 on 2 Oct; they rescued down to C1 a member of Chinese medical team who fell down about 150m from rock band. Luery stayed at ABC as planned and left on 9 Sept. Mackenney climbed up to C1. He did not like going up. He returned to ABC and stayed there. Mitchell went up to the 6900m on 30 Sept became exhausted and gave up further climbing. Stroud and Wilson went up to the 6900m on 19 Sept became exhausted and gave up further climbing. Van Hoogenhouch-Tulleken (Alexander) reached up to to the top of the ice cliff on 19th and got altitude effect then descended to C1. The expedition team returned to Kathmandu on 5 Oct and most of them will leave on 7 Oct and leader on 14 Oct. Oxygen used: Doyle, Levett, Martin, Morgan used oxygen from C2 to summit and to C3. Other members used from C3 to summit back to C3. Sherpas did not use oxygen. |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Summit Nepal Trekking |
| 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 | Used |
| Route (lowercase) | nw side |
Members
25 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Cox | M | 1966 | UK | Climber | East Finchley, London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Sundeep Dhillon | M | 1970 | UK | Climber | Wimbledon, London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Patrick Doyle | M | 1964 | Ireland | Climber | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Michael Patrick William (Mike) Grocott | M | 1966 | UK | Leader | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Paul Malcolm Gunning | M | 1965 | UK | Climber | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Christopher H. E. Imray | M | 1959 | UK | Climber | Coventry, England | Surgeon | Details Other expeditions |
| Maryam Khosravi | F | 1984 | UK | Climber | London, England | Medical student | Details Other expeditions |
| Nicoline Kolfschoten | F | 1982 | Netherlands | Climber | Utrecht, Netherlands | Medical student | Details Other expeditions |
| Denny Levett | F | 1971 | UK | Exp Doctor | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Helen Luery | F | 1980 | UK | Climber | London, England | Exercise expert | Details Other expeditions |
| Andrew John (Mac) MacKenney | M | 1966 | UK | Climber | Axminster, Devon, England | Expedition manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Daniel Stuart (Dan) Martin | M | 1973 | UK | Climber | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Kay Mitchell | F | 1966 | UK | Climber | London, England | Nurse | Details Other expeditions |
| Hugh Edward Montgomery | M | 1962 | UK | Climber | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Jonathan Morgan | M | 1967 | UK | Climber | Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France | Physician & alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Mike Stroud | M | 1955 | UK | Climber | Langley, Hertford, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Alexander Van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken | M | 1978 | UK | Climber | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Christoffer Van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken | M | 1978 | UK | Climber | London, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Mark Wilson | M | 1974 | UK | Climber | London, England | Surgeon | Details Other expeditions |
| Pema Chhiring/Chhiri Sherpa | M | 1983 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nima Gombu (Gombu) Sherpa | M | 1969 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dawa Tenzin (Dawa Tenji) Sherpa | M | 1975 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Thundu Sherpa | M | 1978 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Tenzing Sherpa | M | 1984 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Phura Gyalzen (Phurba Gyalzen) Sherpa | M | 1984 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Pangkoma, Jubing-9, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
0 recorded references.