Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A Colombia expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Camilo Lopez. Summit reached on 1st October 2006. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5529
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY06372
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Colombia
Leaders Camilo Lopez
Sponsor Cho Oyu Autumn 2006
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed True
Countries -
Approach Zangmu->Nyalam->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-09-17
Summit Date 2006-10-01
Summit Time 0745
Summit Days 14
Total Days 17
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 1
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(17/09,5000m),ABC(20/09,5600m),C1(28/09,6400m),C2(29/09,7200m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes Lopez said he left C2 at 00:30 hours (NST) of 1 Oct, reached summit at 07:45 hours, stayed on summit for five minutes (said too many people who are not supposed to be there... did not like to stay any longer), descended to C2, where he had rest for two hours then went down to C1 where he arrived at about 16:00 hours before sunset. Weather was very good calm but cold. Lopez returned to Kathmandu on 5 October and will leave on 8th. Lopez while asking about the altitudes of his camps he said that he was there to climb Cho Oyu and not record its altitude. He told me that he had met Miss Hawley many times and she never asked him such questions. And asked me to respect climbers. The altitudes given in the On Return form are based on Italian climber Svevo Mondino who said that Lopez was with him at C1 and C2 and also went up to C3 almost together. After C3, Mondino did not see Lopez. Lopez did not mention about Mondino at all. Mondino said that when they started from C2, Lopez started vomiting just out side their tent. Mondino said that Lopez was not feeling well because he had vomited several times and he could not eat. In such health condition Mondino thinks it was not possible for Lopez to go to summit. Another Italian climber Sergio Martini said that Lopez started from C2 about an hour before him. Martini while climbing up met Lopez coming down between C2 to C3 and told Martini that he is not going to summit and going down due to vomit and stomach problem. Martini also asked me to check with Mondino who was with Lopez at C2 in the same tent. The expedition doctor Teofredo Esguerra of Filipino expedition said that Lopez consulted with him complaining his vomiting problem and the doctor gave him Meaoclopramide 10mg tablet to take every 6 hours to stop the vomiting. Lopez complained that the medicine did not work. Upon asking Lopez if he is taking any other medicine, he told the doctor that he he been using Cyclomax; then doctor told him that that was the reason the medicine he had given to Lopez did not work. The doctor gave Lopez an injection of Meaoclopramide (1m) on Oct 5. When Lopez told doctor that he had summited Cho Oyu, the doctor asked him how did he manage to descend? Lopez told him that he had taken Dexamethazone 8 mg on the summit for his descent.
Accidents -
Achievement Youngest Colombian to summit Cho Oyu
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459481
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Camilo Lopez M 1979 Colombia Leader Longmont, Colorado Professional climber and photographer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.