Cho Oyu | 2006 NW side

A France expedition to Cho Oyu in 2006 via NW side, led by Ludovic Challeat. Summit reached on 1st October 2006. 20 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5533
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY06376
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Ludovic Challeat
Sponsor Alpes Exploration (Expex) 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 Canada
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2006-09-08
Summit Date 2006-10-01
Summit Time 0745
Summit Days 23
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2006-10-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 3
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(08/09,5000m),ABC(11/09,5700m),C1(14/09,6400m),C2(18/09,7100m),C3(30/09,7500m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes Calise, Challeat, Genevois, Maurel, Millet, Monet, Priez, Pemba Sherpa, Lal Singh Tamang and Tibetan Sherpa Tsering left C3 at 05:00 hours (CST) on 1 Oct for summit. Challeat, Maurel, Pemba and Lal Singh Tamang summited at 10:00 hours (07:45 NST), Genevois and Priez summited at 11:00 hours (08:45 NST), and Monet and Tsering (Tibetan) reached summit at 12:00 hours (09:45 NST). The first summiting team stayed on summit 45 minutes, descended to C2 at 15:00 hours. Rest of the members arrived C2 around 16:00 hours. Next day to ABC. Weather was perfect, cold but no wind. All the members saw good view of Everest and surrounding mountains. Ahead of Challet team were Swiss team and American team and many other climbers. On that day may be 50-60 people summited, many of them with oxygen. Calise and Millet turned around from 7600m due to excessive cold. Blazer went up to C2 on 18 Sept and gave up further climb; he was very tired. Charbonnel was exhausted and could not go beyond C1. Cimetta couple climbed up to C3; they were exhausted and gave up climbing. Destot, Hamdjian and Mercadie left ABC on 29 Sept. They were up waiting for weather to improve. They left Kathmandu on 1 Oct. Gallia climbed up to 7400m, was very tired and did not attempt again. Jardret went up to C2, became exhausted then gave up. The team returned to Kathmandu on 5 Oct and will leave on 7 Oct. Sherpa Summiter: Pemba Sherpa, 4/9/71, Hewa, Taksindu-6, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Pemba Sherpa
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

20 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Francois Gallia M 1939 France Climber Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Ain, France Retired bar owner Details Other expeditions
Yves Jean Joseph Blazer M 1950 France Climber Paris, France Hotelier Details Other expeditions
Valerie Calise F 1965 France Climber Moulins, Allier, France Physician Details Other expeditions
Ludovic Paul Nicolas Challeat M 1969 France Leader Le Plateau d'Assy, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Bernard Charbonnel M 1943 France Climber Bellegarde, Loiret, France Retired nursery owner Details Other expeditions
Patrice Cimetta M 1956 France Climber Apremont, Oise, France Manager of an enterprise Details Other expeditions
Patricia Cimetta F 1957 France Climber Apremont, Oise, France Physician Details Other expeditions
Michel Destot M 1946 France Climber Grenoble, Isere, France Mayor and member of parliament Details Other expeditions
Jean-Marc Genevois M 1965 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Stephane Hamdjian M 1970 France Climber Paris, France Buys and sells hotel room bookings Details Other expeditions
Olivier Jardret M 1967 Canada Climber Quebec, Canada Hotel marketing manager Details Other expeditions
Christian Michel Maurel M 1962 France Climber Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France Electrical technician Details Other expeditions
Jean-Louis Mercadie M 1949 France Climber Grenoble, Isere, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alix Millet F 1970 France Climber Paris, France Bank staff member Details Other expeditions
Jean-Philippe Monet M 1964 France Deputy Leader Servoz, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Fabrice Priez M 1967 France Climber St. Quentin, Isere, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lal Singh Tamang M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Tendar (Tenzing Dantar) M 1985 China H-A Worker Tsongdu, Nyalam Dzong, Tibet, China - Details Other expeditions
Tsering Dhondup (Big) M 1982 China H-A Worker Tingri Dzong, Tibet, China - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.