Cho Oyu | 2007 NW side

A USA expedition to Cho Oyu in 2007 via NW side, led by Dick Morse. Summit reached on 29th April 2007. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5608
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY07120
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dick Morse
Sponsor American Cho Oyu Everest 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 -
Approach Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2007-04-07
Summit Date 2007-04-29
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 22
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2007-05-02
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 150
Total Members 4
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
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 Climbed Everest (EVER-071-17) (21 May by Cole, Pemba Rinji Sherpa, Kame Sherpa)
Campsites BC(07/04,5200m),ABC(09/04,5600m),C1(17/04,6400m),C2(21/04,7100m),C3(26/04,7400m),Smt(29/04)
Route Notes Morse and Cole left C3 at 2 am on summit day. They had already spent 3 nights at C3. Gregory was sick and wanted to wait and then weather was bad. Summit day started off clear, but cloudy later. They spent two hours on summit. On descent they had a white-out so they were very slow. Cole got to C3 at 9:30 pm. He could not find fixed ropes on Yellow Band. He went back up again and traversed towards the left and down climbed towards the C3. Morse got lost and tried to biv near Yellow Band. But got too cold and tried to find C3, where he arrived at 1:30 am on 26 April. Next day he saw that his fingers were frostbitten. He descended to C2 where the Japanese team helped him thaw his fingers. Cole descended to C1. On 1 May everybody descended to ABC. They left BC on 2 May. Morse left expedition together with Gregory and went back to Kathmandu. Cole and Fetzer went on to Everest North. Fetzer got to just below the icefall at 6900m on 21 April. He abandoned expedition as he did not acclimatize well. He descended to ABC that day and stayed there for rest of expedition. Gregory got to C3 on 26 April but felt very unwell. He thought he would recover but did not recover. He descended to C1 on 29 April together with Kami Sherpa. Kami Sherpa reached 7600m as he had fixed the ropes.
Accidents Frostbite by Morse (will keep his fingers)
Achievement -
Agency Peak Promotion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID EVER07117
Checksum 2459692
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Rodney William Cole M 1959 USA Climber Fairbanks, Alaska Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Vaughn Fetzer M 1963 USA Climber Fairbanks, Alaska Teacher of literature Details Other expeditions
Paul Gregory M 1969 USA Climber North Pole, Alaska - Details Other expeditions
Richard Paul (Dick) Morse M 1951 USA Leader West Chester, Pennsylvania Retired civil engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.