Cho Oyu | 2007 NW side

A New Zealand expedition to Cho Oyu in 2007 via NW side, led by Michael Roberts. Summit reached on 2nd October 2007. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5792
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY07343
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2007
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Michael Roberts
Sponsor Adventure Consultants Cho Oyo 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 Australia, Iceland, Ireland, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2007-09-06
Summit Date 2007-10-02
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 26
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2007-10-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
Summit Hired 4
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(06/09,4900m),ABC(09/09,5600m),C1(14/09,6400m),C1.5(19/09,6800m),C2(20/09,7000m),C3(01/10,7400m),Smt(02/10)
Route Notes Adventure Consultants Cho Oyu 2007 - 8 Oct 2007 Made a C1.5 on 19 Sept to halve the climb between C1 and C2 site to make the first day's climb up from ABC easy for the clients. This camp was placed at 6800m, then moved it up to the normal C2 site at 7100m the next day. They came down to ABC to rest on the 21st and then got stuck in ABC in a bad storm. The summit party left ABC for the summit push on the 28th. They occupied C1 on the 28th, stayed there an extra day because of more bad weather, then to C2 on the 30th, and on 1 Oct set up C3. The final push for the top was from C3 at 1:30 am NST. They were eight members and six Sherpas: Cheryl Bart and Nicole Bart, Danyliw, Elrick, Holt, Moffat, Roberts and Svavarsson, plus Mingma Tenzing, Lhakpa Dorje, Nawang Chhangba, Phu Tashi, Sange Dorje and Chuldim. At about 8000m on the shoulder below the summit plateau, Elrick who has only one leg so uses two crutches (no prothesis), at 9:30 am abandoned his summit bid, and the two Sherpas assigned to him, Mingma Tenzing and Lhakpa Dorje turned back with him (they were needed to clip him onto and detach him from the fixed ropes and to short-rope him.) He was a very slow climber -- as seen by the fact that he was at the shoulder an hour and a half after the rest of the party were on the top. The descending summit party met him at the shoulder 9:30 am and turned him around. It was too late for him to reach the top and then return to C2, where there was a supply of more oxygen he could use. He turned out to need more oxygen than expected, so the supply for him at the shoulder was low, and his Sherpas had only one hour's supply left; they needed it descending with a very slow man in the cold weather. He and his Sherpas finally got to C2 at 5:15 pm. He was exhausted. Back in Kathmandu, Elrick said he was "physically exhausted, but the whole experience was fantastic." He was not sure whether he would try again. The rest of the summit party, now seven members and four Sherpas, had reached the summit at 8:00 am. They had a good view of Everest, Lhotse and the Western Cwm, and returned to C2 at 4:00 pm. They wee in ABC the next day, the 3rd. Oxygen: the summit members used it from C2 to the top to C3; Elrick used it from C2 to his high point to C2. The two Sherpas with Elrick used it from C2 to their high point to C3; they needed it with the extremely slow climber. The other Sherpas used none. Two members left early: Krauter left on 14 Sept because he broke his tooth on popcorn. Haydock left on the 15th. He was not strong enough for the climb. Sherpas: Chuldim, 26/11/63, Khumjung, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X5 Lhakpa Dorje, 16/11/61, Sanam, Gudel, Solu, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X3, Makalu & Lhotse X1 Mingma Tenzing, 1967-68 (2024), Pare, Namche-6, Everest 21/5/07 with Guy Cotter Nawang Chhangba, 13/9/69, Khumjung, Cho Oyu X1 Phu Tashi, 17/11/72 (2/8/2020), Pangboche, Everest X7, Cho Oyu X2 Sange Dorje, 14/4/78, Khumjung, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X1
Accidents -
Achievement Mother-daughter ascent
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459893
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Cheryl Sarah Bart F 1959 Australia Climber Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia Business manager Details Other expeditions
Nicole Karina (Nikki) Bart F 1985 Australia Climber Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia Student Details Other expeditions
Roman Danyliw M 1977 USA Climber Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Manager in a security branch of US government Details Other expeditions
William Elrick M 1972 Australia Climber Gymea, NSW, Australia Massage therapist Details Other expeditions
James Peter Haydock M 1961 Ireland Climber Rathichael, Dublin, Ireland Company director Details Other expeditions
Matthew David Holt M 1962 UK Climber Cape Town, S Africa Banker Details Other expeditions
Neil Krauter M 1957 USA Climber New York, New York Insurance broker Details Other expeditions
Steven David Moffat M 1972 New Zealand Deputy Leader Wanaka, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Michael John (Mike) Roberts M 1961 New Zealand Leader Anchorage, Alaska Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Leifur Orn Svavarsson M 1966 Iceland Climber Reykjavik, Iceland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nawang Chhangba (Ngawang Chhongba) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phu Tashi Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sange Dorje Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chuldim (Chuldim Dorje) Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenzing Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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