Cho Oyu | 2007 NW side

A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2007 via NW side, led by Adele Pennington. Summit reached on 10th October 2007. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5924
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY07369
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2007
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Adele Pennington
Sponsor Independent on Cho Oyu
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 from Xixabangma BC
Basecamp Date 2007-10-03
Summit Date 2007-10-10
Summit Time 0730
Summit Days 7
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2007-10-12
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
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 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 ABC(03/10,5650m),C1(04/10,6400m),C2(08/10,7150m),C3(09/10,7500m),Smt(10/10)
Route Notes Independent on Cho Oyu: Ms Adele Pennington - 28 March 2008 Ms. Pennington first climbed Xixabangma, then on 2 October left Xixabangma and drove to Cho Oyu. Arrived at ABC on 3 October. On 4 October she reached C1, where she met the Jagged Globe/Summit Nepal Trekking team (on their permit). She asked Sherpas to leave a tent for her at each camp. She returned to ABC on 5 Oct. She paid Sherpas with Alex Abramov (Russian) "lots of money" to carry one oxygen bottle (had left other one at C3). She began her summit push on 7 October, when she returned to C1. On the 8th she climbed to C2 in four hours. On the 9th she reached C3, and on the 10th she went for the summit. She left C3 at about 1:30 am (Chinese time), perhaps an hour after Abramov's team had started up. She had "a little epic when my head torch bulb blew, but managed to put a new one in." She reached the top at about 6:00 am, half an hour or one hour after Abramov's team had gotten there [6:45 am], she thinks. When it was pointed out to her that her times did not jibe with Abramov's times, she said she doesn't pay much attention to the time; these are the best she can do. She met a Sherpa carrying an oxygen bottle for her as he was on his way down with the Abramov party. She carried on to the summit, saw Everest and Lhotse clearly and took some pictures of her teddy bear. In her descent, she caught up with the Abramov team. She dug out the tent at C3, carried her gear down to C2, collected more equipment, and arrived at C1 at 4:30 pm "very tired. Drank a can of beer and went to sleep." On the 11th, she hired two Tibetans to carry her equipment to ABC, where she "enjoyed the hospitality of the Russians." On the 12th, she hired the same Tibetans to accompany her to the road-head at BC. It "seemed like an eternity" getting there. From BC she "got transport and drove to the border." "A great adventure." She had started using oxygen when she left C3 for the summit. She used it to the top and then in her descent from the summit used it intermittently back to C3, where she stopped using it. (She used it only intermittently because she had never used it before and she didn't like it -- it was uncomfortable and obscured her view.)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency None
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459901
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Adele Marie Pennington F 1966 UK Leader Dronfield, Derbyshire, England Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY07369 - - http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/reports_list.html?id=5 - - -