Cho Oyu | 2009 NW side

A Norway expedition to Cho Oyu in 2009 via NW side, led by Haavard Gjerdset. Summit reached on 29th September 2009. 19 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6612
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY09322
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Norway
Leaders Haavard Gjerdset
Sponsor Cho Oyu Expedition 2009
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 Denmark
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-09-10
Summit Date 2009-09-29
Summit Time 0645
Summit Days 19
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2009-10-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 5
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(10/09,5000m),ABC(12/09,5700m),C1(16/09,6400m),C2(21/09,7100m),C3(28/09,7900m),Smt(29/09)
Route Notes Summit team left C3 at midnight. Weather clear and calm. Straightforward climb. Good views from the summit: they saw Everest. Team spent half an hour on the summit. Gjerdset, Rosenstrom, Saeboe, Sandbakk descended to ABC, where they arrived at 4 pm. Rest of the summit team descended to C2, where they arrived at 2 pm. On 30 Sept all members to ABC. Havard Buset and his wife Kari Buset reached 6000m (just below the killer slope) on 16 Sept. Neither of them was feeling well (Havard had a bad cough and Kari had stomach problems). They left ABC on 20 Sept. Falck-Pedersen only reached interim camp at 5300m on 11 Sept. He had a bad cough and was worried that it could be pulmonary edema. He stayed one night at interim camp and felt so bad that a truck had to take him down to BC. He waited there for another three days, but his condition did not improve. He left BC 14 Sept. Hexeberg reached C2 on 21 Sept on the acclimatization trip. She spent the night and went back to ABC. On the summit push she reached C1, but got bad asthma, so she descended to ABC and abandoned the expedition. Myhre reached 6600m (just below the ice cliff) on 21 Sept. He had the felling that he was not strong enough for the mountain and descended to ABC on the same day. He left ABC on 25 Sept. Thorn reached C2 on 21 Sept on the acclimatization trip. He spent the night and went back to ABC. On the summit push he reached C1, but felt weak and descended to ABC and abandoned expedition. Tommeraas reached C1 at 16 Sept. She spent a night there. She felt not strong enough to carry on climbing and abandoned the expedition. She stayed at ABC for the rest of the expedition. Oxygen: All members C3 to summit to C3 Sherpas no oxygen Sherpas: Jangbu Sherpa, Namche, 23/08/1973, Brother of Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa of the Namche Museum Ang (Kami) Chhiring Sherpa, Pangboche, 1962, Everest X9, Cho Oyu X6 Nuru Wangchu, Pangboche, 18/8/1977, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X2 Gyaluk Sherpa, Patle, Okhaldhunga, 1975, Everest X3 Kancha Nuru, Pangboche, 5/12/87, Everest 2009
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Peaks of Nepal
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460668
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

19 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Havard Buset M 1948 Norway Climber Molde, Norway Surveyor Details Other expeditions
Kari Buset F 1951 Norway Climber Molde, Norway Surveyor Details Other expeditions
Christian Falck-Pedersen M 1953 Norway Climber Nejoya, Norway Real estate company chairman Details Other expeditions
Haavard Gjerdset M 1965 Norway Leader Bergen, Norway Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Siv Eli Harstad F 1971 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway IT managing consultant Details Other expeditions
Rita Irene Hexeberg F 1961 Norway Climber Nesbru, Norway Visual merchandiser Details Other expeditions
Lars Myhre Age M 1958 Norway Climber Savag, Norway Executive of real estate company Details Other expeditions
Birgitte Nohr Frost F 1976 Denmark Climber Copenhagen, Denmark Student Details Other expeditions
Petter Oppegaard M 1954 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Attorney Details Other expeditions
Erling Thompson Rosenstrom M 1980 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Medical student & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Odd Tokle Saeboe M 1988 Norway Climber Jorden, Norway Alpine instructor and mountain guide Details Other expeditions
Frank-Jakob Sandbakk M 1979 Norway Climber Stryn, Norway Dentist Details Other expeditions
Espen Thorn M 1951 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Birgitte Tommeraas F 1980 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Events manager Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Tshering (Ang Chhiring) Sherpa M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nuru Wangchu Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kancha Nuru Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gyaluk (Gyalu Lama) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.