Cho Oyu | 2009 NW side
A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2009 via NW side, led by Tim Calder. Summit reached on 24th September 2009. 25 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 6634 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | CHOY09344 |
| Peak ID | CHOY |
| Year | 2009 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 2 |
| Route 1 | NW side |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | UK |
| Leaders | Tim Calder |
| Sponsor | Jagged Globe 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 | - |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2009-08-31 |
| Summit Date | 2009-09-24 |
| Summit Time | 0450 |
| Summit Days | 24 |
| Total Days | 57 |
| Termination Date | 2009-10-27 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8188 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 3 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 17 |
| Summit Members | 12 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 8 |
| Summit Hired | 8 |
| 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(31/08,5000m),ABC(04/09,5600m),C1(11/09,6400m),C2(16/09,7100m),C3(21/09,7600m),Smt(24/09) |
| Route Notes | Some climbers made their summit bids directly from C2 and others from C3. Those from C2 left camp at 10:00 pm on the 23rd of September; they were Bailey, Brown, Calder, Chapman, the Finlayson brothers, and eight Sherpas: Ang Dawa, Lila Bahadur Basnet, Mingma Tsiri, Pem Chhiri, Pemba Chhiring, Pemba Tharke, Thundu Sherpa and Tshering Pemba. Calder abandoned his attempt at C3 because of a faulty oxygen system while the rest went to the summit. Bond, Branford, Crooke, Darby, Groves, Murrell, Purdy and Scott set out for the summit from C3 at 11:15 pm of the 23rd. Branford got to the rock band (about 7700m), was very tired and gave up. The others went to the top. The summit was reached on 24 September at various times. The first was Bailey at 4:50 am; the last was Murrell at 7:00 am. Bond summited despite serious breathing problems: he suffered from trachiacast, which meant that his throat filled with phlegm, but he could cough it up, and his breathing rate was irregular. Other non-summiting members: Smith went to ABC on 4 September and slept there, but he was not acclimatizing well and left the expedition on the 6th. Worrall slept in C1 on 11 September, was not acclimatizing well and during the night suffered from irregular breathing. He went down to ABC. He tried to go to C1 on the 15th, but felt worse, and he left the expedition on the 19th. Oxygen was used by all members who left in summit bids, from C2 or C3, whichever they started from, to the summit to C3. The Sherpas used none. Sherpas: Ang Dawa, 22/7/81, Kharikhola, Everest X1 Lila Bahadur Basnet, 31/3/83, Lamabagar-3, Dolakha, Everest X3 Mingma Tsiri, aka Mingma Tshering, 19/7/70, Beding, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X14, etc Pema Chhiri, 16/12/80, Chankhu, Dolakha, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X3 Pema Chhiring, 17/12/83, Beding, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X7, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X1 Pemb Tharke, Lamabagar, Dolakha, 19/5/61, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X1 Thundu Sherpa, 18/2/78, Beding, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X5, Manaslu X1 Tshering Pemba, 22/11/85, Beding, Everest X2, Manaslu X1 |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Summit Nepal Trekking |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2460663 |
| Year | 2009 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | Used |
| Route (lowercase) | nw side |
Members
25 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bailey | M | 1955 | UK | Climber | Penrith, Cumbria, England | Teacher | Details Other expeditions |
| Guy Howard Bond | M | 1956 | UK | Climber | Virginia, Cavan, Ireland | Pilot | Details Other expeditions |
| Derek Branford | M | 1942 | UK | Climber | Edinburgh, Scotland | Retired professor | Details Other expeditions |
| Philip Brown | M | 1973 | UK | Climber | London, England | Software engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Timothy Miles Halcott (Tim) Calder | M | 1967 | UK | Leader | Kathmandu | Staff of British aid mission; expedition & trek leader | Details Other expeditions |
| Andrew Stuart (Andy) Chapman | M | 1968 | UK | Climber | Little Sutton, Cheshire, England | Alpine instructor | Details Other expeditions |
| Jeffrey Crooke | M | 1950 | UK | Climber | Norwich, Norfolk, England | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Chris Darby | M | 1958 | UK | Climber | Chesterton, Oxford, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Fionnlagh Finlayson | M | 1985 | UK | Climber | Edinburgh, Scotland | Graphics design student | Details Other expeditions |
| Ruairidh Burns Finlayson | M | 1983 | UK | Climber | Edinburgh, Scotland | Accountant | Details Other expeditions |
| Christopher Nigel (Chris) Groves | M | 1967 | UK | Deputy Leader | High Peak, Derbyshire, England | Alpine instructor | Details Other expeditions |
| Raymond McCourt | M | 1959 | UK | Climber | Glasgow, Scotland | Director of wealth management company | Details Other expeditions |
| Richard Murrell | M | 1982 | UK | Climber | Wheathampstead, Hertford, England | Building inspector | Details Other expeditions |
| Philip Ian Purdy | M | 1960 | UK | Climber | Hauray, Yorkshire, England | Water-treating equipment buyer | Details Other expeditions |
| Richard Matthew Scott | M | 1969 | UK | Climber | Derbyshire, England | Firefighter | Details Other expeditions |
| Ian Smith | M | 1948 | UK | Climber | Swansea, Wales | Retired map maker | Details Other expeditions |
| Tim Worrall | M | 1955 | UK | Climber | Shipham, Somerset, England | Director of electrical constracting company | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa | M | 1970 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ang Dawa Sherpa | M | 1981 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Kharikhola, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Lila Bahadur Basnet | M | 1983 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Lamabagar-3, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pema Tshering (Pem Chhiri) Sherpa | M | 1980 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Chankhu-6, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pema Chhiring/Chhiri Sherpa | M | 1983 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pema Tharke Sherpa | M | 1961 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Lamabagar, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Thundu Sherpa | M | 1978 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tshering Pemba Sherpa | M | 1985 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Beding, Dolakha | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
1 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOY09344 | - | - | http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/reports_read.html?id=762 | - | - | - |