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
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