Cho Oyu | 2009 NW side

A Belgium expedition to Cho Oyu in 2009 via NW side, led by Bart Menu. Summit reached on 1st October 2009. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6636
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY09346
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Bart Menu
Sponsor -
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Zhangmu->Nyalam->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2009-09-10
Summit Date 2009-10-01
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2009-10-05
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7700m due to bad weather, strong wind and snowfall and lack of time
High Point (m) 7700
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/09,4600m),ABC(12/09,5600m),C1(18/09,6400m),C2(25/09,7000m),C3(01/10,7500m),xxx(01/10,7700m)
Route Notes BC at CBC/midcamp on 11 September at 5600m. Artinopoulos and Segers left C3 at 00:30 hours NST on 1 Oct for their summit bid. When they reached 7700m at about 2 am, wind started picking up and also started snowfall. They turned around to C3 slept there. Next day 2 Oct they descended to ABC. The team of two climbers returned to Kathmandu on 6 Oct and to leave on 11 Oct along with the leader because the Chinese border authority found in his luggage objectionable matter [and thus was denied entry to Tibet]. Remaining two members chose no leader between them.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460670
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Dimitri Artinopoulos M 1966 Belgium Climber Overijse, Belgium Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Dieter Segers M 1973 Belgium Climber Bertem, Belgium Runs an air cargo handling business Details Other expeditions
Bart Fernand Jozef Menu M 1965 Belgium Leader Overijse, Belgium Firefighter (paramedic) Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.