Cho Oyu | 2011 NW side

A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2011 via NW side, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 3rd October 2011. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7344
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY11302
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor SummitClimb Cho Oyu Expedition 2011
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 Brazil, Ireland, Netherlands, S Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-09-07
Summit Date 2011-10-03
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 26
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2011-10-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
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(07/09,4900m),ABC(10/09,5650m),C1(16/09,6400m),C2(20/09,7100m),C3(02/10,7450m),Smt(03/10)
Route Notes All summiters went to the top on the same day, 3 October. They left C3 at 1:00 am NST on the 3rd, but they reached the top at different times: Coster and Maybank with Jangbu at 7:00 am; Jaeggi and Lhakpa Gelu at 7:30 am; Savage and Da Jangbu at 8:00 am; and Jolis and Lieberberg with Tenji at 9:00 am. All returned to C2 for the night between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. Non-summiting members: Dos Anjos never reached BC; he turned back at Nyalam on the way to BC because he wanted to rejoin his family. Nerve and Robson climbed to C2 on 27 September. Then a snowstorm with very high winds hit the mountain, and they did not want to wait for improved weather, so they left the expedition on the 29th or 30th. Oxygen: Jolis, Lieberberg and Sherpas used none at all. All other members who reached C3 used it from C3 to the summit and down to C2. Sherpas: Da Jangbu/Dawa Jangbu Sherpa, 4/6/79, Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X1, Lhotse X1 Jangbu Sherpa, 22/8/81, Kharikhola, Solu, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X4 Lhakpa Gelu/Gelbu Sherpa, 13/4/77, Thumduk, Beni, Solu, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X6, Lhotse X1 Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa, 1/6/82, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Everest X6
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461449
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Kathmandu Mechanical engineer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Bruno Dos Anjos M 1976 Brazil Climber Brasilia, Brazil Inspector for environment agency Details Other expeditions
Urs Walter Jaeggi M 1963 Switzerland Climber Uetikon am See, Zurich, Switzerland Airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Vicenc Jolis M 1976 Spain Climber Masies Voctrego, Osona, Spain Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Paul Heinrich Liebenberg M 1974 S Africa Climber Thursday Island, QLD, Australia Physician Details Other expeditions
Richard Thomas Maybank M 1977 UK Climber Billericay, Essex, England Contractor Details Other expeditions
Ola Magnus Nerve M 1972 Sweden Climber Chiba, Japan Marketing consultant Details Other expeditions
James Robson M 1973 UK Climber London, England Director of restaurant and bars business Details Other expeditions
Fergal Savage M 1972 Ireland Climber Middleton, Cork, Ireland Monitors factory process operations Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelu (Lhakpa Gelbu) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thumduk, Beni, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu (Da Jangbu) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.