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.