Cho Oyu | 2011 NW side

A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2011 via NW side, led by Robert Smith. Summit reached on 1st October 2011. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7658
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY11313
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Robert Smith
Sponsor Adventure Peaks 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 Denmark, Lithuania
Approach Zangmu->Nyalam->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2011-09-03
Summit Date 2011-10-01
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 28
Total Days 31
Termination Date 2011-10-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 2
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(03/09,4900m),ABC(07/09,5700m),C1(13/09,6400m),C2(23/09,7100m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes Hales, Nichols, Smith, Dorje and Mingma left C2 at 1 am (NST) of 1 Oct. Nichols and Dorje got to the top at 10 am, Hales and Mingma at 11:15 am, and Smith at 11:30 am. The climbers stayed on the summit about 20 minutes. Nichols and Dorje got back to C2 and 3 pm and the rest at 5 pm. Next day 2 Oct the team went down to ABC. They saw prayer flags on the summit and also had a view of Everest. About 30 climbers were on the summit ahead of the Smith team. Weather was very good, clear sky and sunny day. David Woods left the expedition on 20 Sept due to personal reasons and arrived in Kathmandu on 21 Sept. Norgaard reached 7200m on summit day and turned back with stomach problems. Oxygen: C2 to smt to C2 by members and Sherpas. Sherpas: Dorje Khatri, 19/12/68, Lelep-9, Taplejung, Everest X5 Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, 16/5/89, Lelep-7, Taplejung, Everest X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461447
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lloyd Morris Hales M 1951 UK Climber Gisborne, New Zealand Retired test driver Details Other expeditions
Edita Nichols F 1972 Lithuania Climber Lazio, Rome, Italy Consultant, UN World Food Organization Details Other expeditions
Jan Norgaard M 1963 Denmark Climber Lyngby, Denmark Marine machine engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert Kelso Smith M 1971 UK Leader Fort William, Inverness, Scotland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Leslie Woods M 1970 UK Climber South Harrow, London, England Manager (Lufthansa engineer) Details Other expeditions
Dorje Khatri M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gyabu (Mingma David) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Sakathum, Lelep-7, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY11313 - - http://www.adventurepeaks.com/news/item/cho-oyu-expedition-news-27th-aug-2011 - - -
CHOY11313 - - http://intotheblu.wordpress.com/cho-oyu-expedition-2011/ - - -