Cho Oyu | 2011 NW side
A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2011 via NW side, led by Thomas Merkel. Summit reached on 30th September 2011. 16 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 7424 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | CHOY11322 |
| Peak ID | CHOY |
| Year | 2011 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 2 |
| Route 1 | NW side |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Leaders | Thomas Merkel |
| Sponsor | Amical Alpin Cho Oyu Expedition 2011 |
| 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 | Austria, Italy |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2011-09-03 |
| Summit Date | 2011-09-30 |
| Summit Time | - |
| Summit Days | 27 |
| Total Days | 31 |
| Termination Date | 2011-10-04 |
| Termination Reason | 4 |
| Termination Notes | Abandoned at 7000m due to cold and wind |
| High Point (m) | 7700 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 0 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 13 |
| Summit Members | 0 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 3 |
| Summit Hired | 0 |
| Hired Deaths | 0 |
| No Hired | False |
| O2 Used | False |
| O2 None | True |
| O2 Climb | False |
| O2 Descent | False |
| O2 Sleep | False |
| O2 Medical | False |
| O2 Taken | True |
| O2 Unknown | False |
| Other Summits | - |
| Campsites | CBC(03/09,5000m),ABC(05/09,5990m),C1(11/09,6400m),C2(16/09,7130m),C3(29/09,7550m),xxx(30/09,7700m) |
| Route Notes | On their summit attempt, the team left C3 at 3:30 am (NST). It was very cold and very windy. When they reached 7700m, Merkel decided to turn the group around due to extremely high winds and cold. They descended all the way to ABC, where they arrived late in the afternoon. The following day they stayed at ABC and on 2 Oct they descended to BC. 7700m reached by Bauer, Burchard, Gruber, Paul Hennig, Thomas Hennig, Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Maderebner, Merkel, Reis, Rocci Denis, Schmid, Stein, Worbs, Chuldim, Pasang Tendi, Jangbu at 5 am. No rope fixed by Merkel's team. No accidents or injuries. Sherpas: Chuldim, Khumjung, Khumbu, 10/9/71 Pasang Tendi, Kharikhola, Solukhumbu, 25/11/1974 |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Thamserku Trekking |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2461446 |
| Year | 2011 |
| Summit Success | False |
| O2 Summary | None |
| Route (lowercase) | nw side |
Members
16 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Bauer | F | 1967 | Austria | Climber | Moedling, Lower Austria, Austria | Self-employed | Details Other expeditions |
| Cord Heinrich Burchard | M | 1983 | Germany | Climber | Isernhagen, Lower Saxony, Germany | Student | Details Other expeditions |
| Georg Gruber | M | 1982 | Germany | Climber | Ruhpolding, Bavaria, Germany | Assistant | Details Other expeditions |
| Thomas Hennig | M | 1961 | Germany | Climber | Belgershain, Saxony, Germany | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Paul Hennig | M | 1988 | Germany | Climber | Belgershain, Saxony, Germany | Student | Details Other expeditions |
| Manfred Kellerer-Pirklbauer | M | 1974 | Austria | Climber | Freistadt, Upper Austria, Austria | Pensionist | Details Other expeditions |
| Thomas Maderebner | M | 1981 | Austria | Climber | Grobming, Styria, Austria | Restorer | Details Other expeditions |
| Thomas Karl Merkel | M | 1964 | Germany | Leader | Erfweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Peter Worbs | M | 1980 | Germany | Climber | Taufkirchen (Vils), Bavaria, Germany | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Erich Walter Reis | M | 1953 | Germany | Climber | Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | Teacher | Details Other expeditions |
| Sara Rocci Denis | M | 1975 | Italy | Climber | Garching, Bavaria, Germany | Research engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Klaus Schmid | M | 1974 | Germany | Climber | Neufahrn, Bavaria, Germany | Physicist | Details Other expeditions |
| Dieter Stein | M | 1960 | Germany | Climber | Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | Insurance salesman | Details Other expeditions |
| Chuldim Sherpa | M | 1971 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Khumjung, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Jangbu Sherpa | M | 1979 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Kharikhola, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Tendi Sherpa | M | 1974 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Kharikhola, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
1 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOY11322 | - | - | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPoMChWksks | - | - | - |