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 - - -