Cho Oyu | 2011 NW side

A USA expedition to Cho Oyu in 2011 via NW side, led by Mike Hamill. Summit reached on 12th October 2011. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7734
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY11328
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Mike Hamill
Sponsor -
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 Canada
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-10-08
Summit Date 2011-10-12
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 4
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2011-10-14
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Xixabangma
Campsites ABC(08/10,5700m),C1(10/10,6400m),C2(11/10,7100m),Smt(12/10)
Route Notes Eric Simonsom (email) - 22 Nov 2012 Hamill and Shishapangma team summit bid schedule: Sep 29 Camp 1 Sep 30 Camp 1 Oct 1 Camp 2 Oct 2 Camp 2 Oct 3 Camp 3 Oct 4 Summit (Central Peak) and back to C3 Oct 5 Base Camp Oct 6 Depart Oct 7 Sherpas and members to Zhangmu, Mike Hamill, Al Hancock, Vanessa O'Brien to Tingri. Oct 8 Sherpas and members to Kathmandu, Mike Al and Vanessa to Cho Oyu ABC Oct 9 ABC Oct 10 Camp 1 Oct 11 Camp 2 Oct 12 Summit and back to ABC Oct 13 Pack up Oct 14 Depart Oct 15 Kathmandu Oxygen: all of the western climbers used oxygen from high camp on both Cho Oyu and Shishapangma Camps: the normal camps on Shishapangma and Cho Oyu were used. From IMG web site: Congrats to IMG Leader Mike Hamill, Vanessa, Al, Danuru, and Karma Rita for a successful Cho Oyu climb. They are the last team on the hill, literally, as all other expeditions have now departed the mountain. Mike said the climbers were super strong and acclimatized after previously climbing Shishapangma, and they decided to start from Camp 2, since the weather was looking good. In fact, Mike said the conditions were excellent, the best of any of his five Cho Oyu summits. They left Camp 2 at about 1 am and reached the top a little before 8 am, and were back to Camp 2 by 10 am, which is a really fast time. After brewing up at Camp 2 and having a good rest, they continued their descent, and have now made it all the way down to ABC! On the way down the group managed to get all the Camp 2 gear down to Camp 1.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Beyul Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461458
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Aaron Hamill M 1977 USA Leader Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Adolphus Gordon (Al) Hancock M 1959 Canada Climber Fort McMurray, Alberta Maintenance supervisor Details Other expeditions
Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien F 1964 USA Climber London, England Financial services manager Details Other expeditions
Karma Rita Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.