Cho Oyu | 2011 NW side

A Spain expedition to Cho Oyu in 2011 via NW side, led by Jordi Tosas. Summit reached on 1st October 2011. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7646
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY11341
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Jordi Tosas
Sponsor Aragon Aventura Cho Oyu 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-09-11
Summit Date 2011-10-01
Summit Time -
Summit Days 20
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8000m due to bad conditions and client exhaustion
High Point (m) 8000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(11/09,4900m),ABC(14/09,5700m),C1(18/09,6400m),C2(23/09,7100m),xxx(01/10,8000m)
Route Notes Group A (guided): Bermejo, Melowny Perez, Ruiz, Tosas (guide) Group B (independent): Gallego, Quintana Group A: Melowny Perez left 27 Sept due to psychological issues (had enough) and went home. Bermejo, Ruiz, Tosas and Rinji went for summit push on 29 Sept to C1; to C2 on 30 Sept. 30th night at 10 pm tried for the summit. Ruiz felt bad due to ulcer and returned to ABC. The rest continued for summit push. At 7900m, Bermejo was very tired, so group decided to descend to C2. No problem with health, only tired. Slept a little at C2, then down to ABC at 6 pm. Group B: Gallego and Quintana went for summit push on 30 Sept, stayed at C2. Night of Oct 1 were to leave for summit push, so spent an extra night at C2. Left from C2 about 11 pm. On Oct 2, Jordi can see them with binoculars from ABC at 3-4 pm at 8000m above Yellow Band. They decided to turn back just above the plateau after 17 hours out. No oxygen, no Sherpas, no radio. But Jordi sees them turn back. Gallego descends faster and loses Quintana (Pepe); nobody sees him. Gallego estimates arriving back at C2 about 6-7 pm, judging by angle of sun, so not entirely sure.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461447
Year 2011
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jose Maria Bermejo M 1960 Spain Climber Pedrezvela, Madrid, Spain Manager (destruction of documents company) Details Other expeditions
Santiago Gallego M 1958 Spain Climber Burgos, Spain Electrician Details Other expeditions
Felix Molowny Perez M 1969 Spain Climber Tenerife, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Jose Luis (Pepe) Quintana M 1947 Spain Climber Burgos, Spain Professor, instructor for apprentice electricians Details Other expeditions
Valentin Ruiz M 1961 Spain Climber Madrid, Spain Government official Details Other expeditions
Jordi Tosas Robert M 1968 Spain Leader Benasque, Huesca, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Rinji Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY11341 - - http://www.lavanguardia.com/sucesos/20111007/54227803932/rescatado-un-alpinista-de-64-anos-en-el-cho-oyu.html - - -
CHOY11341 - - http://aaj.americanalpineclub.org/2012/05/tibet-cho-oyu-point-7570m-northwest-face-nil-by-jordi-tosas/ - - -