Cho Oyu | 2013 NW side

A Austria expedition to Cho Oyu in 2013 via NW side, led by Ernst Meschik. Summit reached on 10th May 2013. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7960
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY13104
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Ernst Meschik
Sponsor Austrian Expedition Cho Oyu 2013
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 Germany
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2013-04-26
Summit Date 2013-05-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2013-05-15
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7513m due to bad weather and lack of fixed rope
High Point (m) 7513
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
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(26/04,4921m),ABC(29/04,5750m),C1(04/05,6417m),C2(09/05,7134m),xxx(10-11/05,7513m)
Route Notes The expedition spent a week or so after arriving at ABC acclimatizing on the mountain; going up to higher altitudes, descending to rest, and going higher still and going down to rest. They established their C1 on 4 May and C2 on 9 May. On 10 May, Leitner and Meschik went to the site for C3 at 7513m and pitched a tent there, then returned to C2 for the night. On the 11th the two Austrians and Chuldim Sherpa went to the site to occupy C3; they rested there, but wind was too strong for them to stay; it was blowing at more than 100 km/hr that night. C3's site was the team's high point. They abandoned their attempt to scale Cho Oyu that same day, the 11th. Besides the fierce wind, there was some snowfall, and fog obscured the way ahead. Furthermore, the surface underfoot was hard blue ice, and no rope had been fixed above the Yellow Band. They left the mountain on 15 May. Sherpa: Chuldim Sherpa, 10/9/71, Khumjung, Cho Oyu X7 Note: The team found a body at 6400m just below their C1, which they believed to be that of a Greek climber who, they said, died in his tent 2010 [possibly the German Henning who died in 2011] . It was not a pleasant sight: the body was now exposed and birds were picking at it.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462036
Year 2013
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Engelbert Aspeck M 1970 Austria Climber Voitsberg, Styria, Austria Physician Details Other expeditions
Kai-Uwe Beyl M 1980 Germany Climber Bern, Switzerland Trader Details Other expeditions
Christian Leitner M 1974 Austria Climber St. Johann, Salzburg, Austria Austrian Red Cross manager Details Other expeditions
Josef Loipold M 1964 Austria Climber Piesendorf, Salzburg, Austria Forester Details Other expeditions
Ernst Meschik M 1960 Austria Leader Maria Alm, Salzburg, Austria Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Beate Seeboeck F 1966 Austria Climber Salzburg, Austria Nurse Details Other expeditions
Chuldim Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.