Cho Oyu | 2013 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2013 via NW side, led by Dominik Mueller. Summit reached on 2nd October 2013. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8204
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY13305
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2013
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Dominik Mueller
Sponsor Amical Alpin Cho Oyu Expedition 2013
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 Austria, Spain
Approach Kodari->Nyalam->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2013-09-07
Summit Date 2013-10-02
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 25
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2013-10-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 2
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(07/09,5000m),ABC(10/09,5702m),C1(14/09,6400m),C2(20/09,7027m),C3(01/10,7500m),Smt(02/10)
Route Notes BC 07 Sep 5000m ABC 10 Sep 5702m C1 14 Sep 6400m C2 20 Sep 7027m C3 01 Oct 7500m Smt 02 Oct by Mueller, Chuldim Sherpa at 7 am; Laengerer, Pema at 11 am; Schmuck, Pema (again) at 12.30 pm; Eckhart Gerhard, Rech at 1 pm Summit team, Andreas Eckhart and Villarroel left C3 at 1 am. Villarroel turned back after about 20 minutes as he was feeling weak. He had not eaten for 3 days and felt dizzy. Straightforward climb. Mueller spent about 3 hours on the summit to wait for the others. However, as nobody came he got too cold and started descending. Lanegerer summited with Pema and on their way down, they bumped into Schmuck, who was on his own. Pema went back to the summit with Schmuck and summited again. Mueller bumped into Gerhard and Andreas Eckhart at about 11 am and told them it was getting a bit late. At about 1 pm Andreas Eckhart decided to turn back at about 8100m as he was too tired. He did not say anything about cold fingers and toes. When Schmuck was on his way down, he bumped into Andreas Eckhart and descended with him; Schmuck had lost his figure of eight at this point and did not want to be on his own. Rech, Gerhard Eckhart and Laengerer overtook them at one point and descended to C3. Apart from Andreas Eckhart and Schmuck, everyone was back at C3 at about 6 pm. At about 8:30 pm, Schmuck and Andreas Eckhart, who had been fine up until then, called C3 by radio to tell them that they were in trouble. Their headlamps had run out of batteries and they had trouble abseiling. Andreas Eckhart had also lost one of his gloves. Chuldim went up for about 100m to rescue them. He used the emergency oxygen to go up and arrived there at 9 pm. He gave Andreas Eckhart oxygen and dragged him down to C3. Schmuck was able to descend himself. At about 10 pm everybody was at C3. During the night, Andreas Eckhart's fingers turned blue and it was clear that he got frostbite. At 8 am on 3 Oct, the team left C3 (Andreas Eckhart was using oxygen and had trouble with his hands and needed support) and descended to C1. Schmuck and Laengerer descended directly to BC, where they arrived 6:30 pm. Schmuck, who had played the trumpet on the summit, noticed that he had slight frostbite on three fingers on the left hand. Mueller and Gerhard and Andreas Eckhart were together, and arrived at C1 at about 6 pm. After about half an hour, Mueller ascended again to get Rech and Villarroel. They arrived at C1 at about 9 pm. On 4 Oct, Andreas Eckhart woke up at C1 with serious frostbite on all 10 fingers and toes and was snowblind. He had run out of oxygen during the night. Mueller radioed Pema to come up with oxygen, drinks and food and to help bring Andreas Eckhart down. The team left C1 at about 9 am and met Pemba at about 6100m. On the bottom of the killer slope, 20 Tibetans, who had been hired by Chuldim, arrived and carried Andreas Eckhart to ABC. On 5 Oct, the 20 Tibetans dragged Andreas Eckhart down to the roadhead, from where Gerhard and Andreas Eckhart, Schmuck and Villarroel took the first jeep to Zangmu, where they spent the night. The arrived in Kathmandu on 6 Oct. Rech, Lanegerer and Mueller stayed at ABC until 6 Oct and arrived back in Kathmandu on 7 Oct. Schmuck and Andreas Eckhart immediately went to the Vayodha hospital, where both patients stayed the night. Schmuck left Kathmandu on 7 Oct (his fingers will be fine). Andreas Eckhart spent three nights in hospital and left Kathmandu together with Gerhard on 9 Oct. Oxygen: Medical oxygen taken and used by Chuldim Sherpa from C3 to Yellow Band; by Andreas Eckhart on the descent from Yellow Band (7650m) to ABC. Sherpas: Chuldim Sherpa, Khumjung, Khumbu, 10/09/1971 Pema Nuru, Paiya, Jubing, Solukhumbu, 27/01/1975
Accidents Frostbite on all 10 fingers and 10 toes by Andreas Eckhart; on 3 fingers on right hand by Schmuck
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462181
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andreas Eckhart M 1974 Austria Climber Prutz, Tirol, Austria Software development manager Details Other expeditions
Gerhard Eckhart M 1980 Austria Climber Prutz, Tirol, Austria Software project manager Details Other expeditions
Vitus Daniel Laengerer M 1968 Germany Climber Sonthofen, Bavaria, Germany Engineer & IT manager Details Other expeditions
Dominik Michael Mueller M 1971 Austria Leader Riezlern, Mittelberg, Austria Alpine guide & expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Andre Rech M 1958 Germany Climber Schechen, Bavaria, Germany Architect Details Other expeditions
Johann Schmuck M 1976 Germany Climber Grassau, Bavaria, Germany Musician Details Other expeditions
Victor Villarroel M 1968 Spain Climber Neuss, NRW, Germany Office clerk for insurance company Details Other expeditions
Chuldim Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pema Nuru Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Paiya, Jubing-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.