Cho Oyu | 2013 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2013 via NW side, led by Stephan Keck. Summit reached on 1st October 2013. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8208
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY13309
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2013
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Stephan Keck
Sponsor Kobler & Partner 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
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->CBC
Basecamp Date 2013-09-07
Summit Date 2013-10-01
Summit Time 0915
Summit Days 24
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2013-10-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 7
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 2
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(07/09,5000m),ABC(09/09,5700m),C1(12/09,6350m),C2(19/09,7050m),C3(30/09,7450m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes BC 07 Sep 5000m ABC 09 Sep 5700m C1 12 Sep 6350m C2 19 Sep 7050m C3 30 Sep 7450m Smt 01 Oct by Reichart and Kusang Tenzing at 9:15 am, Sander and Ngima Chhiring at 9:30 am, Keck and Renner at 9:45 am, Birnbauer, Grade and Ngima Chhiring (again) at 1 pm (NST). Summit team left C3 at 1 am Nepali time. The weather was clear, but surrounding mountains were in clouds. Straightforward climb. The first team stayed about one hour on the summit. On their way down, the first team bumped into Birnbraeuer and Grade, who were still on their way up at about 11 am. Ngima Chhiring turned around and went back to the summit with them, thus Ngima Chhiring summited twice in one day. Everybody, apart from Grade and Keck, descended to C2, where they arrived at about 6 pm. Grade descended to C3, where he arrived at 6 pm; Keck descended to ABC, where he arrived at 1 am on 2 Oct. Ehrlicher reached C2 on 19 Sept during the acclimatization rotation. On 29 Sept he abandoned the climb at about 6700m due to a bad headache. On 2 Oct everybody was back at ABC at about 3 pm. Sherpas: Ngima Chhiring Lama, Taplejung, 15/8/73 Kusang Tenzing, Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung, 16/5/86
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Active Holiday Nepal Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462180
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Holger Franz Ludwig Birnbraeuer M 1973 Germany Climber Pfalzgrafenweiler, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Teacher Details Other expeditions
Volker Roberto Ehrlicher M 1960 Germany Climber Neuhaus-Schierschnitz, Thuringia, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Klaus Albert Robert Grade M 1959 Germany Climber Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany Teacher Details Other expeditions
Stephan Erich Keck M 1973 Austria Leader Kramsach, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Harald Reichhart M 1952 Austria Climber Gallneukirchen, Upper Austria, Austria Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Mathias Harry Renner M 1956 Germany Climber Grosspoesna, Saxony, Germany Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Christian Sander M 1971 Germany Climber Willershausen, Hesse, Germany Painter Details Other expeditions
Kusang Tenzing Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Chhiring Lama M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Yamphudin-3, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.