Cho Oyu | 2013 NW side

A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2013 via NW side, led by Martin Barnett. Summit reached on 1st October 2013. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8234
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY13311
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2013
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Martin Barnett
Sponsor Adventure Peaks 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 Ireland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2013-09-07
Summit Date 2013-10-01
Summit Time 0630
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 6
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites CBC(07/09,4900m),IC(10/09,5100m),ABC(11/09,5700m),C1(20/09,6400m),C2(21/09,7100m),C3(30/09,7500m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes Allen, Barnett, Good, Rossiter, Trundle, Whitfield, Phurba Wangchu, Ongchu and Lhakpa started their summit push after four hours rest at C3 on 1 October at 12:45 am NST. Barnett, Good, Rossiter, Trundle, Phurba Wangchu and Lhakpa using oxygen reached summit at 6:30 am. The two climbers Allen and Whitfield plus Ongchu got to the top at 7:45 am. They stayed on summit for about 30 minutes and descended to C3 at 9 am. Barnett, Good, Rossiter and Phurba Wangchu continued to C1 and rest of the members and two Sherpas slept at C2. Next day 2 October every body went down to ABC. Ahead of Barnett team there were about six climbers on the summit and behind them coming up were may be about 100 climbers including a Chinese team (about 30 climbers). Sherpas: Phurbu Wangchu Sherpa, 5/12/75, Waku-9, Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse Ongchu, Waku-9 Lakpa, Makalu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Adventure
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 Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael (Mick) Allen M 1978 UK Climber Cockermouth, Cumbria, England Integrity engineer Details Other expeditions
Martin James Barnett M 1976 USA Leader Lakewood, Colorado Alpine trip leader Details Other expeditions
Christopher Good M 1976 UK Climber - Student Details Other expeditions
Phoebe Rossiter F 1982 UK Climber Gatenby, N Yorkshire, England Pilot Details Other expeditions
Kevin Trundle M 1980 Ireland Climber Middleton, Cork, Ireland Pilot Details Other expeditions
Peter David Whitfield M 1983 UK Climber London, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
Phurba Wangchhu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ongchhu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.