Cho Oyu | 2016 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2016 via NW side, led by Thomas Laemmle. Summit reached on 7th May 2016. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9040
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY16103
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Thomas Laemmle
Sponsor Extrek Cho Oyu Expedition 2016
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 Italy
Approach Ktm->Lhasa by air->Xigatse->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2016-04-18
Summit Date 2016-05-07
Summit Time 1510
Summit Days 19
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2016-05-15
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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 Summited Everest on 23 May (EVER-161-63)
Campsites BC(18/04,4900m),ABC(21/04,5400m),C1(25/04,6400m),C1.5(05/05,6800m),C2(06/05,7200m),C3(12/05,7500m),Smt(07/05)
Route Notes BC 18/04 4900m ABC 21/04 5400m C1 25/04 6400m C1.5 05/05 6800m C2 06/05 7200m C3 12/05 7500m (Laemmle & Weinand on 2nd smt push, Gruber didn't stay at C3). Smt 07/05 by Gruber at 3:10 pm (CST). Gruber, Laemmle and Weinand left C2 at 4 am on 7 May. Weather was very windy. Laemmle and Weinand turned back at the yellow band at 7500m at about 8:30 am. The reason for their retreat was that the route was not fixed and they were going without oxygen and Weinand was very tired. They descended to C1 the same day. Gruber carried on and summited together with Chhiring Dorje (mentioned in Robin Trygg's On Return). They spent about 30 minutes on the summit and descended to C2. On 13 May Laemmle and Weinand reached 7850m during a second summit attempt. They left C3 at 3 am. They were alone on the route and there was a lot of snow. Laemmle had to dig out the fixed rope for most of the way. They reached the upper end of the couloir (7700m) at 7 am. They carried on for another hour, but digging out the rope was too hard and Weinand had cold fingers. High winds. They turned back at about 7850m. They descended to C1. Members at end: 2 (Gruber had left for Everest right after his summit success; Laemmle went to Everest and Weinand went home).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Excursion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463177
Year 2016
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nikolaus Gruber M 1973 Italy Climber St. Walburg, Bolzano, Italy Coordinator & nurse Details Other expeditions
Thomas Laemmle M 1965 Germany Leader Waldburg, Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hans-Guenter Weinand M 1968 Germany Climber St. Augustin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Manager of administration (IKEA) Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY16103 - - http://www.reusch.com/news/winter/nikolaus-gruber-expedition-8848m.html - - -
CHOY16103 - - http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/2016/06/01/reaching-for-the-bottle-at-all/ - - -