Cho Oyu | 2016 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 2016 via NW side, led by Joachim Alle. Summit reached on 3rd October 2016. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9213
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY16313
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2016
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Joachim Alle
Sponsor DAV Schwaben 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 Austria
Approach Lhasa->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2016-09-11
Summit Date 2016-10-03
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 22
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2016-10-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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 BC(11/09,5000m),ABC(14/09,5700m),C1(20/09,6400m),C1.5(27/09,6800m),C2(28/09,7140m),Smt(03-04/10)
Route Notes BC 11/09 5000m ABC 14/09 700m C1 20/09 6400m C1.5 27/09 6800m C2 28/09 7140m Smt 03/10 by Pfeffer, Krautgartner, Chhiring Dorje at 9 am Smt 04/10 by Schuller at 8:45 am, Alle at 11:15 am, Chhiring Dorje (again) at 8:45 am 3 Oct summit team left C2 at 11:22 pm on 2 Oct. Weather was clear and calm. They stayed about half a hour on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived at noon. Pfeffer and Krautgartner descended to ABC, where they arrived at 6 pm. 4 Oct summit team left C2 at 11 pm. Weather was clear and calm. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived between 1 pm and 5 pm. Chhiring Dorje descended to C2 after his first summit success and summited again from C2 on 4 Oct. Weiss reached 7650m on 4 Oct. He left C2 at 11:30 pm. He was not able to catch up with his other two teammates and felt left alone on the mountain. He mentally could not cope with being left alone on the mountain and returned to C2. Felsenstein reached Camp 1.5 at 6800m on 27 Sept. He was told by Chhiring Dorje that he was incapable to climb the mountain and decided to abandon the climb. He was mentally not ready to climb. Oxygen: Not taken, not used by members From C2 to top to C2 by Chhiring Dorje
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Excursion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463326
Year 2016
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Joachim Reinhold Alle M 1964 Germany Leader Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Social worker Details Other expeditions
Erwin Pfeffer M 1969 Austria Climber Mank, Lower Austria, Austria Construction manager Details Other expeditions
Guido Schuller M 1963 Germany Climber Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Electrician Details Other expeditions
Harald Weiss M 1966 Germany Climber Tuebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Film-maker Details Other expeditions
Matthias Robert Felenstein M 1952 Germany Exp Doctor Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Physician Details Other expeditions
Georg Krautgartner M 1964 Austria Climber Mariazell, Styria, Austria Forester Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Dorje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.