Cho Oyu | 2017 NW side

A UK expedition to Cho Oyu in 2017 via NW side, led by Diahanne Gilbert. Summit reached on 18th May 2017. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9403
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY17103
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Diahanne Gilbert
Sponsor Adventure Peaks Cho Oyu Expedition 2017
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia
Approach Lhasa->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2017-04-24
Summit Date 2017-05-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 24
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2017-05-22
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7150m due to deep snow and client exhaustion
High Point (m) 7150
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
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(24/04,4700m),ABC(27/04,5700m),C1(05/05,6400m),C2(18/05,7150m),xxx
Route Notes Notes from Adventure Peaks website report (www.adventurepeaks.com/cho-oyu/) 24 Apr - Arrived at Chinese BC (4700m) (only team at CBC). 25 Apr - team made acclimatization walks to 5600m. 27 Apr - team moved to ABC (5700m). Phurtemba Sherpa has made one load carry to C1 (6400m). 30 Apr - Gilbert and Squance made 1st carry to C1. 2-4 May - Lerner and Veltman made 1st carry to C1. Gilbert and Squance slept at C1. C1 now stocked with oxygen, tents, food. 5-9 May - Team members have made 4 rotations to C1. Sherpas started fixing ropes to C2 site. Team members climbed to first headwall on way to C2. Lerner abandons climb due to lack of acclimatization. 10-18 May - team camped at C1. Sherpas stocked C2. Veltman turns back due to intestinal issues. 19-20 May - Gilbert and Squance climb to C2 (7150m). Team abandons climb due to exhaustion of Squance from bad conditions on route from C1 to C2.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463554
Year 2017
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Diahanne (Di) Gilbert F 1973 UK Leader Grantown-on-Spey, Moray, Scotland Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Martin Paul Squance M 1966 UK Climber Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Ross Veltman M 1984 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Police officer Details Other expeditions
Boris Lerner M 1985 Australia Climber Palo Alto, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Phurba Wangchhu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phursemba (Phur Temba) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Robesa, Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY17103 - - https://www.adventurepeaks.com/cho-oyu/ - - -