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/ | - | - | - |