Cho Oyu | 2018 NW side

A Spain expedition to Cho Oyu in 2018 via NW side, led by Ignacio Barrio Fernandez. Summit reached on 28th September 2018. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10044
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY18312
Peak ID CHOY
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Ignacio Barrio Fernandez
Sponsor Snowy Horizon Cho Oyu Expedition 2018
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 France, Germany, India, Macedonia
Approach Syabru Besi->Kerung->Tingri->Cho Oyu BC
Basecamp Date 2018-09-10
Summit Date 2018-09-28
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 18
Total Days 22
Termination Date 2018-10-02
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 ABC(10/09,5660m),C1(18/09,6370m),C2(27/09,7140m),Smt(28-29/09)
Route Notes Barrio left C2 on 27 Sept at 11 pm, summited at 9:00 am, stayed 15 minutes, then descended to C2 to gather his gear and continued on down to C1 arriving at 4 pm. Good weather, but a little windy up to the Yellow Band. Sunny on the summit and some clouds in the afternoon. Barrio climbed alone, but on the summit they were members of a Chinese expedition. Arburua, Ghosh and Velkoska started from C3 start later arround 3 or 4 am and summited at 10:30 am on 28 Sept. Barrio climbed alone from C2, and the other 3 members shared Sherpa service. The other member Fricke climbed alone the 29 September.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Snowy Horizon Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464773
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ignacio Felix Barrio Fernandez M 1976 Spain Leader Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Engineer Details Other expeditions
Frederic Arburua M 1975 France Climber St. Palais, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France Driver Details Other expeditions
Stefan Antonios Fricke M 1963 Germany Climber Salzkotten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Dipankar Ghosh M 1965 India Climber Kolkata (Calcutta), India Computer and stationary supply business Details Other expeditions
Violeta Velkoska F 1975 Macedonia Climber Skopje, Macedonia - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Tamang M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Kerung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tamang M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY18312 - - https://www.nw.de/sport/lokalsport/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/22290611_Fricke-gehoert-zum-Klub-der-Achttausender.html - - -