Cho Oyu | 1982 NW side

A W Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 1982 via NW side, led by Hans-Burkhard Nix. Summit reached on 9th November 1982. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3774
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY82302
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1982
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality W Germany
Leaders Hans-Burkhard Nix
Sponsor -
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 -
Approach From Phortse NNE to Lungsampa Glacier via Na and Gokyo village
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 1982-11-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6800m due to lack of food and no person to climb high with
High Point (m) 6800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
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 -
Campsites ABC(07/11),C1(08/11,6300m),xxx(09/11,6800m)
Route Notes After attempt on Nuptse, Nix and Ruemmer went to try Cho Oyu without authorization. From 1st high camp at 6300m on west side "killer slope", Nix climbed slope and moved east to Cho Oyu's icefall; stopped here and returned to camp, where Ruemmer had stopped because of an infection. Climb now abandoned because no food left and had failed to catch up with Mischa Saleki, who was on his own unauthorized attempt with 3 Sherpas.
Accidents Nothing serious
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450910
Year 1982
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Petra Ruemmer F 1959 W Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, W Germany University student of physics Details Other expeditions
Hans-Burkhard Nix M 1954 W Germany Leader Neufahrn, Bavaria, W Germany High school teacher of sports Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.