Cho Oyu | 1987 W Ridge-W Face (Tichy) from N

A Austria expedition to Cho Oyu in 1987 via W Ridge-W Face (Tichy) from N, led by Marcus Schmuck. Summit reached on 29th April 1987. 27 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 260
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY87102
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1987
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face (Tichy) from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Marcus Schmuck
Sponsor International Tibet Expedition Cho Oyu 1987
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 28th w/Chl,29-33th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Switzerland, W Germany, USA
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1987-04-11
Summit Date 1987-04-29
Summit Time 1305
Summit Days 18
Total Days 31
Termination Date 1987-05-12
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 27
Summit Members 11
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 BC(11/04,5700m),C1(6400m),C2(7200m),C3(7600m),Smt(29/04,06-09/05)
Route Notes After central BC established, each member has his own with own tent, food, fuel, etc., but sometimes shared tents when 1st climbers reached a site. Had no Tibetan helpers even to get supplies to 5700m camp and most climbers had to shuttle loads 3 times. Robert Strouhal skied down from 7600 to 6000m (to glacier). -35 degrees C at C3 in high winds turned some members back and gave 2 men frostbite. Walters reached C3 then ran out of food and fuel and weather bad. Schmuck has complained to Nepalese tourism ministry about American and Chilean expeditions crossing border and going onto his team's route. (Graf said on 5 May in KTM Chinese liaison officer was very angry about Chileans and Americans having crossed onto Tibetan side of Cho Oyu and seized several of their passports and trekking permits). Eberhard Jurgalski - February 2012 Hans Pree told Eberhard Jurgalski by phone in March 2006 that he stopped at the summit plateau.
Accidents Daum and Faessler frostbite; Obermaier altitude illness at 7600m in summit bid
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452592
Year 1987
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face (tichy) from n

Members

27 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ingeborg Aufschnaiter F 1943 Austria Climber Hollersbach, Salzburg, Austria Mistress O T House Details Other expeditions
Hans-Juergen Daum M 1958 W Germany Climber Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, W Germany Reviser Details Other expeditions
Pavel Dolecek M 1940 W Germany Climber Puettlingen, Saarland, W Germany Medical practicioner Details Other expeditions
Ferdi Faessler M 1954 Switzerland Climber Kriessern, St. Gallen, Switzerland Official Details Other expeditions
Peter Gerfried Ganner M 1944 Austria Climber Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria, Austria Engineer Details Other expeditions
Oswald Gassler M 1947 Austria Climber Lienz, Tirol, Austria - Details Other expeditions
Reinhard Glaswinkler M 1944 W Germany Climber Dachau, Bavaria, W Germany Stove-fitter Details Other expeditions
Fredy Graf M 1936 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Architect Details Other expeditions
Kurt Hecher M 1956 Austria Climber Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria Medical practicioner Details Other expeditions
Robert Hofer M - Switzerland Climber Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland Official Details Other expeditions
Herta Kantner F 1941 Austria Climber Zurich, Switzerland Secretary Details Other expeditions
Ulrich Klinke M 1944 USA Climber Honolulu, Hawaii Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Urs Mattli M - Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Architect Details Other expeditions
Peter Oberer M - Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Chemist Details Other expeditions
Johann Obermaier M 1937 W Germany Climber Donauwoerth, Bavaria, W Germany Painter Details Other expeditions
Georges Piemontesi M 1943 Switzerland Climber Fontaines, Neuchatel, Switzerland Foreman Details Other expeditions
Johan (Hans) Pree M 1950 Austria Climber Grossraming, Upper Austria, Austria Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Marcus Schmuck M 1925 Austria Leader Salzburg, Austria Pensioner Details Other expeditions
Robert Strouhal M 1961 Austria Climber Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Andrea Vogel M 1958 Switzerland Climber Windisch, Aargau, Switzerland Technician Details Other expeditions
Helmut Wagner M - Austria Climber Saxen, Upper Austria, Austria - Details Other expeditions
Josef Walter M 1932 W Germany Climber Freising, Bavaria, W Germany Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Marianne Walter F 1938 W Germany Climber Freising, Bavaria, W Germany Technical assistant Details Other expeditions
Josef (Sepp) Wangeler M 1949 Switzerland Climber Horw, Luzern, Switzerland Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Karl Wimmer M 1949 W Germany Climber Nordendorf, Bavaria, W Germany Physicist Details Other expeditions
Peter Woergoetter M 1941 Austria Climber Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria - Details Other expeditions
Sebastian (Wastl) Woergoetter M 1937 Austria Climber Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY87102 AAJ Schmuck, Marcus - - 62:274 (1988) -
CHOY87102 MM - - - 116:9 (Jul 1987) -
CHOY87102 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198827401/Asia-Tibet-Cho-Oyu-from-Tibet - - -