Cho Oyu | 1988 W Ridge-W Face from N

A France expedition to Cho Oyu in 1988 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Marc Batard. Summit reached on 1st September 1988. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 106
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY88201
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1988
Season 2
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Marc Batard
Sponsor French-Nepalese Cho Oyu Expedition 1988
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 49th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Nepal
Approach Zhangmu->Nyalam->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1988-08-24
Summit Date 1988-09-01
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 8
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
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 Attempted Lhotse S Face (LHOT-883-03), climbed Everest (EVER-883-07)
Campsites BC(24/08,5700m),Biv(6700m),Smt(01/09)
Route Notes Batard & Sungdare made probably the fastest ascent of Cho Oyu to date. They were entirely alone on the mountain & encountered nearly knee-deep fresh snow. On 27 Aug, 3 days after they had arrived at their BC (5700m), they pitched a bivouac tent at 6700m, their only tent above base, tried to go the top on the 28th, but they were not well acclimatized & retreated to base. On 31st they went again to 6700m. In the evening at 10 pm left for the summit, climbed all night in full moonlight & were on the top at 10 am on 1st Sept. By 5:30 pm the same day they were back in base, having carried their bivouac tent down with them. Batard had flu & was on antibiotics throughout the climb. From BC went without camps higher. 1st climb therefore biv 26 Aug 6200m and 2nd night to 6700m. 3rd day (28 Aug) started for summit without tent and was too quickly reached 8000m and back to biv - were too tired, not acclimatized. Took more direct route than normal route way but not very difficult. Down to BC on 29th and stayed there 2 nights. 31st up again by normal way; left BC 1:30 pm and reached biv tent at 6700m on a plateau at 6:30 pm. Had food and drink and started up at 10:00 pm and climbed all night in full moonlight and on top at 10:00 am 1 Sept. When reached top were in fog but suddenly fully clear and could see were on highest point but found no metal flag. Much fresh snow made it almost knee deep. Stayed about 30 min on summit in warm sun. Down directly back to BC with biv equipment and arrived at BC 5:30 pm 1 Sept. Saw no other people's tents. "Physically it was very difficult for Sungdare and me." Sungdare very strong and when no track already made, he and Batard go at same speed. This climb was preparation for Everest, not a bid to scale all 8000ers but I am very happy to climb.
Accidents Batard had flu from day of arrival at BC & on antibiotics to today 5 Sept
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER88307
Checksum 2453084
Year 1988
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face from n

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Marc Marie Bernard Batard M 1951 France Leader Megeve, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sungdare Sherpa M 1955 Nepal Climber Pangboche, Khumbu Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.