Cho Oyu | 1990 W Ridge-W Face from N

A W Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 1990 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Guenther Haerter. Summit reached on 26th May 1990. 35 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 419
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY90104
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1990
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality W Germany
Leaders Guenther Haerter
Sponsor DAV Summit Club Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 69th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria, Italy
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1990-05-05
Summit Date 1990-05-26
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 34
Summit Members 14
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(05/05,4900m),ABC(06/05,5400m),C1(09/05,5800m),C2A(12/05,6500m),C2B(24/05,6700m),C3(18/05,7100m),Smt(26/05)
Route Notes C1 at 1 hour below Tichy's camp C2 on ridge. Moved C2 away from ridge after big wind blew away 4 tents there (& if anyone had been in a tent, member would have been blown away too). 26 May summiters on top within one hour's time but not all on top together; only 50m fixed rope total on route: not difficult route. 2 members left early for personal reasons: Deiser & Schefzic. 2 members stayed in BC only because of disinterest & age: Kellner & Sontheimer. 20th May 1995: Ralf Dujmovits, leader of Spring 1995 Cho Oyu expedition was told by Porsche on 4 Feb 95 that the summit party of 19 May 1990 did not reach summit; they got to rocks just below summit plateau at 8100m & then turned back because there was a lot of snow and could not see crevasses known to be there. 24 Sept 1996 - Sigi Hupfauer believe the party on the 19th of May did not reach the highest point "and for me this is not the summit" - 1/2 hour is not long enough to have gotten to it (he read Porsche's reply). Liz Hawley - 12 Nov 1996 According to Haerter in June 1900, this expedition sent two parties to the top, but I heard this spring (Spring 1996) that in fact the first party did not go all the way, and this September one of the members of the second party, Sigi Hupfauer, whom I have know for years, confirmed that the first group did not go to the highest point; a member of the first party admitted this earlier this year to another German I know. So I am deleting Haerter's five alleged summiters of 19 May, 1990, from my list. (But keeping the party on 26 May.)
Accidents Tschofen twice had cerebral edema (only serious problem)
Achievement -
Agency International Trekkers (Intrek Asia)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453718
Year 1990
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face from n

Members

35 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Harald Johann Roessner M 1957 W Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, W Germany Artisan Details Other expeditions
Gerhard Binder M 1941 W Germany Climber Tuttlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Clerk Details Other expeditions
Peter Blank M 1959 W Germany Climber Unterhaching, Bavaria, W Germany Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Dieter Bruhn M 1941 W Germany Climber Stade, Lower Saxony, W Germany Journalist Details Other expeditions
Robert Deininger M 1961 Austria Climber Vienna, Austria Electro-technical engineer Details Other expeditions
Erwin Deiser M 1934 W Germany Climber Wettstetten, Bavaria, W Germany Orthopedic shoemaker Details Other expeditions
Werner Richard Fuchs M 1943 W Germany Climber Rottweil, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Werner Funkler M 1937 W Germany Climber Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Forester Details Other expeditions
Klaus Giepen M 1941 W Germany Climber Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany Foundry engineer Details Other expeditions
Karl Goldberger M 1953 Austria Climber Lend, Salzburg, Austria Industrial salesman Details Other expeditions
Guenther Haerter M 1953 W Germany Leader Starnberg, Bavaria, W Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Bertold Hochstuhl M 1941 W Germany Climber Weisenbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Bricklayer Details Other expeditions
Gabriele (Gaby) Hupfauer F 1947 W Germany Climber Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria, W Germany Office worker Details Other expeditions
Siegfried (Sigi) Hupfauer M 1941 W Germany Climber Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria, W Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Egon Knauer M 1938 W Germany Climber Landshut, Bavaria, W Germany Driver Details Other expeditions
Gerhild Kurze F 1953 W Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, W Germany Saleswoman Details Other expeditions
Gottfried Lindebner M 1948 Austria Climber Golling, Salzburg, Austria Engine driver Details Other expeditions
Reinhard Albert Mueller M 1950 W Germany Climber Nuernberg, Bavaria, W Germany Insurance salesman Details Other expeditions
Eberhard Philipp M 1939 W Germany Climber Taufkirchen, Bavaria, W Germany Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Dieter Albin Porsche M 1955 W Germany Climber Herrenberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Gerhard Schefzig M 1937 W Germany Climber Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Herbert Scheuermann M 1942 W Germany Climber Starnberg, Bavaria, W Germany Red Cross official Details Other expeditions
Rudolf Scheuermann M 1940 W Germany Climber Seefeld, Bavaria, W Germany Insurance agent Details Other expeditions
Uwe Schmitz M 1940 W Germany Climber Fuerstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, W Germany Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Franz Stark M 1960 W Germany Climber Creglingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Forester Details Other expeditions
Karl Heinz Thiele M 1937 W Germany Climber Nuernberg, Bavaria, W Germany Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Walter Treibel M 1955 W Germany Exp Doctor Munich, Bavaria, W Germany Physician Details Other expeditions
Josef Tschofen M 1948 Austria Climber Gortipohl, Vorarlberg, Austria Electrician Details Other expeditions
Klaus Westphal M 1958 W Germany Exp Doctor Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, W Germany Physician Details Other expeditions
Hildegard Wolfsgruber F 1959 Italy Climber Oberrasen, Bolanzo, Italy Hospital midwife Details Other expeditions
Udo Zehetleitner M 1939 W Germany Climber Burgsberg, Saxony, W Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Karl Zoell M 1937 W Germany Climber Nideggen, North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany Pharmacist Details Other expeditions
Nawang Thile (Pemba Dorje) Sherpa M 1953 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Paul Kellner M 1932 W Germany Member Unterhaching, Bavaria, W Germany Merchant Details Other expeditions
Anton Sontheimer M 1941 W Germany Member Guenzburg, Bavaria, W Germany Forester Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY90104 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 65:291 (1991) -
CHOY90104 MM - - - 134:9 (Jul 1990) -
CHOY90104 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199129103/Asia-Tibet-Cho-Oyu - - -