Cho Oyu | 1990 W Ridge-W Face from N

A Spain expedition to Cho Oyu in 1990 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Juan Ignacio Lorente. Summit reached on 22nd August 1990. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 644
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Expedition ID CHOY90204
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1990
Season 2
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Juan Ignacio Lorente
Sponsor Basque Expedition to Cho Oyu 1990
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 KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1990-08-14
Summit Date 1990-08-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 26
Termination Date 1990-09-09
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7550m due to heavy snowfall and avalanching
High Point (m) 7550
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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 ChineseBC(11/08,4700m),ABC(14/08,5780m),C1(17/08,6300m),C2(20/08,7000m),C3(22/08,7550m),xxx(22,28/08,7550m)
Route Notes Chinese BC at road C3 near NW Ridge High point near NW Ridge. 2 times climbers arrived at C3, once to install camp and once for summit bid, but had to go down next day instead bacause of heavy snowfall and avalanching: 22 Aug - Ruiz and Urbieta established C3. 28 Aug - Gomez and Musal Kaji Tamang to C3; Gomez slept there one night, Tamang "no good" and immediately down. 31 Aug - Another summit team left BC for summit bid but reached only C2. Again heavy snowfall and down from C2 2 Sept to BC. Expedition now finished. 4th Sept sent for yaks, 8th Sept arrived Chinese BC and 9th Sept by road to Khasa. 2 members left early: Lorente with pulmonary edema 11th Aug; from Chinese BC to hospital at Shegar and then to KTM; Rosen with him; "morale not good - mental problem."
Accidents Lorente serious altitude sickness
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453806
Year 1990
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face from n

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Miguel Gomez Sanchez M 1936 Spain Climber Valencia, Spain Teacher Details Other expeditions
Jose Louis Lopez de Luzuriago M 1942 Spain Climber Vitoria, Alava, Spain Photo-compositor in printing house Details Other expeditions
Benzamin Ruiz de Infante M 1950 Spain Climber Vitoria, Alava, Spain Printing house owner Details Other expeditions
Jose-Takolo Urbieta Cendoya M 1941 Spain Climber Azpeitia, Guipuzcoa, Spain Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Juan Ignacio Lorente Zugaza M 1939 Spain Leader Vitoria, Alava, Spain - Details Other expeditions
Angel Alexandre Vallejo Rosen M 1942 Spain Climber Vitoria, Alava, Spain - Details Other expeditions
Musal Kaji Tamang M - Nepal H-A Worker Lapcha, Gorakhani, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY90204 AAJ Eguskitza, Xavier - - 65:292 (1991) -
CHOY90204 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199129203/Asia-Tibet-Cho-OyuAttempt - - -