Cho Oyu | 1991 W Ridge-W Face from N

A Greece expedition to Cho Oyu in 1991 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Ioannis Konstantinou. Summit reached on 8th May 1991. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 752
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Expedition ID CHOY91105
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1991
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Greece
Leaders Ioannis Konstantinou
Sponsor -
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 84th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1991-04-19
Summit Date 1991-05-08
Summit Time -
Summit Days 19
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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 BC(19/04,4600m),ABC(21/04,5700m),C1(23/04,6200m),C2(27/04,6800m),C3(07/05,7300m),Smt(08/05)
Route Notes 9 May very severe storm descending from C3. One man snow blind and some frostbite in very cold and windy weather and tents zippers didn't close, so sleeping bags covered with powder snow. 2 members to ABC, got altitude sickness and left after days to ABC. Ruiz and 2 from Swiss Eiselin group reached top before Greek group (from and to C2 on 8th). Greek party to true summit and so did the other, whose footprints Greek followed. Mtn covered in snow while going up, but bare rock down.
Accidents 3 Greeks frostbite which will heal; 3 altitude sickness
Achievement 1st Greeks above 8000m
Agency Trekking International
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454066
Year 1991
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face from n

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Petros Kapsomenakis M 1955 Greece Climber Greece - Details Other expeditions
Panagis Alexandropoulos M 1955 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Notary Details Other expeditions
Theofilos Vlachos M 1943 Greece Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Konstantinos (Kostas) Tsivelekas M 1949 Greece Climber Athens, Greece - Details Other expeditions
Ioannis Konstantinou M 1941 Greece Leader Athens, Greece - Details Other expeditions
Tirtha Tamang M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Lapcha, Gorakhani, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY91105 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 66:265 (1992) -
CHOY91105 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199226502/Asia-Tibet-West-Side-Pre-Monsoon - - -