Cho Oyu | 1991 W Ridge-W Face from N

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 1991 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Hermann Tauber. Summit reached on 27th May 1991. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 755
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Expedition ID CHOY91107
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 Germany
Leaders Hermann Tauber
Sponsor -
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 86th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Italy
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1991-05-02
Summit Date 1991-05-27
Summit Time 1500
Summit Days 25
Total Days 27
Termination Date 1991-05-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 15
Summit Members 14
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 BC(08/05,5000m),ABC(10/05,5780m),C1(17/05,5900m),C2(19/05,6420m),C3(26/05,7000m),Smt(27/05)
Route Notes BC at road (new site 2-3 hrs further from ABC). Beautiful weather on 27th: little wind and clear till 4:00 pm. Left C3 3:00 am 27 May and 1st reached top at 3:00 pm (last summiter on top 4:00 pm) and back to C3 7-9 pm, some very tired and Weisenberger serious altitude sickness. 28 May to ABC. 29 May for Lhasa and flew to KTM 8 May. 20 May Tauber's hat got brown mark from lightning, which burned metal button on his cap - was on a ridge at 6420m about 2:30 pm. Team used 2 Tibetans to C1.
Accidents 2 altitude sickness; 2 slight frostbite
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454085
Year 1991
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face from n

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Karoline Wolfsgruber F 1962 Italy Climber Italy - Details Other expeditions
Adalbert Albrecht M 1949 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Helmuth Bauer M 1943 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Horst Conrad M 1944 Germany Climber Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Roland Erardi M 1946 Italy Climber Bolzano, Italy - Details Other expeditions
Ottmar Fangauer M 1962 Germany Climber Sigmaringen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Robert Gasser M 1954 Italy Climber Brunico, Bolzano, Italy - Details Other expeditions
Gabriella (Gabi) Hofer F 1951 Italy Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Rudi Kalbfleisch M 1944 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Monika Kumpf F 1952 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Josef Pallhuber M 1957 Italy Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Konrad Renzler M 1937 Italy Climber Rasen Antholz, Balzano, Italy - Details Other expeditions
Josef Weissenberger M 1934 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Andreas (Andi) Wiedemann M 1953 Germany Climber Bad Toelz, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Hermann Tauber M 1952 Italy Leader Brunico, Bolzano, Italy - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY91107 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 66:265 (1992) -
CHOY91107 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199226502/Asia-Tibet-West-Side-Pre-Monsoon - - -