Cho Oyu | 1993 W Ridge-W Face from N

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 1993 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Ernst Schwarzenlander. Summit reached on 16th May 1993. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1214
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY93107
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1993
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Ernst Schwarzenlander
Sponsor Tibet/Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 124
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1993-04-25
Summit Date 1993-05-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 25
Termination Date 1993-05-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 4
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 -
Campsites BC(25/04,5400m),C1(28/04,5900m),C2(04/05,6800m),C3(09/05,7380m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes 1st summit party was 4 members but leader turned back at nearly 8000m because no more strength and 3 others went on to plateau and 1st summit and stopped because didn't want to spend another hour going to further summit; able to go on but this was good enough. On 16th second party did go on to further summit in clear weather (15th cloudy) and all 4 in this party did succeed.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency International Trekkers (Intrek Asia)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454807
Year 1993
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge-w face from n

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Breuer M 1962 Germany Climber Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Railway official Details Other expeditions
Eike Bangert M 1937 Germany Climber Germany Physicist Details Other expeditions
Karl-Heinz Heinen M 1938 Germany Climber Germany Employee Details Other expeditions
Rodja Lars Ratteit M 1968 Germany Climber Backnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Technician Details Other expeditions
Roland Hogenschurz M 1960 Germany Climber Germany Physician Details Other expeditions
Harald Peter Borner M 1962 Germany Climber Germany Physicist Details Other expeditions
Christian Gabl M 1956 Austria Climber Schoenwies, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Ludger Hahn M 1957 Germany Climber Germany Businessman Details Other expeditions
Franz Kuehnhauser M 1947 Germany Climber Germany Driver Details Other expeditions
Ernst Schwarzenlander M 1947 Austria Leader Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY93107 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 68:277 (1994) -
CHOY93107 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199427701/Asia-Tibet-Cho-Oyu-from-the-North-in-the-Pre-Monsoon-Season - - -