Cho Oyu | 1993 W Ridge-W Face from N

A S Korea expedition to Cho Oyu in 1993 via W Ridge-W Face from N, led by Kang Tae-Sun. Summit reached on 10th September 1993. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1246
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Expedition ID CHOY93303
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1993
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 W Ridge-W Face from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kang Tae-Sun
Sponsor 1993 Gue Bong Alpine Club Cho Oyu & Xixabangma Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 129 w/Spa
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1993-08-27
Summit Date 1993-09-10
Summit Time 2000
Summit Days 14
Total Days 19
Termination Date 1993-09-15
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 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Xixabangma
Campsites BC(27/08,5200m),ABC(30/08,5600m),C1(01/09,6200m),C2(07/09,6800m),C3(08/09,7250m),Smt(10)
Route Notes 9th Sept 11 pm started from C3 to summit. At 4 am 10th bivouacked in snow cave at 7500m and slept 3 hrs. All 3 again up about 8 am and Um, Serrano and Martinez went direct to top while Choi and Min took normal route going indirectly up. Um and Serrano on top at 8 pm on summit while other 2 Koreans on top 9:25 pm. All did long traverse to true summit. Very deep snow on mountain, very tiring and very time consuming. In descent, biv again at 7950m-8000m 10th Sept at 10:30-11:30 pm; next morning in C3; slept in C2 very tired. No other members attempted summit because of rigid schedule of Chinese of yak's arrival in 15th Sept. Team went from BC to Nyalam and rested 2 days; then 8 members to Xixabangma while Choi and Kang to Kathmandu and Korea. Kim Jae-Soo (not an official member of the expedition) remained after the others left for Xixabangma and summited illegally on 18 Sept (see CHOY-933-16).
Accidents Um little frostbite on toe; Choi little frostbite on fingers
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454924
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
Jae-Soon Chang M 1955 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea President, company making outdoor equipment Details Other expeditions
Byung-Soo Choi M 1964 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea President, silk cloth weaving company Details Other expeditions
Young-Gil Hong M 1954 S Korea Deputy Leader Seoul, S Korea President, climbing equipment manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Tae-Sun Kang M 1945 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea President, mountaineering equipment manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Sang-Gun Lee M 1958 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Kyoung-Tae Min M 1969 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Byoung-Tae Park M 1965 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Installs office telephone system Details Other expeditions
Jong-Suk Park F 1968 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Heung-Sub So M 1959 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Office worker Details Other expeditions
Hong-Gil Um M 1960 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY93303 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 68:220-221 (1994) -
CHOY93303 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 68:278 (1994) -
CHOY93303 HIGH - - - 138:10 (May 1994) -
CHOY93303 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199422003/Asia-Nepal-Cho-Oyu-from-the-South-in-the-Post-Monsoon - - -
CHOY93303 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199427801/Asia-Tibet-Cho-Oyu-from-the-North-in-the-Post-Monsoon - - -