Cho Oyu | 1996 W side from N

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 1996 via W side from N, led by Friedrich (Fritz) Zintl. Summit reached on 4th May 1996. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1717
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY96102
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1996
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 W side from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Friedrich (Fritz) Zintl
Sponsor DAV Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 199
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1996-04-11
Summit Date 1996-05-04
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 23
Total Days 25
Termination Date 1996-05-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 1
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(11/04,4800m),ABC(14/04,5300m),C1(23/04,6400m),C2(29/04,6800m),C3(30/04,7200m),Smt(04/05)
Route Notes ABC at normal site C1 at normal site. Started for top from C3 at 5:30 am - to yellow band and traversed to large snowfield on right side of face, Wuttke reached snow pyramid summit in clouds and snowfall, down a little and then slowly up but bad weather meant no photos of Everest and feared to lose descent route so turned down and descended directly using old fixed ropes: reached 100-200m from highest pk; returned C3 18:30 on 1 May. Kramer turned back 50m behind Wuttke and weather quickly got bad; and feared he would lose it in snowfall; frostbitten fingers from early morning when had to take off over gloves to change clothes. Schulte left C3 on 4 May at 2:00 am, reached the summit at 10:00 am in clear weather (but 100-km/hr wind) and saw Everest; back in C3 at 4:00 pm. Summitted with other German (Kraus) team. Team lost their leader when he died 20 April, but team had already discussed route of ABC and could see where others were climbing. No success (very near successes) possible if BC Sirdar had not agreed to help carry load which he did as high as C3.
Accidents Zintl's death; Kramer frostbitten fingers; Schulte middle ear infection which delayed summit bid
Achievement -
Agency International Trekkers (Intrek Asia)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455939
Year 1996
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w side from n

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bruno Friedrich M 1943 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Playground-equipment factory owner Details Other expeditions
Hartmut Kaestner M 1959 Germany Climber Doellstedt, Thuringia, Germany Construction Details Other expeditions
Dieter Kramer M 1956 Germany Climber Tuttlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Optician Details Other expeditions
Carl Joseph Schulte M 1938 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Winfried Wuttke M 1938 Germany Climber Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany Attorney & physicist Details Other expeditions
Angelika (Angela) Zintl F 1934 Germany Climber Eichenau, Bavaria, Germany University teacher Details Other expeditions
Friedrich (Fritz) Zintl M 1932 Germany Leader Eichenau, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide & university teacher Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY96102 HIGH - - - 167:76 (Oct 1996) -