Cho Oyu | 1996 W Ridge/Face

A Czech Republic expedition to Cho Oyu in 1996 via W Ridge/Face, led by Jiri Novak. Summit reached on 9th October 1996. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	1957
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
Host Country	2
Route 1	W Ridge/Face
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Czech Republic
Leaders	Jiri Novak
Sponsor	International Expedition Cho Oyu
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	230,231
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Italy, Slovakia
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	1996-09-15
Summit Date	1996-10-09
Summit Time	1930
Summit Days	24
Total Days	28
Termination Date	1996-10-13
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8188
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	3
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	11
Summit Members	2
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(15/09),ABC(19/09,5600m),C1(22/09,6200m),C2(29/09,7000m),C3(30/09,7400m),Smt(09-10/10)
Route Notes	9 Oct Becak left C3 11:00 am; on top 7:30 pm; biv at 7700m 9:00-10:00 pm; 10 Oct reached C3 at 9:00 am in normal condition, but 12:30 pm left C3 with Mirijovsky and one minute (30m) from C3 Becak collapsed, dead. Becak was only person to summit on 9 Oct. 10th Otta left C3 10:30 am, on top and returned to C3 7:30 pm. * 1 Tibetan to C1 instead of Sherpas.
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	Everest Adventure
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2456097
Year	1996
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	w ridge/face

Members

Field	Value
ID	5821
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	02
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Lubos
Last Name	Becak
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1961
Calculated Age	35
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation	Worker on tall buildings
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	1996-10-09
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1930
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	230
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	True
Death Date	1996-10-10
Death Time	1230
Death Type	1
Death Height (m)	7400
Death Class	5
AMS	True
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	Collapsed and died at 7400m
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1961-1996) Died 10 Oct 1996 on Cho Oyu from AMS
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2435416
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	1
Name (lowercase)	lubos becak
Year of Birth	1961
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	35
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5822
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	03
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Pavel
Last Name	Machovec
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	37
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Trebic, Czech Republic
Occupation	Aircraft engineer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2434734
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	pavel machovec
Year of Birth	1959
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	37
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5823
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	04
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Milan
Last Name	Mazura
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1953
Calculated Age	43
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Kadan, Czech Republic
Occupation	Physician
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2432587
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	milan mazura
Year of Birth	1953
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	43
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5824
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	05
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Premysl (Premek)
Last Name	Mirijovsky
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1950
Calculated Age	46
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Ostrava, Czech Republic
Occupation	Building engineer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	7400
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	3
Summit Term	19
HCN	0
Checksum	2431292
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	premysl (premek) mirijovsky
Year of Birth	1950
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	46
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5825
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	01
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Jiri
Last Name	Novak
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1945
Calculated Age	51
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Leader
Residence	Kladno, Czech Republic
Occupation	Construction engineer (of artificial climbing walls)
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	C1 only
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	2429526
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jiri novak
Year of Birth	1945
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	51
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	5826
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	06
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Martin
Last Name	Otta
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1954
Calculated Age	42
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation	Construction engineer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8188
Summit Date 1	1996-10-10
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	231
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2432729
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	martin otta
Year of Birth	1954
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	42
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5827
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	08
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Josef
Last Name	Salcman
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1963
Calculated Age	33
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Salzburg, Austria
Occupation	Computer programmer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2436111
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	josef salcman
Year of Birth	1963
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5828
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	09
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Lubomir
Last Name	Tesar
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Olomouc, Czech Republic
Occupation	Butcher
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2435010
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	lubomir tesar
Year of Birth	1960
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	36
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5829
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	10
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Henryk
Last Name	Zajac
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1962
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	Slovakia
Status	Exp Doctor
Residence	Poprad, Slovakia
Occupation	Physician
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2435735
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	henryk zajac
Year of Birth	1962
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	34
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5830
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	11
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Diego
Last Name	Zubani
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	Italy
Status	Climber
Residence	Sarezzo, Brescia, Italy
Occupation	Provincial government employee
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	Left ABC
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2435020
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	diego zubani
Year of Birth	1960
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	36
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	32850
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY96315
Member ID	07
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1996
Season	3
First Name	Tomas
Last Name	Pekarek
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1966
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Status	Climber
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation	Bank official
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	True
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	Did not reach BC (sick)
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2437159
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	tomas pekarek
Year of Birth	1966
Year	1996
Age at Expedition	30
Role	Member

11 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Lubos Becak	M	1961	Czech Republic	Climber	Prague, Czech Republic	Worker on tall buildings	Details Other expeditions
Pavel Machovec	M	1959	Czech Republic	Climber	Trebic, Czech Republic	Aircraft engineer	Details Other expeditions
Milan Mazura	M	1953	Czech Republic	Climber	Kadan, Czech Republic	Physician	Details Other expeditions
Premysl (Premek) Mirijovsky	M	1950	Czech Republic	Climber	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Building engineer	Details Other expeditions
Jiri Novak	M	1945	Czech Republic	Leader	Kladno, Czech Republic	Construction engineer (of artificial climbing walls)	Details Other expeditions
Martin Otta	M	1954	Czech Republic	Climber	Prague, Czech Republic	Construction engineer	Details Other expeditions
Josef Salcman	M	1963	Czech Republic	Climber	Salzburg, Austria	Computer programmer	Details Other expeditions
Lubomir Tesar	M	1960	Czech Republic	Climber	Olomouc, Czech Republic	Butcher	Details Other expeditions
Henryk Zajac	M	1962	Slovakia	Exp Doctor	Poprad, Slovakia	Physician	Details Other expeditions
Diego Zubani	M	1960	Italy	Climber	Sarezzo, Brescia, Italy	Provincial government employee	Details Other expeditions
Tomas Pekarek	M	1966	Czech Republic	Climber	Prague, Czech Republic	Bank official	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.