Cho Oyu | 1997 NW side

A Canada expedition to Cho Oyu in 1997 via NW side, led by Andrew McKinlay. Summit reached on 7th May 1997. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	2230
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
Host Country	2
Route 1	NW side
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Canada
Leaders	Andrew McKinlay
Sponsor	Saskachewan
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	246
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Australia, France, USA
Approach	KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date	1997-04-14
Summit Date	1997-05-07
Summit Time	1330
Summit Days	23
Total Days	0
Termination Date	-
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	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(14/04),ABC(17/04,5700m),C1(23/04,6400m),C2(29/04,7050m),C3(06/05,7350m),Smt(07/05)
Route Notes	1st summit bid was on 7th. Made another bid on 9th but didn't get above C3 because weather cold and windy. On 7th 3 members including McCormack left C3 at 7:00 am Chinese time (4:45 am NST). McCormack turned back because exhausted at 7800m and down to C2. Summit pairs 3:45 pm (Chinese time) in deep cloud but found poles and wooden cross. All members except BC mgr reached C3.
Accidents	Nothing
Achievement	-
Agency	High Ambition
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	False
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2456308
Year	1997
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	nw side

Members

Field	Value
ID	5909
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	03
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Jeffrey R.
Last Name	Alzner
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1958
Calculated Age	38
Citizenship	USA
Status	Climber
Residence	Portland, Oregon
Occupation	Landscape contractor
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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2434364
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jeffrey r. alzner
Year of Birth	1958
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	39
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5910
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	04
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Yannick
Last Name	Champollion
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1971
Calculated Age	25
Citizenship	France
Status	Climber
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2439170
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	yannick champollion
Year of Birth	1971
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	26
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5911
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	05
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Suzanne
Last Name	Eames
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1966
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Australia
Status	BC Manager
Residence	Banff, Alberta
Occupation	Hotel management staff
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
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	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	2437347
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	suzanne eames
Year of Birth	1966
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	31
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	5912
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	06
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	John
Last Name	Hainer
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1938
Calculated Age	58
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Climber
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Retired teacher
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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2427035
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	john hainer
Year of Birth	1938
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	59
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5913
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	07
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Brad
Last Name	Matushewski
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1970
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Climber
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Student (medical technician)
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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2438609
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	brad matushewski
Year of Birth	1970
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	27
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5914
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	08
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Grant
Last Name	McCormack
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1953
Calculated Age	43
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Exp Doctor
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia
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)	7800
Summit Date 1	1997-05-07
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	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	4
Summit Term	7
HCN	0
Checksum	2432614
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	grant mccormack
Year of Birth	1953
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	44
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5915
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	01
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Andrew
Last Name	McKinlay
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Leader
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Computer programmer
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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2434991
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	andrew mckinlay
Year of Birth	1960
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	37
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	5916
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	02
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Shelley
Last Name	McKinlay
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1962
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Deputy Leader
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Police officer
Leader	False
Deputy	True
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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2435836
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	shelley mckinlay
Year of Birth	1962
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	35
Role	Deputy

Field	Value
ID	5917
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	09
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Rob
Last Name	Owens
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1975
Calculated Age	22
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Climber
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Student & does odd jobs
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)	7350
Summit Date 1	1997-05-09
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	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	3
HCN	0
Checksum	2440397
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	rob owens
Year of Birth	1975
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	22
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5918
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	10
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Steve
Last Name	Pasmeny
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1966
Calculated Age	31
Citizenship	Canada
Status	Climber
Residence	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Mechanical 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	1997-05-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1330
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	246
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	2437074
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	steve pasmeny
Year of Birth	1966
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	5919
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	CHOY97106
Member ID	11
Peak ID	CHOY
Year	1997
Season	1
First Name	Frederick Harold (Fred)
Last Name	Ziel
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1953
Calculated Age	43
Citizenship	USA
Status	Exp Doctor
Residence	South Pasadena, California
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	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	1997-05-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1330
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	246
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	2432615
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	frederick harold (fred) ziel
Year of Birth	1953
Year	1997
Age at Expedition	44
Role	Member

11 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Jeffrey R. Alzner	M	1958	USA	Climber	Portland, Oregon	Landscape contractor	Details Other expeditions
Yannick Champollion	M	1971	France	Climber	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Engineer	Details Other expeditions
Suzanne Eames	F	1966	Australia	BC Manager	Banff, Alberta	Hotel management staff	Details Other expeditions
John Hainer	M	1938	Canada	Climber	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Retired teacher	Details Other expeditions
Brad Matushewski	M	1970	Canada	Climber	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Student (medical technician)	Details Other expeditions
Grant McCormack	M	1953	Canada	Exp Doctor	Surrey, British Columbia	Physician	Details Other expeditions
Andrew McKinlay	M	1960	Canada	Leader	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Computer programmer	Details Other expeditions
Shelley McKinlay	F	1962	Canada	Deputy Leader	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Police officer	Details Other expeditions
Rob Owens	M	1975	Canada	Climber	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Student & does odd jobs	Details Other expeditions
Steve Pasmeny	M	1966	Canada	Climber	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Mechanical engineer	Details Other expeditions
Frederick Harold (Fred) Ziel	M	1953	USA	Exp Doctor	South Pasadena, California	Physician	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.