Cho Oyu | 1997 NW side

A Germany expedition to Cho Oyu in 1997 via NW side, led by Harald Popp. Summit reached on 14th May 1997. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2232
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY97109
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1997
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Harald Popp
Sponsor Cho Oyu Expedition 1997
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 250
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1997-04-21
Summit Date 1997-05-14
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 26
Termination Date 1997-05-17
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 0
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(21/04,4900m),ABC(23/04,5700m),C1(26/04,6400m),C2(02/05,7000m),C3(13/05,7400m),Smt(14/05)
Route Notes C1 at Tichy camp. The schedule was rearranged and left ABC on 17 May. Dolenga and others reached Base Camp on 15 May and did not have time to climb again. Summit: Cloudy day - saw cross put by the Austrians, saw an oxygen bottle on the plateau. Ang Tenzing reached a height of 7400m (C3) Took around 1 hour to reach summit from the hump. Dolenga did not go to the edge by 2 or 3 meters because it was too windy. C3 was 15 minutes below the yellow band. On 14th May, Dolenga, Meissnitzer and Popp left C3 for summit but only Dolenga reached top; Meissnitzer turned back at 7500m with mild frostbitten fingers, Popp at 7600m because his toes had lost feeling and he feared frostbite, Fichtner at 7800m with mildly frostbitten fingers.
Accidents Franz finger badly frostbitten, left ABC on May 5; Fichtner and Meissnitzer mild frostbite
Achievement -
Agency International Trekkers (Intrek Asia)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456315
Year 1997
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Holger Dolenga M 1959 Germany Climber Bachum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Real estate agent Details Other expeditions
Peter Fichtner M 1959 Germany Exp Doctor Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Physician Details Other expeditions
Bruno Franz M 1951 Germany Climber Uettingen, Bavaria, Germany Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Bernhard Grimm M 1956 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Systems analyst Details Other expeditions
Ramona Farnbacher F 1955 Germany Climber Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany Optician Details Other expeditions
Alois Meissnitzer M 1945 Austria Climber Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Harald Enzio Popp M 1955 Germany Leader Uetikon, Zurich, Switzerland Business administrator Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.