Cho Oyu | 1998 NW side from N

A Russia expedition to Cho Oyu in 1998 via NW side from N, led by Alexei Choustrov. Summit reached on 28th April 1998. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2561
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Expedition ID CHOY98101
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1998
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side from N
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Alexei Choustrov
Sponsor St. Petersburg Cho Oyu Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 280
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1998-04-07
Summit Date 1998-04-28
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 21
Total Days 27
Termination Date 1998-05-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8188
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 1
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(07/04),ABC(09/04,5700m),C1(11/04,6450m),C2(14/04,7000m),C3(19/04,7400m),C4(27/04,7600m),Smt(28/04)
Route Notes BC at normal site C4 at Chinese tent. Had helped Chinese team during climb (prepared fixed rope) so Chinese left tent at 7600m for use by Russians and others. 1st Russian summit bid on 27th April by Choustrov and Gravilov from C3 and 28th C4 (Chinese tent) to 8000m then stopped by hard deep snow making progress too slow. Pimkin and Sergeev on 28th from C2 and reached top at 1:00 pm and slept in C4. 30th Choustrov and Gravilov going to top when Steponov in C2 coughed so hard something broke inside him much blood flowed from mouth and he died in his tent at about 10:00 am. All climbing stopped - body covered with stones. Sergeev skied down from 7600m to 7000m. 10 ropes of route technical because ice early in the year; at end of climb, snow covered ice and now easy climbing. * Argentinean leader of Cho Oyu expedition 13 May 98 - Argentina's doctor examined saw Stepanov and judged an artery on his neck burst - caused by high altitude and/or exhaustion. Dr. David Shlim, KTM doctor, 15 May 98: It is virtually impossible to cause artery in neck to burst, but not artery in lungs if person had prior history of TB or other cause of scar tissue in lungs.
Accidents Nothing except Stepanov's death (Roukhlov decided mountain not for him)
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456710
Year 1998
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side from n

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Konstantin Astanine M 1963 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Construction company director Details Other expeditions
Alexei Choustrov M 1958 Russia Leader St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mikhail Gavrilov M 1964 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Building company general manager Details Other expeditions
Sergei Krivonossov M 1959 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Construction company general director Details Other expeditions
Nikolai Pimkin M 1963 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Physical education teacher Details Other expeditions
Alexandre Roukhlov M 1963 Russia Climber Apatity, Murmansk, Russia General director of petroleum company Details Other expeditions
Dmitri Sergeev M 1963 Russia Climber St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Viktor Stepanov M 1962 Russia Climber Novgorod, Russia Construction company director Details Other expeditions
Guri Tchounovkine M 1934 Russia Honorary Leader St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia Engineer & president of St. Petersburg mountaineering federation Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY98101 HIGH - - - 193:32 (Dec 1998) -