Cho Oyu | 1999 NW side

A Russia expedition to Cho Oyu in 1999 via NW side, led by Alexander Abramov. Summit reached on 23rd May 1999. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3297
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHOY99113
Peak ID CHOY
Year 1999
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Alexander Abramov
Sponsor First Moscow Himalaya Expedition to Cho Oyu
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 340
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach KTM->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 1999-04-23
Summit Date 1999-05-23
Summit Time 1340
Summit Days 30
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) 700
Total Members 7
Summit Members 6
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(23/04,4800m),ABC(25/04,5700m),C1(29/04,6400m),C2(04/05,7100m),C3(12/05,7500m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes C3 established 22 May, not slept because of bad weather returned then ferried other stuff - they lost some stuff. Took an hour and half from the plateau to the summit. The weather was bad, too cloudy and windy. Larin started from C3 at 5:30 am; Abramov started at 5:40 am; then Abramova at 6:00 am; Khokhlov, Cherny and Yelagin started at 7:00 am. Started at different times because it took time to get ready. Cherny, Khokhlov, Larin slept at C3. Abramov, Abramova, Yelagin slept at C2. It was the first summit bid by Russians. On 23 May 2 Austrians left C3 but returned because of bad weather. Lack of acclimatization. On 22 May two Austrians summited.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457101
Year 1999
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alexander (Alex) Abramov M 1964 Russia Leader Moscow, Russia Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Liudmila Abramova F 1965 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia - Details Other expeditions
Nikolai Dmitrievich Cherny M 1938 Russia Deputy Leader Moscow, Russia Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Vasili Elagin M 1953 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia General manager of book publishing company Details Other expeditions
Juri Khokhlov M 1949 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Sergei Larin M 1959 Russia Climber Tver, Moscow, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Egor Timme M 1963 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHOY99113 HIGH - - - 205:67 (Dec 1999) -