Cho Oyu (8,201m) Expedition - Tibet Side

Austrian Team first climbs Cho Oyu in 1954, the 6th Highest Peak in the world. The Indian and German team also climbed this peak in 1958 and 1964 respectively. Till now, many expedition teams have successfully reached on its summit. The year 2004 was regarded as the Golden jubilee of Cho Oyu at the sector of expedition. The golden jubilee ceremony was organized by Nepal Mountaineering Association with grand fanfare and jubilantly.

There were nearly 400 climbers from different regions of the World during this golden jubilee ceremony and most of them made the summit. Most of the Cho Oyu expedition teams climb from Tibet side due to the easy technique-climbing route from there. Meeting and climbing information for Mt Cho Oyu  You need not wait at all, the expedition begins when you arrive to Kathmandu, where you are welcome by our staffs in the airport and received to hotel. Next day, we make introduction section with other climbing members & Expedition crews. Since then we make your Tibet visa and other necessary document for Cho Oyu Expedition, Goddess of Turtoise in Tibbetan language, or bald God in other legend.

After 3 days, we drive towards Nepal-Tibet border up to the Friendship Bridge through Arniko Highway, where the Chinese liaison officer and Chinese transportation receive us there. The expedition gears go by truck but the members there Travel by Land cruiser 4wd or with comfortable Minibus. We take time to acclimatize with one night at Zhangmu (2300m) and two nights at Nylam (3750m), which also gives us the chance to trek up high hills for acclimatization.
Next day, we drive to Tingri (4350m) where we spend further two nights acclimatizing. Then we drive Tingri to Base camp 5000m. along the rough way with jerking & bouncing experience through grassy plain which leads up to the Chinese base camp.

A schedule of the yaks is made by that time, then a camp is set up at the China side Base Camp, where we stay two nights or more, it depends on the feelings and decisions of your members. Base camp is a temporary but comfortable affair with Nepali cook and dining tent. Then we hve two-days walk towards the advance base camp. There you can see the outstanding scene of Cho Oyu from the main base camps, where you stay for the longer duration look the favorable situation for the expedition. Everyone gets his or her own tent there.  

Camp 1 is installed on the elevated place at the altitude of 6400m, from where the real mountaineering starts. The ridge is now soft and easy enough for climbing, then it broadens out and you should climb successive huge steps, several of which probably require fixing a rope up there. You should fix a new rope in co-operation with other members on the mountain. Normally, one rope is used for ascent and another for descent. Although the route is full of crevasses, normally these make no problems.

Camp 2 is installed on the edge of a large plateau at 7125m, where you can carefully assess where to fix the rope. Depending on conditions and fitness you may attempt the summit from here, or you may establish a light Camp 3 across the plateau and up on a minor ridge at 7550m. Above Camp 3, there are two rocky steps where you fix another set of ropes before summitting the ascent.

At last, the final climbilng starts early in the morning from camp 3 for the summit. Above the rock bands, the slopes are still steep and you may take a line to fix there, depending on conditions. However, once on the crest of this ridge the terrain is straightforward although it is a long haul to the summit plateau.  

From the summit of Cho Oyu, the panorama is really breathtaking and magnificent, includes the view of Everest 8848m, Lhotse 8501m, Nuptse 7855m, Chamlang 7319m, Ama Dablam 6856m and other peaks of the Everest region to the east and south. To the west, you can see, Melungtse and Gauri Sankar massifs; and to the north, you can see there is all Tibet area. It is normal to descend to Camp 2 from the summit directly, without staying at Camp 3.

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