Mt. Cho - Oyu Expedition

Trip Overview

Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at 8201 meters above sea level. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between Tibet and Nepal above the famous Nangpa La (5,716m), a glaciated pass that serves as the main trading route between the Tibetans and the Sherpas of Khumbu. This mountain was first climbed on 19 October 1954 via the north-west ridge by an Austrian expedition naming it the fifth 8000-meter peak to be climbed, after Annapurna I in June 1950, Mount Everest in May 1953, Nanga Parbat in July 1953 and K2 in July 1954.

It is considered to be an easiest and straightforward climbed mountain from Tibetan Side. So this is an excellent mountain for climbers wanting to scale their first 8,000m peak.

After 3 days, preparatory stop and tour in Kathmandu the Expedition continue toward Cho-Oyu base through Tingri, which is an old Tibetan settlement with typical clustered Tibetan styled housing at the foot of the small hillock. A short exploration in the settlement can expose you a typical remote Tibetan lifestyle. Right from the roadside of Tingri, you can see the Mt. Everest, Makalu, Gyan Kung, and Mount Cho-Oyu. From Dirngri we'll enjoy an easy 5-day acclimatizing trek to reach the Cho-Oyu base camp. Where we will enjoy 23 days of climbing to get on top of the mount Cho-Oyu, which is 8.201 meters high from the sea level.

Final expedition preparation including, rope management, final checking of technical equipment, group discussion, rest, acclimatization etc will be done in Chinese Base camp, before making our accent to advanced base camp at 5700m. After all the preparation advanced base camp will be set and the expedition begins with our climbing Sherpas, most of the rope fixing will be done by our climbing Sherpas. The C3, the base to the summit, will be set at 7500m. on the north-east face. During the period of the setting of the Camp Three, all climbing member will have done up and down several times for proper acclimatization. Date of the summit will be fixed depending on the condition of physical fitness and weather condition. Finally, the summit day comes and if everything goes well then every climber gets rewarded with great success. The second chance will be given to the member who can not make the summit in their first climbing phase.