Mt. Cho Oyu Expedition
6th Highest Mountain in the world
Tibet -- normal route
Above: Shishapangma from the summit of Cho Oyu.
If you want to climb an 8000m mountain without attempting suicide then your choices are Cho Oyu, Shishapangma (both climbed from Tibet). Cho Oyu is the 6th highest mountain on the planet & is attributed with an altitude of 8201m. It is definitely safer climbing.
We offer the best balance of quality & value. We run safe expeditions with a good staff ratio; have radios that always work, have AC power, Telephone at BC, ABC everything you would expect and more!
Jyamchang Bhote with clients at top of the Cho Oyu ---------------------->
Itinerary
27th August - Day 1 Arrive Kathmandu
We meet you at the airport; look for a sign with your name on it.
28th Day 2 in rest day, group meeting.
We stay at the Shankar Hotel, the usual expedition hotel, with the 4 star in center of KTM. We finish the expedition paperwork and more briefing.
29th, 3 – Sort-out gear personal and group!!
We work in a hotel and make sure all the gear and pass to Highhimal.com‘s store for easy un load with truck.
30th 4-shightseeing
In Kathmandu valley or rock climbing, it is your choice!!
1st September, Day-5 - drive to Zang Mu,
We take bus or jeep from Kathmandu to till Friendship boarder and change from china side the Land crusher jeep and drive to Zangmu stay at hotel,
6-7 Drive to Ngeylam!!
<----- Jyamchang Bhote Summit of Cho Oyu
We drive up to Ngeylam stay at hotel, and one day we taking rest and we go hike for acclimatize.
8 -9 Drive to Tingri.
Still we are on the way up and we drive to Tingri stay in a hotel, next day we do shopping Vegetable & other.
10-11-12-13 – stay Base Camp
We spend several days acclimatizing and preparing our gear for load carrying. Feeling fit?
10th September, 14- we heading up to IC,
We are going to IC camp with yaks and alpine gear,
15-16-17-18- ABC
Setup our ABC camp and C1, start to carrying the load up to C1,C2 and C3
If every one ok with this day so must sleep at C1 couple days and climb bit higher,
Then come down for the rest!! In ABC
After 20th of September to 27th of September is our summit attempt!!
The expedition leader in discussion with the team members and high altitude porters manages the day to day running of the expedition. There are several different methods to ready for you for the summit bid; we will discuss them in detail in base camp and ABC.
The basic plan is to take several trips up to around 7000m on the mountain. Logistically, it takes some sound preparation and organization to ensure all the camps are set up with the appropriate supplies. Then we need a window of good weather for the summit attempt and often this is a waiting game.
Warning
We have run many successful and safe expeditions however you must understand this is as real as it gets. We try our best with safety and gear within the limits of the expedition budget but this is 8000m and anything can happen. Even with good gear, good everything, the risk of death is small BUT REAL. There is UNAVOIDABLE avalanche and search danger, although the probability is low. If you haven't climbed to 8000m before you will find the mountain bigger and scarier than you ever imagined.
We try our best and we are very responsible, caring people HOWEVER we are not liable for anything, full stop.
Attitude
Mentally, you should not be on this expedition unless you think you can climb to the summit, there is a lot of power is positive thinking. At the same time you must be prepared for disappointment; conditions may not be perfect, you may struggle at extreme altitude etc.
This is a professionally lead expedition. Your guide and crew are there to manage the logistics of the expedition not to haul you up the mountain or be personal servants. Your guide is there because he is familiar with the mountain and big expeditions, to assist in being a climbing partner, to make difficult judgment decisions and to generally manage the expedition. Your guide will accompany the team on the majority of the acclimatization trips and will endeavor to summit with you, but this is not a guarantee. The Sherpas will summit with the expedition members.
We live together for more than a month so please have consideration for your fellow team members, crew and guide, and other mountaineers. Being polite and reasonable goes a long way; even minor dehydration makes almost anyone surprisingly irritable and intractable).
Experience and fitness
Despite the relatively non-technical nature you MUST have some mountaineering experience and MUST have been to 6000m before. The fitter you are when you arrive the better. You must be at least moderately fit, your fitness will build remarkably on the mountain. Don't underestimate the difficulty and strength of will required to climb at over 7000m.
Insurance
This is your choice. It is sometimes possible to get insurance for 8000m peaks thru your national alpine club - the British Mountaineering council (BMC) has a great policy, although getting more expensive all the time. We don't normally have a doctor with us however in the past we have arranged the services of a doctor at base camp. You pay the doctor directly. There is no helicopter rescue possible in Tibet so evacuation is by Land cruiser to Kathmandu. The cost of emergency evacuation and associated care is not included in the cost of the expedition. There is one particularly good clinic in Kathmandu. Our Nepali staff is insured.
