Location in Province No. 1, Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region, China
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Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu (Nepal)
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Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu (Tibet)
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Location
Nepal (Province No. 1)–China (Tibet)
Parent range
Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent
October 19, 1954 by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler, Pasang Dawa Lama (First winter ascent 12 February 1985 Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski)
Easiest route
snow/ice/glacier climb
Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; Tibetan: ཇོ་བོ་དབུ་ཡ; Chinese: 卓奥友峰) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan.[2] The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China Tibet–Nepal Koshi Pradesh border.
Just a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu is Nangpa La (5,716m/18,753 ft), a glaciated pass that serves as the main trading route between the Tibetans and the Khumbu's Sherpas. This pass separates the Khumbu and Rolwaling Himalayas. Due to its proximity to this pass and the generally moderate slopes of the standard northwest ridge route, Cho Oyu is considered the easiest 8,000 metre peak to climb.[3] It is a popular objective for professionally guided parties.
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^"NASA Earth Observatory: Cho Oyu". NASA. 2018.
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ChoOyu (Nepali: चोयु; Tibetan: ཇོ་བོ་དབུ་ཡ; Chinese: 卓奥友峰) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) above sea level. Cho...
His 30 April 1990 ascent of ChoOyu, which he completed alone in low visibility, is disputed by one observer. ChoOyu has a broadly flat summit plateau...
Nangpa La between Rolwaling Himal and ChoOyu, to the Arun River. It includes Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and ChoOyu — four of Earth's six highest peaks...
The 1952 British expedition to ChoOyu (26,750 feet (8,150 m)) the Turquoise Goddess was organized by the Joint Himalayan Committee. It had been hoped...
In the winter of 1982–83, Messner attempted the first winter ascent of ChoOyu. He reached an altitude of about 7,500 m (24,600 feet), when great masses...
Mount Everest#Surveys. In Pakistan's disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region ChoOyu's height is 8,188 m (26,864 ft) according to the Nepal Survey's 1996 topographical...
skiing and holds the record for the highest ski descent which he made down ChoOyu mountain. Stammberger disappeared while scouting an expedition of Tirich...
she died in October 1959 while leading a women-only expedition to climb ChoOyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world, on the China Tibet–Nepal Province...
major Himalayan peaks. These include 21 ascents of Mount Everest, six on ChoOyu, eight on Manaslu, and one each on Shishapangma[citation needed] and Lhotse...
with four of the world's six highest mountains, including the highest: ChoOyu, Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu. The Khumbu region, popular for trekking,...
000m summits, reaching the summit of Everest 8 times, Manaslu 4 times, ChoOyu 3 times, and both K2 and Lhotse once. He has also led three expeditions...
times since 1992 (in both spring and autumn, all via the South Col route), ChoOyu seven times since 1995, and had also summited Broad Peak (1995), Gasherbrum...
missing. However, when the Chinese authorities refused her permits to climb ChoOyu and Shishapangma, her record hunt ended at that point. On 3 May 2023, Harila...
Manaslu – 6 January 2023 – Winter summit. Shishapangma – 26 April 2023. ChoOyu – 3 May 2023 Makalu – 13 May 2023 Kangchenjunga – 18 May 2023 Mount Everest...
the border between Nepal and Tibet. Lunag Ri is 11.7 km (7.3 mi) west of ChoOyu (8,188 m (26,864 ft)). The Jobo Rinjang (6,778 m (22,238 ft)) forms a southeastern...
expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb ChoOyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached...
Kalam. Arjun Vajpai scaled ChoOyu accompanied by Pasang Norbu Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa. During one of his attempts at Mount ChoOyu, Tibet (the easiest 8,000...
Pakistan. The third and last phase started in September 2019. He summitted ChoOyu (8188 m, Tibet, China) on 23 September and Manaslu (8163 m, Nepal) on 27...
eight-thousanders (mountains over 8,000 meters) that Habeler has summited are ChoOyu, Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga and Gasherbrum I. He has also climbed Yerupaja...
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