Cho Oyu: Northwest Ridge
The normal route on Cho Oyu is the northwest ridge, climbed from the Tibet (China) side rather than from Nepal.
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At a glance
- Base camp
- Not yet documented
- Base camp location
- Not yet documented
- First climbed
- 19 October 1954Source: Wikipedia (English)
The camps on this route are not yet documented with a source.
The route
The first ascent on 19 October 1954 followed the northwest ridge, which the source calls the standard route, with generally moderate slopes.1
Herbert Tichy and Joseph Jöchler of an Austrian expedition summited with the Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama.1
Sources
- Cho Oyu, Wikipedia (English). Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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