Cho-Oyu

The Spanish alpinist also summitted Cho-Oyu in 2002, the mountain considered the simplest 'eight-thousander' by climbers. It is 8,201 metres high and on an icy pass at 5,716 metres that serves as a commercial route between Tibet and the sherpas.

The first attempt to climb Cho Oyu was made in 1952 by an expedition led by Eric Shipton, but they had technical difficulties that they were unable to overcome on an icy crag over 6,650 metres up.

A few kilometres to the west of Cho Oyu is Nangpa La (5,716 metres above sea level), an icy path that serves as a commercial route between Tibet and the Sherpas in Khumbu. Thanks to its proximity to this pass, climbers consider Cho Oyu the easiest peak to climb of those over eight thousand metres. Cho Oyu was the fifth eight-thousander to be climbed, after Annapurna (June 1950), Everest (May 1953), Nanga Parbat (July 1953) and K2 (July 1954).

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  EVEREST (2001)
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  MAKALU (2002)
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  CHO-OYU (2002)
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  LHOTSE (2003)
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  GASHERBRUM II (2003)
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  GASHERBRUM I (2003)
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  K2 (2004)
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  NANGA PARBAT (2005)
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  BROAD PEAK (2007)
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  DHAULAGIRI (2008)
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  MANASLU (2008)
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  KANGCHENJUNGA (2009)
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  ANNAPURNA (2010)
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  SHISHA PANGMA (2010)
• EVEREST W/OUT O2 (2011)