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    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...
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    His 30 April 1990 ascent of Cho Oyu, which he completed alone in low visibility, is disputed by one observer. Cho Oyu has a broadly flat summit plateau...
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    twice, which he did from 2006 to 2022. Issues with false summits (e.g. Cho Oyu, Annapurna I and Dhaulagiri), or separated dual summits (e.g. Shishapangma...
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    mountain, coming out to a summit attempt fatality rate of around 7.4%. Cho Oyu is the world's sixth-highest mountain at 8,188 meters (26,864 ft) above...
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    although a number of others tried to help him. Sharp had previously summited Cho Oyu and was noted as being a talented rock climber who seemed to acclimatise...
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    peak in a record time of 10 days. In 1989, Kropp had hopes of climbing Cho Oyu, but he had no permit. Instead, he went to South America and climbed Iliniza...
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    In the winter of 1982–83, Messner attempted the first winter ascent of Cho Oyu. He reached an altitude of about 7,500 m (24,600 feet), when great masses...
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    without supplemental oxygen. In 2014, Pérez completed a solo ascent of Cho Oyu without supplemental oxygen. In 2015, Pérez reached the summit of Broad...
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  • Nangpa La between Rolwaling Himal and Cho Oyu, to the Arun River. It includes Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu — four of Earth's six highest peaks...
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    Mount Everest#Surveys. In Pakistan's disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region Cho Oyu's height is 8,188 m (26,864 ft) according to the Nepal Survey's 1996 topographical...
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    The 1952 British expedition to Cho Oyu (26,750 feet (8,150 m)) the Turquoise Goddess was organized by the Joint Himalayan Committee. It had been hoped...
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  • skiing and holds the record for the highest ski descent which he made down Cho Oyu mountain. Stammberger disappeared while scouting an expedition of Tirich...
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    missing. However, when the Chinese authorities refused her permits to climb Cho Oyu and Shishapangma, her record hunt ended at that point. On 3 May 2023, Harila...
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    with four of the world's six highest mountains, including the highest: Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu. The Khumbu region, popular for trekking,...
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    and the first woman to ski from over 8000 meters, skiing off the top of Cho Oyu on a monoski. 2000: Davo Karničar† (Slovenia) completed the first top-to-bottom...
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  • geologist, journalist and climber. He made his first ascent queen of Cho Oyu on 19 October 1954, with Sepp Jöchler [de] and Pasang Dawa Lama. Tichy...
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  • Cho Oyu 8201m – Field Recordings From Tibet is an ambient album released by artist Biosphere under his real name Geir Jenssen. Recorded in 2001, it was...
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    000m summits, reaching the summit of Everest 8 times, Manaslu 4 times, Cho Oyu 3 times, and both K2 and Lhotse once. He has also led three expeditions...
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  • Club in London. On 9 March 2006 Klára Poláčková reached the summit of Cho Oyu, climbing with her guide and friend Tashi Tenzing. Klára Poláčková summited...
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    expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached...
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    Kyrgyzstan (7134 m), Muztagh Ata (7546 m) and Kuksay Peak (7134 m) in China and Cho Oyu in Tibet (8201 m). Tomas Olsson lived in Chamonix in France, where he worked...
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    times since 1992 (in both spring and autumn, all via the South Col route), Cho Oyu seven times since 1995, and had also summited Broad Peak (1995), Gasherbrum...
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    she died in October 1959 while leading a women-only expedition to climb Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world, on the China Tibet–Nepal Province...
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  • Arnold) 1994 – Mount Everest 1994 – Lhotse 1994 – K2 1994 – Cho Oyu 1994 – Makalu 1995 – Cho Oyu 1996 – Mount Everest (died on descent) List of 20th-century...
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    peak Cho Oyu". Samaa. Nagri, Jamil (3 October 2023). "Naila Kiani, Sirbaz Khan become first Pakistani duo to summit world's 6th highest peak Cho Oyu". DAWN...
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    Manaslu – 6 January 2023 – Winter summit. Shishapangma – 26 April 2023. Cho Oyu – 3 May 2023 Makalu – 13 May 2023 Kangchenjunga – 18 May 2023 Mount Everest...
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    Kalam. Arjun Vajpai scaled Cho Oyu accompanied by Pasang Norbu Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa. During one of his attempts at Mount Cho Oyu, Tibet (the easiest 8,000...
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    the border between Nepal and Tibet. Lunag Ri is 11.7 km (7.3 mi) west of Cho Oyu (8,188 m (26,864 ft)). The Jobo Rinjang (6,778 m (22,238 ft)) forms a southeastern...
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    eight-thousanders (mountains over 8,000 meters) that Habeler has summited are Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga and Gasherbrum I. He has also climbed Yerupaja...
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    Pakistan. The third and last phase started in September 2019. He summitted Cho Oyu (8188 m, Tibet, China) on 23 September and Manaslu (8163 m, Nepal) on 27...
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