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'{{Infobox mountain | name = Cho Oyu | photo = ChoOyu-fromGokyo.jpg | photo_caption = The south side of Cho Oyu from [[Gokyo]]. | elevation_m = 8201 | elevation_ref = <br /><small>[[Eight-thousander|Ranked 6th]]</small> | prominence_m = 2340 | prominence_ref = | map =Nepal relief | map_caption = Location on Nepal/Tibet border | label_position = right | listing = [[Eight-thousander]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]] | translation = Turquoise Goddess | language = [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]] | location = [[Nepal]]-[[People's Republic of China|China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]]) | range = [[Mahalangur Himal]], [[Himalayas]] | lat_d = 28 | lat_m = 05 | lat_s = 39 | lat_NS = N | long_d = 86 | long_m = 39 | long_s = 39 | long_EW = E | coordinates = {{coord|28|06|N|86|39|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = October 19, 1954 by [[Herbert Tichy]], Joseph Jöchler and [[Sherpa (people)|Sherpa]] Pasang Dawa Lama | easiest_route = snow/ice/glacier climb | mapsize = 250 }} '''Cho Oyu''' (or '''Qowowuyag'''; in Nepal चोयु, [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]] in [[Wylie transliteration]]: ''jo bo dbu yag''; [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 卓奧有山, [[Pinyin]]: ''Zhuó'àoyǒu Shān'') is the sixth highest [[mountain]] in the world at 8201 metres above sea level. Cho Oyu lies in the [[Himalayas]] and is 20&nbsp;km west of [[Mount Everest]], at the border between China and Nepal. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. Cho Oyu was first attempted in 1952 by an expedition organised and financed by the [[Joint Himalayan Committee]] of Great Britain as preparation for an attempt on Mount Everest the following year. The expedition was led by [[Eric Shipton]] and included [[Edmund Hillary]] & [[Tom Bourdillon]], but technical difficulties at an ice cliff above {{convert|6650|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} proved beyond their abilities <ref>{{cite book |last= Hillary |first= Edmund |title= [[High Adventure]] |publisher= [[Bloomsbury]] |year= 1955 | |isbn= 0747566968}} </ref>. The mountain was first climbed on October 19, 1954, via the north-west ridge by [[Herbert Tichy]], Joseph Jöchler and [[Sherpa (people)|Sherpa]] Pasang Dawa Lama of an [[Austria]]n expedition.<ref name=evnews>{{cite web|title=Cho Oyu History| url=http://www.k2news.com/co5.htm|author=Everest&nbsp;News.com|accessdate=2008-04-12}}</ref> Cho Oyu was the fifth 8000 metre peak to be climbed, after [[Annapurna]] in June 1950, [[Mount Everest]] in May 1953, [[Nanga Parbat]] in July 1953 and [[K2]] in July 1954. Just a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu is [[Nangpa La]] (5,716m/18,753&nbsp;ft), a glaciated pass that serves as the main trading route between the Tibetans and the [[Khumbu]]'s [[Sherpa (people)|Sherpa]]s. Due to its proximity to this pass and the generally moderate slopes of the standard northwest ridge route, some climbers consider Cho Oyu to be the easiest [[eight-thousander|8,000 metre peak]] to climb<ref name=peakware>[http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=1092 Cho Oyu] on Peakware</ref>, and it is a popular objective for professionally guided parties. ==Timeline== *1952 First reconnaissance of north-west face by [[Edmund Hillary]] and party.<ref name=evnews/> *1954 First ascent by Austrians Joseph Jöchler and Herbert Tichy, and Pasang Dawa Lama (Nepal)<ref name=evnews/> *1958 Second ascent of the peak, by an [[India]]n expedition. Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama reached the peak for the second time. First death on Cho Oyu.<ref name=evnews/> *1959 Four members killed in an avalanche during a failed international women's expedition.<ref name=evnews/> *1964 Controversial third ascent by a German expedition as there is no proof of reaching the summit. Two mountaineers die of exhaustion in camp 4 at 7,600m (24,935&nbsp;ft).<ref name=evnews/> *1978 Edi Koblmüller and Alois Furtner of [[Austria]] summit via the extremely difficult southeast face.<ref name=evnews/> *1983 [[Reinhold Messner]] succeeds on his fourth attempt,<ref name=evnews/> with [[Hans Kammerlander]] and [[Michael Dacher]]. *1985 On February 12, [[Maciej Berbeka]] and [[Maciej Pawlikowski]] make the first winter ascent (repeated three days later by [[Andrzej Heinrich]] and [[Jerzy Kukuczka]]). *1994 On May 13 [[Carlos Carsolio]] got the summit implementing a world record speed ascent from base camp, reached in 18 hours and 45 minutes.<ref>http://outside.away.com/outside/disc/guest/carsolio/profile.html</ref> *1994 First solo ascent via the South West face by Yasushi Yamanoi. *2004 Second summit by double amputee ([[Mark Inglis]]) *2007 Second Indian ascent. Expedition led by Abhilekh Singh Virdi. [[Image:Cho Oyu, Nepal.jpg|thumb|Viewing Cho Oyu via mountain flight]] [[File:Chooyu.jpg|thumb|Viewing Cho Oyu via Tingri]] ==See also== * [[Nangpa La shootings]] * [[Cho Oyu 8201m – Field Recordings from Tibet]] ==References== <references/> == Literature == *Herbert Tichy, Cho Oyu - Gnade der Götter, (Vienna: Ullstein 1955) ==External links== {{commons|Cho Oyu}} * [http://www.amp-design.com/mehl/nepal/cho-oyu/cho-oyu.htm Pictures from the first ascent] * [http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=1092 Cho Oyu on Peakware] * [http://www.8000ers.com/cms/content/view/57/188/ Ascents and fatalities statistics] {{Eight-thousander}} [[Category:Eight-thousanders]] [[Category:Mountains of Nepal]] [[Category:Mountains of Tibet]] [[Category:China–Nepal border]] [[Category:International mountains of Asia]] [[bn:চো ওইয়ু]] [[be:Гара Чо-Айю]] [[bg:Чо Ою]] [[ca:Cho Oyu]] [[cs:Čo Oju]] [[cy:Cho Oyu]] [[da:Cho Oyu]] [[de:Cho Oyu]] [[et:Cho Oyu]] [[es:Cho Oyu]] [[eo:Ĉo Oju]] [[eu:Cho Oyu]] [[fr:Cho Oyu]] [[gl:Cho Oiu]] [[ko:초오유]] [[hr:Cho Oyu]] [[io:Cho Oyu]] [[it:Cho Oyu]] [[ka:ჩო-ოიუი]] [[ku:Cho Oyu]] [[lt:Čo Oju]] [[hu:Cso-Oju]] [[mr:चो ओयु]] [[ms:Cho Oyu]] [[nl:Cho Oyu]] [[ne:चो यु]] [[ja:チョ・オユー]] [[no:Cho Oyu]] [[nn:Cho Oyu]] [[pnb:چو اویو]] [[pl:Czo Oju]] [[pt:Cho Oyu]] [[ro:Cho Oyu]] [[ru:Чо Ойю]] [[sk:Čho Oju]] [[fi:Cho Oyu]] [[sv:Cho Oyu]] [[tl:Cho Oyu]] [[ta:சோ ஓயு மலை]] [[tr:Cho Oyu]] [[uk:Чо-Ойю]] [[ur:چو اویو]] [[zh:卓奥友峰]]'