Cho Oyu Expedition - 43 Days

In Cho Oyu Expedition, you climb the sixth highest mountain (8201 m) of the world. Literally, Cho – Oyu means a turquoise god. From the Tibet side, you can see the turquoise color of Cho – Oyu. During the expedition, you climb on ice wall, to the top of glacier, and on a scree. In addition to these, you also walk on a ridge, which leads you to a series of ice cliffs. At 6600 m, you climb a steep ice wall of 50 m, which poses challenge to you. From the ice cliffs, you see large crevasses.

Fixed ropes are placed in conjunction with other climbers. It is on the way to camp 3 that you see the southern mountains of Nepal, as well as, the arid plateau of the Northern Tibet. On the summit day, you see a magnificent view of mountains, such as Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Nuptse, Menlugtse, Gyachung Kang, and Gaurisankar. You also see the Khumbu Himal. The route from the base camp consists mainly of low-angled 30 degrees snow slopes. You come across a sérac barrier at 6,400 meters. The highest camp is located at 7,500 m, and it also stands as a launch pad for the summit.

Before Cho – Oyu Expedition, you fly across the scenic Tibetan Plateau. In Lhasa, you visit the Jokhang Temple and Sera Monastery, which looks impressive with a golden roof. You also visit the Potala Palace, which is spectacular and which has staterooms and chapels. The palace stretches 400 m long from east to west and 350 m from north to south, and it also has sloping stone walls, whose thickness vary from 3 m to 5 m. The foundation of the Potala Palace is made of copper to protect the palace against earthquake. With 13 stories of building, over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues , the palace scales upto a height of 117 m, and the building is situated on top of the “Red Hill”.