Cho Oyu

Height: 8,201 metres (26,906 feet)
Location: Tibet/Nepal
Summit date: October 2007
Route: Normal Route

Cho Oyu ("Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan) is the sixth highest mountain in the world. Cho Oyu is located in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal.

Cho Oyu was first climbed on October 19, 1954 via the northwest ridge by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama of an Austrian expedition. 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. Cho Oyu was first attempted in 1952 by an expedition led by Eric Shipton and including Tom Bourdillon, but technical difficulties at an ice cliff above 6,650m (21,820ft) proved beyond their abilities.

Just a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu is Nangpa La (5,716m/18,753ft), a glaciated pass that serves as the main trading route between the Tibetans and the Khumbu's Sherpas.