Cho Oyu (pronounced “choy-Oh-you”) is Tibetan for “Turquoise God,” cho god yu turquoise. It is 30 miles west of Mount Everest on the Tibet/China and Nepal border. It was the fifth 8,000-meter peak climbed. West of Cho Oyo is Nangpa La, a major pass and trade route between Nepal and Tibet. Yak caravans often carry black market goods over it. In 2006 Chinese soldiers shot Tibetan refugees here to world outrage.
Cho Oyu is the easiest 8,000-meter peak to climb, via its Northwest Ridge, with no technical climbing, big snowfields, and little objective danger. It is easily accessed by 4-wheel-drive vehicle, often guided, and is the first 8,000-meter peak for most climbers. First ascent in 1954 by an illegal Austrian expedition that crossed over Nangpa La to access it. First ascent climbers were Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama.
Location: Nepal, Asia
Coordinates: 28°06′00″ N 86°39′00″ E
Elevation: 26,906 feet (8,201 meters)
First Ascent: Joseph Joechler, Herbert Tichy (Italy), Pasang Dawa Lama (Nepal), October 19, 1954
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