(Brief) Climbing History of Cho Oyo

• First ascent in 1954 (Austrian).
• 1959: First women's Himalayan expedition to an 8,000m peak. (Two of the women and one Sherpa were killed in two separate avalanches.)
• Approximately 450 people summited prior to spring, 1995.
• Approximately two thirds of prior expeditions put at least one person on top.
• Approximately 17 people killed on the mountain (making it by far the safest of the 8,000m peaks).