Ama Dablam | 2000 SW Ridge

A Austria expedition to Ama Dablam in 2000 via SW Ridge, led by Theo Fritsche. Summit reached on 15th May 2000. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3484
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD00103
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2000
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Theo Fritsche
Sponsor Austrian Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 312
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Khumbu Valley
Basecamp Date 2000-05-01
Summit Date 2000-05-15
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 14
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2000-05-18
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(01/05,4400m),C1(11/05,5500m),C2(14/05,5800m),Smt(15/05)
Route Notes Later in arriving at C1 to rescue frostbitten Russian. Started for top from C2 at 4:30 am, on top Frische at 10:30 am, Duenser 10:50 am, W. Amann at 11:00 am; all on top together and down together. On traverse between C2 and C3 from middle of Yellow Tower to the ridge there were at least 10 different ropes, mostly old ones.
Accidents Mrs Leane Amann got flu
Achievement -
Agency High Country Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456155
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Leane Amann F 1960 Austria Climber Bludesch, Vorarlberg, Austria Secretary Details Other expeditions
Wilfried Amann M 1963 Austria Climber Bludesch, Vorarlberg, Austria Bank manager Details Other expeditions
Gerold Duenser M 1966 Austria Climber Schnifis, Vorarlberg, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Theodor (Theo) Fritsche M 1949 Austria Leader Ludesch, Voralberg, Austria Carpenter Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD00103 HIGH - - - 218:77 (Jan 2001) -