Ama Dablam | 2000 SW Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Ama Dablam in 2000 via SW Ridge, led by Heinz Mueller. Summit reached on 19th October 2000. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3660
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD00313
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Heinz Mueller
Sponsor Swiss Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 321
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Thyangboche
Basecamp Date 2000-10-15
Summit Date 2000-10-19
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 4
Total Days 8
Termination Date 2000-10-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(15/10,4600m),C1(17/10,5800m),C2(18/10,6300m),Smt(19/10)
Route Notes Oct 19 - Gisler, H Mueller and Tresch started at 05:30, summit 08:00 hours. Stayed about half an hour, down to BC around 16:00 hours. Clear day. There were ten more people on the summit. Oct 22 - Indergand climbed up to 6700m with Pemba Dorje Sherpa and had to retreat to BC due to strong wind and cold. Bruno Mueller climbed up to 5500m, then back to BC. He got cold and on 16th went down to Pangboche then to Khunde Hospital. Base camp and high camps were clean. The expedition returned to KTM on Nov 2 leaves on Nov 4.
Accidents Bruno Mueller altitude sickness
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456312
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hans Gisler M 1965 Switzerland Climber Riemenstalden, Uri, Switzerland Sculptor Details Other expeditions
Ambros Indergand M 1974 Switzerland Climber Schattdorf, Uri, Switzerland Mason & bricklayer Details Other expeditions
Bruno Mueller M 1966 Switzerland Climber Attinghausen, Uri, Switzerland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Heinz Anton Mueller M 1971 Switzerland Leader Schattdorf, Uri, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hansruedi Tresch M 1966 Switzerland Climber Erstfeld, Uri, Switzerland Mason & bricklayer Details Other expeditions
Nawang Thile (Pemba Dorje) Sherpa M 1953 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.