Ama Dablam | 2000 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2000 via SW Ridge, led by Nick Kekus. Summit reached on 29th October 2000. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3664
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD00318
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Nick Kekus
Sponsor OTT (Out There Trekking) Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 330,331,333
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries USA
Approach Lukla->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2000-10-20
Summit Date 2000-10-29
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 9
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2000-11-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(20-21/10,4700m),C1(23/10,5800m),C2(26/10,6000m),C3(28/10,6200m),Smt(29-31/10)
Route Notes Oct 29: McDermott and Nima Sherpa left C2 at 04:30 hours, summit at 08:00, stayed about half an hour, down to BC about 17:00 hours. Oct 30: Mobbs and Pemba Sherpa left C3 about 04:30 hours, summit 08:30, stayed less than half an hour, down to C1 at about 17:00 hours, next day to BC. Oct 31: Davey, Kekus, Moores, Nuttall and Powell and Lhakpa Sherpa left C3 at 05:00, summit between 09:00 to 09:30, stayed about half an hour, down to C1 about 18:00 hours. Next day to BC. Summit days were clear, windy and very cold. McDermott left BC on Oct 30. Mobbs left BC on Oct 31. Richardson and Shin left BC on Nov 01. Richardson leaves Nepal on Nov 21. Shin left on Nov 5. The expedition returned to KTM on Nov 06 and is trying to leave KTM on Nov 10. They have reservations for 12th. Youngest member is 18 years old. SPCC's works appreciated. The toilets they found dirty. They fear increase of rat population if things remain the same. They had bit of talk about the possible future this problem with SPCC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency High Country Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456322
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Georgina Davey F 1968 UK Climber Manchester, England Logistics Manager Details Other expeditions
Nikola (Nick) Kekus M 1957 UK Leader Cockermouth, Cumbria, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mark Charles McDermott M 1959 UK Climber Cheadle, Staffordshire, England Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Richard Mobbs M 1962 UK Climber Stockport, Cheshire, England Company director Details Other expeditions
Thomas (Tom) Moores M 1982 UK Climber Bath, Somerset, England Student Details Other expeditions
Sarah Nuttall F 1969 UK Climber Cockermouth, Cumbria, England Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Lawrence Powell M 1963 UK Climber London, England Computer consultant Details Other expeditions
Michael Richardson M 1960 USA Climber West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Merchant seaman Details Other expeditions
Peter Sung-Ho Shin M 1970 USA Climber Berkeley, California Computer system owner Details Other expeditions
Michael Williams M 1938 USA Climber Kensington, California Retired stock broker Details Other expeditions
Nima Chumbe Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Rinji Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chengbu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.