Ama Dablam | 2000 SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Ama Dablam in 2000 via SW Ridge, led by Song Jung-Doo. Summit reached on 5th December 2000. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3673
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD00402
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2000
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Song Jung-Doo
Sponsor 2001 Korean Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 345
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2000-11-25
Summit Date 2000-12-05
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 10
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2000-12-07
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 7
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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(25/11,4500m),C1(28/11,5800m),C2(01/12,6100m),C3(03/12,6400m),Smt(05/12)
Route Notes Dec 03: Seung-Jo Lee, Hee-Young Park, Ki-Hwan You and Dawa left BC. Seung-Jo Lee had to return to BC from C1 due to headache and vomit. Dec 04: Ki-Hwan You went down to BC due to exhaustion. Hee-Young Park and Dawa left the camp at about 07:30 hours. Summit at 12:30 hours, stayed about 20 minutes, back to C3 around 15:00 hours, then to C1 around 19:00 hours. The leader said: weather was very good throughout the expedition period but had strong wind. According to expedition leader: among the four expeditions, his team was the last to start and first to get to the summit. The team returned to KTM on Dec 09 and will leave the country on Dec 12.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sarang San Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456359
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Young-Rae Jeun M 1964 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Jye-Hoon Kim M 1952 S Korea Climber Ilsan, Gyeonggi, S Korea Owner of mountaineering-gear shop Details Other expeditions
Seung-Jo Lee M 1969 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Sports equipment salesman Details Other expeditions
Won-Taik Lee M 1967 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Mountain equipment shop keeper Details Other expeditions
Hee-Young Park M 1968 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Sportswear salesman Details Other expeditions
Jung-Doo Song M 1958 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Construction company chairman Details Other expeditions
Ki-Hwan You M 1974 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Just graduated from university - no job Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tshering (Dawa Chhiri) Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.