Ama Dablam | 2001 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2001 via SW Ridge, led by Mac Mackay. Summit reached on 7th December 2001. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3885
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD01401
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2001
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Mac Mackay
Sponsor Jagged Globe Ama Dablam Expedition 2001
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 375
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Denmark, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-11-28
Summit Date 2001-12-07
Summit Time 1400
Summit Days 9
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2001-12-09
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 8
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(28/11,4600m),C1(01/12,5700m),C3(06/12,6250m),Smt(07/12)
Route Notes Had emergency biv at C2 site but didn't even use it. Summit bid on 7th by Addison, Gott, Hurvig, Legate, Lyle and two Sherpas. Left C3 7:00 am, [Gott, Hurvig and Sherpas] on top 2:00 pm and back to C3 at 5:00 pm. All other members to C1 that day except Brown who went down on 6th and Roberts had left on 30 Nov. Fixed 100m of rope (+100m for Japanese team with their rope since this team had Sherpas to do the job and Japanese had no Sherpas). Roberts left expedition 30 Nov; reached 5200m and turned back, could not go higher because too lightly built and had no energy. Summit Sherpas: Ang Chhiring, Pangboche, no 8000ers Pasang Dawa, aka "Pando", Pa Dawa, Pangboche, Everest X2, Lhotse & Cho Oyu
Accidents Gott's slight frostbitten fingers and toes
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456727
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
David John Addison M 1961 UK Climber Barnard Castle, Durham, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
Judith Brown F 1957 UK Climber Cockermouth, Cumbria, England Consultant and project manager Details Other expeditions
Roger Alan Gott M 1948 UK Climber Bolton, Lancashire, England Information technology consultant Details Other expeditions
Hans Hurvig M 1962 Denmark Climber Copenhagen, Denmark Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Peter Legate M 1963 UK Climber Lymington, Hampshire, England Business manager Details Other expeditions
Nigel A. Lyle M 1952 UK Climber Norwich, Cheshire, England Consulting engineer Details Other expeditions
William Duncan (Mac) Mackay M 1955 UK Leader London, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
John L. Roberts M 1952 USA Climber Stoneham, Massachusetts Engineering manager Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa (Pa Dawa, Pando) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Tshering (Ang Chhiring) Sherpa M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.