Ama Dablam | 2001 SW Ridge

A Japan expedition to Ama Dablam in 2001 via SW Ridge, led by Susumu Nakamura. Summit reached on 7th December 2001. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3884
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Expedition ID AMAD01402
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2001
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Susumu Nakamura
Sponsor 2001 Yukikihyo Club Ama Dablam Expedition (Snow Leopard Club)
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-11-28
Summit Date 2001-12-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2001-12-09
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to slow pace of climbing
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
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 Climbed Parchamo (by 19 Nov); Tanaka and Yamamoto to Kusum Kanguru after Ama Dablam
Campsites BC(28/11,4600m),C1(03/12,5745m),Biv(06/12,6000m),xxx(07/12,6500m)
Route Notes C1 at normal site (SW Ridge, slightly above British expedition)? Biv at top of red tower High point at West Face. 4 Dec attacked summit: all 4 members left C1 5:30 am but climbed slowly and when reached top of red tower at 6000m at 11:30, was very far to top and decided to return C1. 6th again all 4 up, and slept in biv on top of tower at 6000m. 7th at 5:45 am up towards top; when reached 6500m on West Face, was 2:00 pm; so too late to continue up, had no tent no food, so down to biv and climb finished. Now all very tired and had no tent but nylon sheet to cover for members together - in morning -21 degrees centigrade. 8th packed up C1 and down to BC. Wanted to climb alpine style with no Sherpas, so took only one week's food for climb "was really enjoyed climbing by ourselves." Route "very hard and risky." Sometimes used ropes left from last season. Reluctantly agreed that there actually was one other team, the British, also on this mountain at same time. Nakamura wants to return to Ama Dablam; now that he knows the route, he can climb it in 5 days. 14 Dec 2001 (after Japanese interview) - Mac Mackay, British Ama Dablam leader, said his Sherpas fixed 100m of Japanese rope for the Japanese since the Japanese had no Sherpas with them.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Trans Himalayan Trekking (THT)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456727
Year 2001
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Atsuo Chiba M 1975 Japan Climber Shyzenji, Shizuoka, Japan Mathematics tutor Details Other expeditions
Susumu Nakamura M 1946 Japan Leader Shiki, Saitama, Japan Video documentaries script writer Details Other expeditions
Junichi Tanaka M 1971 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Biology student Details Other expeditions
Shigehisa Yamamoto M 1968 Japan Deputy Leader Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Office worker in architectural firm Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.