Ama Dablam | 2002 SW Ridge
A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2002 via SW Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 21st October 2002. 30 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 4124 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | AMAD02321 |
| Peak ID | AMAD |
| Year | 2002 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | SW Ridge |
| Route 2 | NE Ridge (to 5900m 8 Nov) |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | USA |
| Leaders | Dan Mazur |
| Sponsor | SummitClimb Ama Dablam Expedition 2002 |
| Success 1 | True |
| Success 2 | False |
| Success 3 | False |
| Success 4 | False |
| Ascent 1 | 381,382,386 |
| Ascent 2 | - |
| Ascent 3 | - |
| Ascent 4 | - |
| Claimed | False |
| Disputed | False |
| Countries | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, UK |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2002-10-04 |
| Summit Date | 2002-10-21 |
| Summit Time | - |
| Summit Days | 17 |
| Total Days | 19 |
| Termination Date | 2002-10-23 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 6814 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 3 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 25 |
| Summit Members | 14 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 6 |
| Summit Hired | 5 |
| 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(04/10,4575m),ABC(06/10,5400m),C1(14/10,5750m),C2(17/10,6000m),C3(20/10,6300m),Smt(21-22,24/10) |
| Route Notes | This team, Amical Waertl's team and Buet French team cooperated about fixed ropes, use of tents, going to top first, etc. Lannamann and Mazur with Jangbu and Lhakpa made alpine-style attempt on NE ridge teams northwest towards summit below Amphu Gyabjen Peak. 5 Nov went to 5300m on NE ridge and biv; 6 Nov to 5500m and 7 Nov to 5750m and to 5500m to sleep. 8 Nov 5900m just below junction with N Ridge and back to 5500m to sleep. Now food and fuel supplies nearly exhausted. Very steep rock with lot of snow covering parts of it. Realized route too long with slow progress in time left to reach summit. 9 Nov all the way down to Dingboche. Needed atleast 8 more days on this long steep ridge to get to top. Two members left before climbing finished: Kuhles arrived at BC 8 Oct and left 9 Oct; not serious about climbing. Rolfson had chronic stomach trouble: ABC only and left BC 15 Oct. |
| Accidents | Several falls on fixed ropes but not hurt; chronic stomach trouble |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Everest Parivar |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | False |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | - |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2457091 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | None |
| Route (lowercase) | sw ridge |
Members
30 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Bernier | M | 1975 | Canada | Climber | Amos, Quebec | Forest worker | Details Other expeditions |
| Thomas Earl Boydston | M | 1954 | USA | Climber | Norfolk, Massachusetts | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Jonathan Briggs | M | 1967 | UK | Climber | Aberdeen, Scotland | Technician | Details Other expeditions |
| David Cooper | M | 1950 | UK | Climber | Littleton, Colorado | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Roland De Bare de Comogne | M | 1959 | Belgium | Climber | Aiken, South Carolina | Computer scientist | Details Other expeditions |
| Rexford G. (Rex) Dougherty | M | 1945 | USA | Climber | Park City, Utah | Computer programmer | Details Other expeditions |
| Michael (Mike) Hale | M | 1967 | USA | Climber | Valdez, Alaska | Computer engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Andy Hilton | M | 1974 | USA | Climber | Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Clayton Arthur Kuhles | M | 1954 | USA | Climber | Prescott, Arizona | Owner of trash collecting business | Details Other expeditions |
| Thomas Cleveland (Tom) Lannamann | M | 1975 | USA | Climber | London, England | Management consultant | Details Other expeditions |
| Michael (Mick) Long | M | 1960 | Ireland | Climber | Rathmore, Kerry, Ireland | Telecommunications technician | Details Other expeditions |
| Stuart Maccrimmon | M | 1980 | UK | Climber | Charminster, Dorset, England | Soldier in territorial army | Details Other expeditions |
| Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur | M | 1960 | USA | Leader | Seattle, Washington | House builder | Details Other expeditions |
| Paul Mitterbacher | M | 1939 | Austria | Climber | Gallneukirchen, Upper Austria, Austria | Retired engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| John Randall (Randy) Murphy | M | 1955 | USA | Climber | Littleton, Colorado | High school maintenance manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Andrew (Andy) Prentice | M | 1975 | UK | Climber | Coventry, England | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Ian Prentice | M | 1977 | UK | Climber | Coventry, England | Management consultant | Details Other expeditions |
| Jay Mark Reilly | M | 1972 | Australia | Climber | Cairns, QLD, Australia | Rock climbing instructor | Details Other expeditions |
| John Christian Rodenbeck | M | 1970 | USA | Climber | Chicago, Illinois | Tax accountant | Details Other expeditions |
| Brian Keola Rolfson | M | 1962 | USA | Climber | Arvada, Colorado | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Marc John Serravezza | M | 1970 | USA | Climber | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Markus Peter Staehelin | M | 1961 | Switzerland | Climber | Binningen, Basel, Switzerland | College instructor | Details Other expeditions |
| Kenneth D. Stalter | M | 1954 | USA | Climber | Franklin, New York | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Thomas Ely (Tom) Taplin, Jr. | M | 1953 | USA | Climber | Santa Monica, California | Photographer | Details Other expeditions |
| Charles Edward Winger | M | 1937 | USA | Climber | Pueblo, Colorado | Retired software engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Tek Bahadur Tamang | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | Gora, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Lhakpa (Kongle) Sherpa | M | 1964 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Patle-4, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Gyaluk (Gyalu Lama) Sherpa | M | 1975 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Patle-5, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Jangbu Sherpa | M | 1967 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Patle-4, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Shera Jyangbu (Ang Shera) Sherpa | M | 1976 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Patle, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
1 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAD02321 | - | - | http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=18&nid=38 | - | - | - |