Ama Dablam | 2003 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2003 via SW Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 20th October 2003. 29 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4419
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD03328
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2003
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Ama Dablam Expedition 2003
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Canada, Finland, Sweden, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2003-10-07
Summit Date 2003-10-20
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 13
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2003-10-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 1750
Total Members 24
Summit Members 14
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
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(07/10,4600m),ABC(10/10,5160m),C1(16/10,5650m),C2(18/10,6000m),C3(20/10,6300m),Smt(20-23/10)
Route Notes Cleared mountain of 2-3 kg of old rope and fixed new rope from C1 to top. New ropes fixed by this expedition, Mexicans, Amical Sherpa DAV; Scott Gould also helped; prompted by Robert Rackl's fatal fall because of faulty rope. Reilly, Naderi, Samson, Lhakpa and Tenzing (Makalu) left C3 24 Oct for top, stopped 50m below top because of strong wind 60 knots/hr; wind driven snow, no visibility (more on hands and knees) and back to C3; snowed for 3 continously days; climb finished. Summiters on 20th reached top after Germans; on 21st were only people on that day; on 22nd were the first on top, ahead of Mexican expedition; on 23rd Singleton was on top at 11:00 and others after him. Sherpas: Shera - Ama Dablam X3 Pasang Norbu Lama, Everest X3, from Makalu Barun Gyalu - Ama Dablam X3 Tenzing from Okhaldhunga Miss Maya, 23, Okhaldhunga (this her first mountains and not competent climber) Departure early and health problems: Burgess suffered deep rope burn at about 5600m on 17 Oct and left expedition; Morris left with Burgess, his client; Strehlow got flu and left 20 Oct (reached C1 only); Garrington got cerebral edema, reached ABC only and left expedition 18 Oct; Morris left with Burgess, his client; Purchase reached ABC only (was pregnant), left 17 Oct; Rolfson sprained his ankle descending from C1 to BC on 19 Oct but went up later to C3 and on team's trek out from BC his ankle collapsed at Phakding and he rode a horse to Lukla; Tranter was mildly sick with stomach trouble, had cold, chest infection and went to C1 only.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Finnish summiters
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457456
Year 2003
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

29 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bryan Howard Bonser M 1973 USA Climber Tokyo, Japan Technician Details Other expeditions
Michael Lane Boughton M 1976 USA Climber Snowbird, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Paul D. H. Burgess M 1955 Canada Climber Campbellford, Ontario Attorney Details Other expeditions
Dean Daniel Cardinale M 1969 USA Climber Snowbird, Utah Avalanche forecaster Details Other expeditions
Jocelyn Dufour M 1971 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Geophysicist Details Other expeditions
John Christopher Fawcett M 1950 UK Climber Birmingham, England Lorry driver Details Other expeditions
Sandra Garrington F 1963 UK Climber Kidderminster, Worcester, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
Anthony Stephen (Tony) Kinny M 1949 Australia Climber Ruse, NSW, Australia Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Christopher Anthony Kinny M 1980 Australia Climber Ruse, NSW, Australia Computer service engineer Details Other expeditions
Camille Sandra Kinny F 1983 Australia Climber Ruse, NSW, Australia Window furnishings manufacturer and installer Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Lakebay, Washington House builder Details Other expeditions
Hansi Mikko Miettinen M 1970 Finland Climber Kuusankoski, Finland Military officer Details Other expeditions
Michael Austin (Mike) Morris M 1968 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Alpine guide & ski patrolman Details Other expeditions
Ali Naderi M 1974 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden Chemistry student Details Other expeditions
Antti Kristian Oksanen M 1979 Finland Climber Tartu, Estonia Medical student Details Other expeditions
Tracey Jayne Purchase F 1967 UK Climber Stonebridge, W Midland, England Former haulage company owner Details Other expeditions
Jay Mark Reilly M 1972 Australia Deputy Leader Kewarra Beach, QLD, Australia Rock climbing instructor Details Other expeditions
Lonard Clarence (Larry) Rigsby M 1951 USA Climber Montgomery, Alabama Physician Details Other expeditions
Brian Keola Rolfson M 1962 USA Climber Arvada, Colorado Emergency physician Details Other expeditions
Ville Sakari Saarinen M 1977 Finland Climber Helsinki, Finland Research scientist Details Other expeditions
Kirstin Louise (Kirsti) Samson F 1971 UK Climber Chertsey, Surrey, England Airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Ryan Blaine Singleton M 1971 USA Climber Bend, Oregon Research forester Details Other expeditions
Fred George Strehlow M 1947 USA Climber Salem, Oregon Truck driver Details Other expeditions
Kenneth Alfred (Ken) Tranter M 1953 UK Climber Kidderminster, Worcester, England Air conditioning engineer Details Other expeditions
Shera Jyangbu (Ang Shera) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Norbu Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Walung, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Gyaluk (Gyalu Lama) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Maya Sherpa F 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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