Ama Dablam | 2004 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2004 via SW Ridge, led by Dave McNally. Summit reached on 26th October 2004. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4753
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD04304
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2004
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dave McNally
Sponsor Mountain Odyssey Ama Dablam Expedition
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2004-10-23
Summit Date 2004-10-26
Summit Time 1215
Summit Days 3
Total Days 5
Termination Date 2004-10-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
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 Climbed Lobuche East
Campsites BC(23/10,4630m),C1(24/10,5775m),Smt(26/10)
Route Notes First climbed Gokyo Ri and Lobuche East (summited 21 Oct by Starr, Jern and Mackay). Up from C1, Jern developed altitude sickness with bad headache and turned around at 19,700 ft and down to C1. Mackay and Starr to C3's site at 20,800 ft at 10:00 am. Now too late for summit by Mackay and returned to C1 so he turned around at C3 and down to C1. Starr had reached C3 site at 9:30 am and on to top at 12:15 pm; returned to C1 at 5:00 pm. All in BC 27th. Starr almost got hit by falling rock set off by climber above him. Starr was at climb leading to yellow tower and C2 ("most dangerous part of the climb"). Made no C2 and C3 because of crowding (no space available for camps). On way down rock fell from crowd and descent slowed by having to wait at little rocks, waiting for others upon descending slowly. McNally never reached BC because of old back problems aggravated by Lobuche East climb.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Alpine Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457829
Year 2004
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kenneth Rodney Jern M 1947 USA Deputy Leader Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide, hotelier and builder Details Other expeditions
Callum MacKay M 1945 USA Climber Kelly, Wyoming Builder of log houses Details Other expeditions
David J. (Dave) McNally M 1953 USA Leader Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide & landscape artist Details Other expeditions
Dan Starr M 1974 USA Climber Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide & ski patrolman Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.