Ama Dablam | 2004 NE Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Ama Dablam in 2004 via NE Ridge, led by Court Haegens. Summit reached on 21st October 2004. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

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Field Value
ID 162
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID AMAD04315
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2004
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Court Haegens
Sponsor Ama Dablam North Ridge Expedition 2004
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 2004-10-05
Summit Date 2004-10-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 16
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2004-10-24
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5400m due to lack of trust amongst members
High Point (m) 5400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
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 Pokalde
Campsites BC(05/10,4750m),ABC(13/10,5100m),xxx(21/10,5400m)
Route Notes BC at Chhukung village (in lodge) ABC at behind (west) moraine ridge. Between 5th and 13th did some acclimatizing on Chhukung Ri and then Pokalde (summit by all members 10th Oct). 13th and 14th snowfall; on 14th back to BC. Up again on 17th Oct to ABC with porters carrying all gear. 18th recce to col at foot of North Ridge. 20th up to C2 and climbed 2 pitches but very difficult with snow over granite rock; at 2nd pitch loose powder snow waist-deep so back from 5500m on North Ridge to ABC. 21st Michael did recce of NE Ridge's normal route but also had no chance to climb very difficult rock step so back to ABC. Plan for other 2 to go as high as possible fixing ropes while Michael to Chhukung to bring more food from lodge, but Anne and Haegens got only to end of moraine, 50m rock from ABC then back to ABC. Problem was within team; you must have trust in each other, to spend 10 days on technically difficult route in alpine-style. 21st Michael went up to NE Ridge to 5400m in recce. 22nd decided to abandon climb. Stress in interpersonal relation amongst members made Michael's problem of bad headache from brain nerves under stress so this another factor in decision not to continue.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457824
Year 2004
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Court Haegens M 1971 Netherlands Leader Delft, Netherlands Architect Details Other expeditions
Anne Van Galen F 1973 Netherlands Climber Leiden, Netherlands Consultant in safety & crisis management for business and others Details Other expeditions
Michael Van Geemen M 1966 Netherlands Climber Utrecht, Netherlands Sculptor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.