Ama Dablam | 2004 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2004 via SW Ridge, led by Richard Reale. Summit reached on 22nd October 2004. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Change history — how this expedition, its members and references have changed between database releases.

Field Value
ID 187
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID AMAD04340
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2004
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Richard Reale
Sponsor Independent climber on Ama Dablam
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 2004-10-14
Summit Date 2004-10-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2004-10-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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 -
Campsites BC(14/10),ABC(17/10),C1(20/10),C2(21/10),C3(21/10),Smt(22/10)
Route Notes After arrival at BC, rested 2 days. Then carried to ABC and back down to BC same day. BC to C1 20 Oct, C1 to C3 21 Oct leaving "shoes and stuff" at C2. Slept in C3 then to top with Lhakpa Chhiri of Lukla and down to C2 same day. Down to ABC on 23 Oct rested there one day, then down to BC for one day's rest before leaving for Namche. Reale arrived Nepal 1 Oct and stayed in KTM with his friend Kila of Mountain Madness, his trekking agent. Returned to KTM and left Nepal on 1 Nov.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Madness (Kili)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False changed 2020
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457825
Year 2004
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Richard G. Reale M 1979 USA Leader West Chester, Pennsylvania Owner/operator of adventure company Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chhiri Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Lukla, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.