Ama Dablam | 2005 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2005 via SW Ridge, led by Stuart Remensnyder. Summit reached on 29th October 2005. 21 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5113
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD05325
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2005
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Stuart Remensnyder
Sponsor Field Touring Alpine Ama Dablam Expedition 2005
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, Norway, S Africa
Approach Lukla->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2005-10-22
Summit Date 2005-10-29
Summit Time 1430
Summit Days 7
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2005-11-10
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 19
Summit Members 11
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(22/10,4500m),ABC(25/10,5300m),C1(26/10,5700m),C2(28/10,5900m),Smt(29/10),C3(02/11,6300m),Smt(03-04,07/11)
Route Notes Team on 29 Oct left C2 at 7:30 am. It was windy and very cold. They descended to C2 after summit and arrived at 6 pm. Team of 3 Nov left C3 at 9:30 am. Morning was very windy but wind died down at around 11 am. After summit they descended to C2 (arrived 5:30 am) except Remensyder who stayed at C3 where he arrived at 4:30 pm. Team of 4 Nov left C3 at 10:15 am. It was windy and cold but clear. After summiting they descended to C3, where they arrived at 5 pm, except Manthy who descended to C2, where he arrived at 5:15 pm. Team of 7 Nov left C3 at 8:30 am. Weather clear but windy. After summiting they descended to C2 and arrived at 4:30 pm. Lorraine and Ryan Cooper got to C2 on 3 Nov but abandoned climb as Lorraine cracked a rib coughing. Keith got to C3 on 3 Nov but turned back due to fatigue. Hamblin got to ABC but did not go further due to mild AMS. Harrington got to C1 but had to give up due to irregular heartbeats. He left BC on 4 Nov. Leyden got to C2 on 4 Nov but abandoned climb due to breathing problems (cold). Herb Sayers got to C2 on 4 Nov but turned back due to lack of energy. He would have given it another go but there was no time.
Accidents Lorraine Cooper cracked rib
Achievement -
Agency Su-Swagatam Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458243
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

21 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bradley K. (Brad) Boehringer M 1977 USA Climber Glen, New Hampshire Nurse Details Other expeditions
Lorraine Ann (Lori) Cooper F 1975 USA Climber Erie, Colorado Engineering manager Details Other expeditions
Ryan Paul Cooper M 1974 USA Climber Erie, Colorado Pharmaceutical manager Details Other expeditions
Sophia Marie Danenberg F 1972 USA Climber Glastonbury, Connecticut Environment, health and safety specialist for aerospace industry Details Other expeditions
Marcus James Dell M 1963 Canada Climber Richmond, British Columbia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Anthony Geoghegan M 1971 Australia Climber Castle Hill, NSW, Australia Aerospace engineer Details Other expeditions
Brent Francis Hamblin M 1954 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Physical therapist Details Other expeditions
Robert Harrington M 1962 USA Climber Golden, Colorado Financial market executive Details Other expeditions
Bradley Graham Jackson M 1972 Australia Climber Jolimont, WA, Australia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Gregory Keith M 1970 Canada Climber Boulder, Colorado Technical writer Details Other expeditions
Carolyn Sue Large F 1955 USA Climber Millersport, Ohio Registered nurse Details Other expeditions
Michael G. Leyden M 1974 USA Deputy Leader Northampton, Massachusetts Paramedic Details Other expeditions
Robert Steven Manthy M 1963 USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Aerospace engineer Details Other expeditions
Thomas G. (Tom) Masterson M 1944 Canada Climber Boulder, Colorado Educator Details Other expeditions
Stuart Wiley Remensnyder M 1962 USA Leader Belchertown, Massachusetts Teacher, alpine guide, medical technician, web designer, businessman Details Other expeditions
Herbert Sayers M 1958 USA Climber Kirkwood, Missouri Lithographer Details Other expeditions
Lyngve Skrede M 1970 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Business controller Details Other expeditions
Marc Van Reenen M 1972 S Africa Climber Abu Dahbi, United Arab Emirates Aero-medical coordinator Details Other expeditions
Vanessa Wills F 1967 Australia Climber Bolton Point, NSW, Australia Surgeon Details Other expeditions
Lakpa/Lhakpa Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Tamku-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Parsu Ram (Tshering) Rai M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Dhirtel, Rakha Bangdel-1, Khotang - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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