Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Kilian Volken. Summit reached on 17th May 2006. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5165
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06111
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Kilian Volken
Sponsor Independent team 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 Namche->Gokyo->Gokyo Ri->Tagnac->Chola->Tengboche
Basecamp Date 2006-05-10
Summit Date 2006-05-17
Summit Time 1015
Summit Days 7
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2006-05-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(10/05,4600m),C1(12/05,5800m),C2(16/05,6000m),Smt(17/05)
Route Notes Imstepf, Kimmig, Volken and Lhakpa Gelu started from C2 at 04:00 hours on May 17, summitted at 10:15 hours. Stayed on summit for one hour,then descended to C2 at 14:00 hours. Next day to BC. Excellent weather. There was snowfall beyond C2. Rest of time the weather was very good. After this team one Irish woman, 2 Sherpas summited on that day. Two Swiss summited on 16th. Kimmig nearly reached up to 6700m had turn around due to flu/fever, too slow, decided to give up. Clear view from the summit at the beginning. Midday started forming clouds. Australian team was the only team at BC. The Australian team may try for summit. The team returned to Kathmandu on April 21 and will leave on 26th. Sherpa: Lhakpa Gelu, 13/4/77, Thumduk, Beni-3, Everest 18/5/04, Ama Dablam 4 May with Rieck
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Multi Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458444
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Willi Imstepf M 1955 Switzerland Climber Niedergesteln, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Peter Kimmig M 1958 Switzerland Climber Bitsch, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kilian Volken M 1951 Switzerland Leader Fiesch, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelu (Lhakpa Gelbu) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thumduk, Beni, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.