Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Thomas Forestieri. Summit reached on 4th May 2006. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

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

Field Value
ID 260
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID AMAD06112
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Thomas Forestieri
Sponsor American Team on Cho Oyu
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 Lukla->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2006-04-24
Summit Date 2006-05-04
Summit Time 1430
Summit Days 10
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
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 -
Campsites BC(24/04,9600m),ABC(16/04,5000m),C1(27/04,5800m),C2(01/05,6000m),C3(02/05,6300m),Smt(04/05)
Route Notes Summit team left C3 at 6:30 am. They were followed shortly by three Germans of Olaf Riecks's expedition. Weather started off nice and clear but clouds started to move in at about 11 am. It was very cloudy when they got to the summit. After summiting they descended to C3 where they arrived at 4 pm. Zeigler got to C3 on 2 May. He stayed the night but felt very exhausted. The next day and descended to BC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Kohinoor Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False changed 2020
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458431
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Thomas (Tom) Forestieri M 1969 USA Leader Longmont, Colorado Director of outdoor equipment company Details Other expeditions
Brandon Gray Lampley M 1975 USA Climber Longmont, Colorado Home builder Details Other expeditions
Shawn Christopher Zeigler M 1973 USA Climber Fort Collins, Colorado Contractor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.