Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A Italy expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Oswald Santin. Summit reached on 19th October 2006. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5362
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06301
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Oswald Santin
Sponsor Italian and German to Ama Dablam
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 Germany
Approach Thami->Renjo La->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-10-08
Summit Date 2006-10-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2006-10-21
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5700m due to too little time, bad conditions and no fixed rope
High Point (m) 5700
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
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(08/10,4500m),C1(11/10,5700m),xxx(19/10,5700m)
Route Notes Team left BC at 10 am on 19 Oct and arrived at C1 at 3 pm. Weather started off nice but deteriorated and it started snowing in afternoon. On 20 Oct it was cloudy and when they realized that weather was not going to improve, they descended to BC and left the next day. Another problem was that the mountain had not been fixed.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Culture Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458599
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Thomas Koehler M 1952 Germany Climber Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany Mathematician Details Other expeditions
Oswald Santin M 1962 Italy Leader Pera di Fassa, Trento, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gombu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.