Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Mark Sedon. Summit reached on 2nd November 2006. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5461
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06313
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Mark Sedon
Sponsor Adventure Consultants Ama Dablam Expedition 2006
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, Colombia, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2006-10-23
Summit Date 2006-11-02
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2006-11-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 3
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(23/10,4650m),ABC(27/10,5150m),C1(28/10,5400m),C2(31/10,5750m),C3(01/11,6230m),Smt(02/11)
Route Notes Summit party left C3 at 7:30 am and on top 12:15 to 1:00 pm and all slept in C3, back 2:30-4:00 pm. 3rd down to C1 and 4th all in BC. Krupp got altitude sickness at C1 twice, so stayed at BC. Rees quit climbing at 5600m from exhaustion. Sherpa summiters: Lhakpa Dorje, 16/11/61, Sanam, Gudel VDC, Solu, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X3, etc Sange Dorje, 29 yrs old, Khumjung, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X1 Dawa Jangbu, 22/4/73, Pangboche, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X1 Other Sherpa was Phu Tashi (1973, Pangboche, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X2) who got food poisoning at C1 and was sent home. He had been assigned to carry the heavy backpack of Ms. Lopez, who was small.
Accidents Phu Tashi food poisoning; Krupp altitude sickness in white-out
Achievement 1st Colombian summiter
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458613
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Louis Walter Koztelny M 1955 Australia Climber Surrey Hills, NSW, Australia Financial executive Details Other expeditions
Kevin Joseph Krupp M 1962 USA Climber Oberlin, Ohio Dentist Details Other expeditions
Claudia Patricia Lopez Gutierrez F 1968 Colombia/USA Climber Atlanta, Georgia Photographer Details Other expeditions
John Phillip Madden M 1954 Australia Assistant Leader Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia Physician Details Other expeditions
David Marchi M 1976 USA Assistant Leader Mt. Shasta, California Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Steven David Moffat M 1972 New Zealand Deputy Leader Wanaka, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Owen David Rees M 1958 New Zealand Climber Christchurch, New Zealand Company director Details Other expeditions
Mark Richard Sedon M 1969 New Zealand Leader Wanaka, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Philip Lister Shearman M 1972 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Ecologist Details Other expeditions
Jerome Francis Waldron M 1961 New Zealand Climber Blenheim, New Zealand Wine maker Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sange Dorje Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu (Da Jangbu) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD06313 - - http://www.adventureconsultants.com/adventure/Dispatches_Archived/ - - -