Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A Japan expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Hiroyuki Kuraoka. Summit reached on 8th November 2006. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5469
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06321
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Hiroyuki Kuraoka
Sponsor Earth Desk 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 -
Approach Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2006-10-29
Summit Date 2006-11-08
Summit Time 1205
Summit Days 10
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2006-11-13
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 4
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(29/10,4700m),C1(02/11,5800m),C3(07/11,6300m),Smt(08/11)
Route Notes Team left C3 at 8 am on 8 Nov. Weather was clear but cold. Good views from the summit. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit, then descended to C3 where they arrived at about 3:30 pm. That afternoon a big piece of ice broke from the serac above them and flew past them. Nobody got hurt. The next day they left C3 at 10 am, they stopped at C1 at 7:30 pm but could not stay there as Sherpas had taken everything down. They carried on to BC where they arrived at 1:30 am on 10 Nov. On 12 Nov the whole team went bouldering at BC and Nishino fell down about (about 1 m) and broke in her toe. The next day she was picked up by helicopter from BC. Rest of group left the same day. Sherpas: Da Chhemba Sherpa, Gudel-5, Solu, 20/2/68 Everest - 2003 & 2004 Baruntse - 2002 Cho Oyu - 2005 & 2003 Bir Bahadur Gurung, Tanahun District, Kamal Bari village, 2024 (20/9/67) Cho Oyu: 2002 & 2005 Ama Dablam X2
Accidents Nishino broken toe bone
Achievement -
Agency Bochi Bochi Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458619
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Asako Nishino F 1969 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Nurse Details Other expeditions
Hiroyuki Kuraoka M 1961 Japan Leader Abiko, Chiba, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Shokichi Saito M 1954 Japan Climber Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Yukiko Tanaka F 1960 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Housewife Details Other expeditions
Bir Bahadur (Bishnu) Gurung M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Dharampani-8, Tanahun - Details Other expeditions
Da Chhemba (Dachhamba) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.