Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Robert Steenmeijer. Summit reached on 18th October 2006. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5482
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06334
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Robert Steenmeijer
Sponsor Dutch Ama Dablam Expedition 2006
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 -
Approach Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2006-09-30
Summit Date 2006-10-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 18
Total Days 20
Termination Date 2006-10-20
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6200m due to too dangerous, only partly fixed rope
High Point (m) 6200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 11
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(30/09,4700m),ABC(05/10,5500m),C1(06/10,5800m),C2(17/10,6100m),xxx(18/10,6200m)
Route Notes High point at 6200m at grey tower. Stoop and Steenmeijer left C2 at 5:20 am. Weather was perfect. Bad snow conditions when they got to grey tower. They decided that carrying on would be too dangerous as the rope was badly fixed and only partly fixed. As they thought that Canadian team (Peak Freaks) would fix rope from C2 to C3 they did not bring gear, so they could not do it in alpine style. They descended to C2, where they picked up 3 other members and then down to BC and arrived at 3:30 pm. All other members apart from De Waard, reached C2 but did not carry on as they could not do it alpine style. Riedstra, Moussault, Ernest, Joosen-Stegeman, Spriensma, Van Egten and Stegeman got to C2 on 18 Oct, but did not stay the night as they saw that it would be too difficult. They descended to BC. De Waard left BC at 10 Oct as his father, Hans De Waard, suffered a stroke whilst trekking in the Khumbu. De Waard met his father in Pheriche, from where they took a helicopter back to Kathmandu. Eric De Waard got to ABC (5500m) at 9 Oct, but then a porter came from Pheriche to BC to tell him about his father, so he left next day. Sherpa: Nima Tashi Sherpa, Pangboche, 4/4/60, Everest X7
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Nepal Sanctuary Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458598
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Eric Wilhelmus De Waard M 1978 Netherlands Climber Middelburg, Netherlands Manager of store selling foodstuffs Details Other expeditions
Marieke Ernest F 1977 Netherlands Climber Helmond, Netherlands Nurse Details Other expeditions
Isabel Joosen-Stegeman F 1972 Netherlands Climber The Hague, Netherlands Public health policy advisor Details Other expeditions
Gerard Mousault M 1973 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Marketing manager Details Other expeditions
Bart Riedstra M 1972 Netherlands Climber Eindhoven, Netherlands Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Taco Spriensma M 1977 Netherlands Climber Rotterdam, Netherlands Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Robert Steenmeijer M 1963 Netherlands Leader Amsterdam, Netherlands Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hans Stegeman M 1972 Netherlands Climber The Hague, Netherlands Economist Details Other expeditions
Mark Stoop M 1975 Netherlands Climber Helmond, Netherlands Defense research manager Details Other expeditions
Stefan Van Egten M 1967 Netherlands Climber A'Foort, Netherlands Hotelier Details Other expeditions
Eric Van Exel M 1970 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Psychiatrist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.