Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Sumit Joshi. Summit reached on 3rd November 2006. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5505
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06355
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Sumit Joshi
Sponsor Australia 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 Australia
Approach Lukla->Namche->Gyoko->Namche->Tengboche
Basecamp Date 2006-10-27
Summit Date 2006-11-03
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2006-11-06
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6400m due to bad weather and time
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
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(27/10,4560m),C1(29/10,5760m),C2(01/11,6000m),C3(03/11,6350m),xxx(03/11,6400m)
Route Notes Joshi, Mader, Waters and Wiessner went up to 6400m on 3 Nov. Weather was very bad and windy, so they descended to C3. On 4 Nov started snow fall. Joshi, Waters and Wiessner descended to BC. Chhetri while descending had accident between C2 and C1. On 4 Nov other climbers helped him to descend to BC. Chhetri was evacuated from BC on 6 Nov. He left for Delhi on 8 Nov. Rest of the team returned to Kathmandu on 8 Nov and will leave on different dates. Waters left on 10 Nov. Wiessner and Mader on 15th, Joshi on 14th. Email from Rajan Chhetri - Dec 13, 2006 The highest altitude I got up to would be around 6400m [6200m], the same height as the mushroom ridge. I don't know if I reached the mushroom ridge but I was very close to it. As I did not have an altimeter with me at that time, I can give you the exact altitude that I got to. The reason why I decided to turn back: 1) relatively bad weather 2) The previously set turn back time 3) Also I was not carrying any food or stove with me. I did have an accident between C2 and C1 on my way back to base camp. The accident happened on a tricky abseil when the rope moved above me and threw off balance causing the pack on my back to pull me upside down. The rope hit me on the knee instantly tearing my ligaments. I've found from my MRI scan that I have torn medial ligament, posterior cruciate ligament and the anterior cruciate ligament as well. I was helped by Kaska Karwaycka from Poland as she was the first person on the scene. I used her radio to notify base camp. Then Sumit Joshi tried to organize a rescue from base camp and also asked people from higher camp to help me out. John Mader from my team who was at C2 came down immediately to help me, but took him more than two hours to reach me. We made a support for my knee using my sleeping mat as it didn't support my body weight properly. After that, I continued abseiling down to C1 with John who stayed with me all the way to C1. I left my pack at the scene of accident and our friend, mountain guide, Lhakpa (Sherpa?) brought it down for me later on. We stayed at C1 that night and I left for base camp in the morning still doing the same with Mingma Sherpa. About 400 meters below C1, I met Kancha and he and Mingma carried me on the doko on easier sections while I walked on the difficult sections using my poles. On this section I was helped by an American guide Stu with keeping my knee immobilized. We reached base camp around 3:30 and waited for the helicopter. The helicopter arrived the next day and I went to see the doctors the same day. I think the accident may have happened around 6000m, on the yellow tower. (I'm not sure about the alitude again.)
Accidents Chhetri had accident at about 6000m causing tearing of his ligaments
Achievement -
Agency Nomad Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458659
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Rajan Chhetri M 1977 Nepal Climber Lane Cove, NSW, Australia Physics student Details Other expeditions
Sumit Joshi M 1976 Nepal/Australia Leader Sydney, NSW, Australia Trek leader Details Other expeditions
John Mader M 1979 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Dentist Details Other expeditions
Bronwen Waters F 1979 Australia Climber Jamberoo, NSW, Australia Student Details Other expeditions
Ben Wiessner M 1979 Australia Climber Blaxland, NSW, Australia Student of physiotherapy Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.