Ama Dablam | 2006 SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Ama Dablam in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Kim Bo-Yeol. Summit reached on 6th January 2007. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5557
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD06401
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2006
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Kim Bo-Yeol
Sponsor 2006/2007 Korean Ama Dablam Winter Expedition
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 -
Basecamp Date 2006-12-26
Summit Date 2007-01-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 22
Termination Date 2007-01-17
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to strong wind and avalanche danger
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 13
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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(26/12,4500m),ABC(03/01,5400m),C1(04/01,5800m),C2(05/01,6100m),xxx(06/01,6600m)
Route Notes 2006/07 Korean Ama Dablam Winter Expedition - 24 Jan 2006 The former site for C3 was largely destroyed by the the avalanche of 13 Nov 2006 which took the lives of six climbers. There is still a small space for a camp, but the site is still subject to continous avalanching. This team therefore did not establish a C3, but made their summit attempts from C2. The first summit party made an attempt on 6 January. They were Choi Jin-Chul, Kim Yong-Su, Lee Teak-Gun, Won Young-Jin, Woo Sung-Ho, Pasang Namgyal Sherpa, Tapche Bhote, and Mingmar Tamang. They made slow progress because the 13 November avalanche had taken with it the ropes fixed in the autumn; this party had to fix new ropes as they climbed. They fixed 400m of rope starting from 6300m, just below C3. By the time they reached 6600m it was too late to go to the summit. They turned back and returned to C2. The second summit party made their summit bid on 15 January. They were Lee, Won, Woo and the same three Sherpas. They reached 6300m and from there were driven back by very strong wind and a large avalanche from the Ama Dablam that swept only 20 meters away from them. They retreated to C2, and the was climb over. Two members went no higher than ABC: Choi Sang-Bo was a non-climbing journalist, and the leader, Kim Bo-Yeol also stayed in ABC. All other members went up to C1 but no higher. There was not much space at C2, so they waited in C1 for the first and second team to go to the top and then descend, thus making room for the others to occupy C2 after them. Sherpas: Pasang Namgyal, 25/11/72 (10/8/2029), Khumjung, Everest 21/5/03, Yalung Kang 5/5/04 Mingmar Tamang, 23/9/64 (8/6/2021), Pirangding, Kerung, Solu Tapche/Tapchen Bhote, 24/11/72 (9/8/2021), Hatiya, Makalu-Barun, Cho Oyu 13/5/03
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458723
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jin-Chul Choi M 1972 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Sang-Bo Choi M 1963 S Korea Journalist Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Journalist Details Other expeditions
Hyun-Jung Jo M 1986 S Korea Climber Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Bo-Youl Kim M 1961 S Korea Leader Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Auto parts factory owner Details Other expeditions
Wo-Ki Kim M 1968 S Korea Climber Euisung, Gyeongsangbuk, S Korea Hospital managing director Details Other expeditions
Yeng-Ho Kim M 1956 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Yong-Su Kim M 1979 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Dong-Won Ko M 1982 S Korea Climber Ulsan, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Teak-Gun Lee M 1982 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Sang-Hyun Park M 1987 S Korea Climber Gyeongsang, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Young-Jin Won M 1977 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Autumotive engineer Details Other expeditions
Sung-Ho Woo M 1982 S Korea Climber Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Jin-Young Yoon M 1983 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Pasang Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Tamang M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Pirangding, Kerung, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tapche/Tapchen Bhote M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.