Ama Dablam | 2007 SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Ama Dablam in 2007 via SW Ridge, led by Park Hung-Chul. Summit reached on 14th April 2007. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5572
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD07105
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Park Hung-Chul
Sponsor 2007 High Rock Ama Dablam 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 Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->BC
Basecamp Date 2007-04-02
Summit Date 2007-04-14
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2007-04-16
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to strong wind, cloudy and snowfall
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 1100
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 Climbed Lobuche East on 20 April (Ha and Park with two Sherpas)
Campsites BC(02/04,4500m),C1(11/04,5800m),C2(12/04,6100m),C3(13/04,6300m),xxx(14/04,6600m)
Route Notes C3 below the original campsite (far right). Kim Wui-Han, Park, Thilen and Nurbu left C3 at 08:00 hours, reached 6600m at 13:00 hours, but strong wind, cloudy and snowfall made the climbers turn around and back to C2 where they arrived at 18:00 hours. Next day to BC. Ha went up to C2 on 12 April spent a night then descended to BC due to headache. Kim Hong-Yeob climbed up to C2 and spent a night, was exhausted, descended to BC. Lee too climbed up to C2, spent night there, had bad dream, then descended to BC. Yeon went up to C1, he is a supporting member. The original C3 site was full of snow blocks and very dangerous for avalanche. C2 tent that was moved to C3. There was no fixed tent at C2. The team returned to Kathmandu on 23 April and plans to leave on 25 April.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency NE-KO Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458822
Year 2007
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bang-Su Ha M 1960 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Government economist Details Other expeditions
Hong-Yeob Kim M 1964 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Translator Details Other expeditions
Wui-Han Kim M 1961 S Korea Climber Sungnam, Gyeonggi, S Korea High school teacher Details Other expeditions
Kyung-Seob Lee M 1967 S Korea Climber Daegu (Taegu), S Korea Supermarket salesman Details Other expeditions
Hung-Chul Park M 1959 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Owner of auto workshop/service center Details Other expeditions
Eui-Yul Yeon M 1952 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Construction company owner Details Other expeditions
Thilen Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nurbu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.