Ama Dablam | 2007 SW Ridge

A Canada expedition to Ama Dablam in 2007 via SW Ridge, led by John Freeman. Summit reached on 21st November 2007. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5824
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD07312
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2007
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders John Freeman
Sponsor Berg Adventures 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 USA
Approach Via Island Peak
Basecamp Date 2007-11-16
Summit Date 2007-11-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 7
Termination Date 2007-11-23
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6200m due to lack of supplies to stock high camp after descent from summit bid
High Point (m) 6200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 100
Total Members 3
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Island Peak
Campsites BC(16/11,4600m),C1(18/11,5700m),C2(20/11,6100m),xxx(21/11,6200m)
Route Notes First went to Island Peak; all three members and both Sherpas summited on 11 Nov. On Ama Dablam their plan was to take food and fuel with them to C3, where they could use one of Henry Todd's tents and rehydrate on their descent from summit; a Sherpa would go with them and carry sleeping bags and mats; but the Sherpa got a toothache and went down on 21 Nov instead of going up and they had no room in their packs for bags and pads as well as rope, food and fuel, so no question of their staying overnight at C3. So no choice but to descend to C2 from summit push. At couloir found rope damaged by rockfall and had to replace 70m of fixed rope, which delayed them. Now had not enough time to get to top and back to C2 before temperature dropped significantly. At 12:30 pm they had reached 6200m and decided they must turnaround and returned to C2 at 6:30 pm. Went to BC on 22nd and decided while doing descent this day did not want to make this effort to try for top again.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Peak Promotion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459043
Year 2007
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
John Freeman M 1970 Canada Leader Canmore, Alberta Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Donald L. (Don) Morgan M 1960 USA Climber Layton, Utah Food broker Details Other expeditions
John (Jack) O'Donnell M 1954 USA Climber Colorado Springs, Colorado Hospitality consultant Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD07312 - - http://www.bergadventures.com/cyber/ama1107/ama_1107_main.html - - -