Ama Dablam | 2008 SW Ridge

A Russia expedition to Ama Dablam in 2008 via SW Ridge, led by Anvar Shangaraev. Summit reached on 23rd May 2008. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5939
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD08102
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Anvar Shangaraev
Sponsor Omsk-Georgian Ama Dablam Expedition 2008
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Georgia
Approach Namche->Tengboche->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2008-04-26
Summit Date 2008-05-23
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 27
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2008-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 2
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(26/04,3900m),ABC(30/04,5100m),C1(04/05,5600m),C2(10/05,6000m),Russian xxx(10/05,6000m),Georgians C3(22/05,6200m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes One comment: C2 has enough space for 8-10 tents. Fixed rope is very old. The weather was not favorable: snowing every day and melting which made climbing very small. Russians did not have time for second summit attempt, so left expedition as woman members wanted to go home. This left the Georgians members to climb alone to summit. The weather conditions were very bad, strong wind; started on 23 May from C3 at 07:00 am. Bidzina reached summit at 11:00 and waited for his son Irakli who summited at 12:00; they came back to C3 at 14:30. Levan Mushkudiani reached 6400m in summit bid and returned to BC due to health conditions. Earlier summit bid by all 3 Georgians, but turned back 14-15 May, weather bad and down to BC Pangboche.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Royal Mountain Travel
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459228
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bidzina Gujabidze M 1960 Georgia Climber Tbilisi, Georgia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Irakli Gujabidze M 1986 Georgia Climber Tbilisi, Georgia Student & professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
Svetlana Kolmogorova F 1972 Russia Climber Omsk, Russia Office worker in bank Details Other expeditions
Levan Mushkudiani M 1964 Georgia Climber Tbilisi, Georgia Architect Details Other expeditions
Sergey Serikov M 1968 Russia Climber Omsk, Russia Physician in government hospital Details Other expeditions
Svetlana Serikova F 1967 Russia Climber Omsk, Russia Physician in government hospital Details Other expeditions
Anvar Shangaraev M 1958 Russia Leader Omsk, Russia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.