Ama Dablam | 2008 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2008 via SW Ridge, led by Casey Grom. Summit reached on 28th September 2008. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6106
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD08301
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Casey Grom
Sponsor Alpine Ascents International (AAI) Ama Dablam Expedition 2008
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 France
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-09-22
Summit Date 2008-09-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 8
Termination Date 2008-09-30
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to deep snow and continuous bad weather
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 4
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Lobuche East and Island Peak
Campsites BC(22/09,4600m),C1(25/09,5700m),xxx(28/09,6000m)
Route Notes BC at normal site High point near top of yellow tower. Well acclimatized by climbs of Lobuche East (to 5700m till deep snow stopped by Grom and Herschke on 17 Sept) and Island Peak (to summit on 21 Sept by all 5 members, Mingma Ongel and Kalden Sherpa). This team were the first to arrive at BC and were all alone on mountain; another team arrived as they were leaving. So they had to work hard to fix the route (spent more time shovelling snow than climbing). 26th and 27th were fixing days, 28th summit push, 29th to BC and 30th left mountain. They left quickly because weather was not improving, members were not strong climbers, they were having to do a lot of shovelling and Golden was being urged to come home to the US financial crisis. Sherpas: Mingma Ongel, 27/3/78, Phortse, Everest X4 Kalden Sherpa, 21 yrs old, Pangboche, no 8000ers Panuru Sherpa, 22/5/68, Phortse, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Shangri-La Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459356
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
John Golden M 1966 USA Climber St. Charles, Illinois Insurance company executive Details Other expeditions
Casey Aaron Grom M 1974 USA Leader Ashford, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Philippe Marc Herschke M 1976 France Climber Zurich, Switzerland Management consultant Details Other expeditions
Jonathan Michael (Jon) Shea M 1982 USA Climber Boston, Massachusetts Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mingma Ongel (Sonam Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kalden Phura Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Panuru (Pasang Nuru, Pa Nuru) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.