Ama Dablam | 2008 SW Ridge

A Australia expedition to Ama Dablam in 2008 via SW Ridge, led by Tara Garson. Summit reached on 13th October 2008. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Change history — how this expedition, its members and references have changed between database releases.

Field Value
ID 388
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID AMAD08303
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Tara Garson
Sponsor 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 New Zealand
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-10-10
Summit Date 2008-10-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 3
Total Days 4
Termination Date 2008-10-14
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to bad snow conditions and lack of time
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(10/10,4300m),ABC(11/10,5500m),C1(12/10,5800m),xxx(13/10,6000m)
Route Notes 13 Oct Garson, Flower and Dawa left C1 for C2 at 9:30 am and near 6000m here found snow conditions bad. At 11:00 am down to Pangboche as clouds were coming in. Now no more time to make another bid. Caire did not go up from C1 with his teammates because he could see weather was changing. Sherpa: Ang Dawa Sherpa, 28 years old, village near Phaplu, no 8000ers
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Su-Swagatam Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False changed 2020
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459371
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tara Garson F 1973 Australia Leader Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Strategy manager Details Other expeditions
Greg Caire M 1966 Australia Climber Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Marketer of photographs & writer Details Other expeditions
Scott Flower M 1974 New Zealand Climber Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Student Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Phaplu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.