Ama Dablam | 2008 SW Ridge

A Australia expedition to Ama Dablam in 2008 via SW Ridge, led by Soren Ledet. Summit reached on 29th October 2008. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6177
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD08312
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Soren Ledet
Sponsor World Expeditions 2008 Ama Dablam
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 Denmark
Approach Gokyo->Cho La->Dingboche
Basecamp Date 2008-10-24
Summit Date 2008-10-29
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 5
Total Days 8
Termination Date 2008-11-01
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6250m due to too much danger (ice falling)
High Point (m) 6250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 800
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(24/10,4700m),C1(27/10,5700m),C2(28/10,6000m),xxx(29/10,6250m)
Route Notes On 29 Oct team left C2 at 8:30 am. They reached high point at mushroom ridge at 1 pm, stayed for 45 minutes during which lots of rocks were falling down from grey tower. Ledet decided that it was too dangerous. They turned back and descended to C2, arrived at 4:30 pm. On 30 Oct they descended to BC. Generally Ledet thinks that Ama Dablam is getting too dangerous. Sherpas: Vishnu Gurung, Cho Oyu 2005 with no summit (Ledet) Sandesh Tamang, Dharapani, Gorkha, 1977, Ama Dablam, Oct 2007 Kami Sherpa, Junbesi, Solu, 1948, Ama Dablam 2005 & 2007 Kazi Sherpa, Salleri, Solu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sea to Summit Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459387
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alexandra Elser F 1979 Australia Climber New York, New York Attorney Details Other expeditions
Soren Kruse Ledet M 1967 Denmark Leader Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia Photographer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Paul Skuse M 1977 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Oil rig trainer Details Other expeditions
William Taylor M 1955 Australia Climber Hornsby, NSW, Australia IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Keeshan Wadia M 1980 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Richard Woods M 1952 Australia Climber Mosman, NSW, Australia Accountant Details Other expeditions
Kazi Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Salleri, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami (Ang Kami) Sherpa M 1948 Nepal H-A Worker Junbesi, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Bir Bahadur (Bishnu) Gurung M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Dharampani-8, Tanahun - Details Other expeditions
Sandesh Tamang M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Dharampani, Jaubari, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.