Ama Dablam | 2008 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2008 via SW Ridge, led by Jason Thomas. Summit reached on 20th October 2008. 24 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6203
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD08331
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Jason Thomas
Sponsor SummitClimb 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 Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-10-06
Summit Date 2008-10-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 20
Termination Date 2008-10-26
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6300m due to dangerous conditions on the Dablam
High Point (m) 6300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1500
Total Members 21
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
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 -
Campsites BC(06/10,4600m),ABC(10/10,5350m),C1(14/10,5600m),C2(25/10,5800m),xxx(20/10,6300m)
Route Notes SummitClimb International Ama Dablam 2008, led by Jason Thomas - 31 Oct 2008 The expedition established C1 at 5600m on 14 October and the site for C2 at 5800m was visited by almost all of the members in the following days while waiting for their Sherpas to fix ropes to 6300m and the site for C3. During this waiting period, a number of members went down to the villages, even as far as Namche Bazar to receive and send email messages and telephone calls; their six Sherpas were having a difficult time fixing the route to the Mushroom Ridge. Then during the night of the 17th, part of the giant serac known as the Dablam fell off, and next day another huge section dropped, setting off an avalanche that cleaned the snow from its path, which was the climbers path also, and left the mountain's surface hard blue ice. The Dablam was now about half the size it had been when the team had first arrived. On the 20th three of their Sherpas, Tenji, Thile Nuru and Ang Sherpa, finally fixed the route over a big cornice on the Mushroom Ridge and got to the 6300m site for C3. But on the same day the members met in BC and decided that the mountain was too dangerous to go high, and they even started leaving the expedition that day. The rest left during the following few days; the Sherpas pulled out with tents and equipment on the 26th. However before they left, six members wanted to climb to 6000m or above to see the terrain; they went up on the 25th. All six Sherpas, Ang Shera, Da Jangbu, Gyalzen, Lhakpa Nuru, Tenji and Thile Nuru went with them. Davis and Korte got to 6200m; Loos to 6100m; Kortens and Matsouka to 6050m; Ruzek to 6000m. Ruzek slept in C2 at 5800m that night while the others went down to BC. Thus the members high point was 6200m on 25 October by Davis and Korte. The Sherpas high point was C3 site at 6300m on 20 October by Tenji, Thile Nuru and Ang Shera. Two members left the team early: Boersma during his trek to BC fell on 2 October in Phakding village and crushed a rib. He nevertheless went on to BC and to ABC, but his ribs were very painful, and he left on the 11th. Danilidis left on the 17th: he missed his family. Sherpas: Ang Shera, 22/4/76 (10/1/2033), Patle, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers Da/Dawa Jangbu, 4/6/79 (2/21/2036), Patle, Lhotse 27/5/08 Gyalzen Sherpa, 25/1/74 (12/10/2030), Patle, no 8000ers Lhakpa Nuru, 21/8/81 (5/5/2038), Phakding, Chaurikharka-5, Solu, Everest 22/5/08 Tenji Sherpa, 1/6/92, Patle, Everest X4 Thile Sherpa, 26/5/74, Choplung, Chaurikharka-3, Solu, Everest X3, Lhotse X1
Accidents Boersma's crushed rib on trek to BC
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459378
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

24 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
David W. Angert M 1979 USA Climber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Medical student Details Other expeditions
Dimitris Bakalis M 1970 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Larry Lyckle Boersma M 1930 USA Climber Corvallis, Oregon Retired university professor of soil sciences Details Other expeditions
Jeanot Boulet M 1976 Netherlands Climber Manila, Philippines Chief officer on cargo ships Details Other expeditions
Georgios Chaldaios M 1959 Greece Climber Glyfada, Greece Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Dimitris William Cocorinis M 1954 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Money manager Details Other expeditions
Nikos Daniilidis M 1960 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Photographer Details Other expeditions
Kyle C. Davis M 1984 USA Climber Dillon, Colorado Import logistics manager Details Other expeditions
George Kalogeropoulos M 1970 Greece Climber Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany Economist with central bank Details Other expeditions
Zaharias Kiriakakis M 1965 Greece Climber Marousi, Greece Physician (urologist) Details Other expeditions
Brent Korte M 1977 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Health-care management officer Details Other expeditions
Anthony Kortens M 1960 UK/New Zealand Climber Lafayette, California Professor Details Other expeditions
Reinhold Loos M 1946 Germany Climber Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany Physician (gynecologist) Details Other expeditions
Pinelopi Matsouka F 1961 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Editor of maps Details Other expeditions
Stavros Moraitinis M - Greece Climber Athens, Greece Technician Details Other expeditions
Peter Leonard (Pete) Pounds M 1946 UK Climber Grimsby, Lincoln, England Retired teacher Details Other expeditions
Tony Ruzek M 1975 Czech Republic Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Photographer Details Other expeditions
Jason William Thomas M 1973 USA Leader Anchorage, Alaska Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dimitrios Titopoulos M 1962 Greece Climber Athens, Greece Nurse Details Other expeditions
Mihael Zerovec M 1961 Slovenia Climber Ljubljana, Slovenia Dentist Details Other expeditions
Christoph Zuercher M 1965 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Journalist Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Thile Nurbu (Thile Nuru) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Chheplung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Shera Jyangbu (Ang Shera) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

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