Ama Dablam | 2008 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2008 via SW Ridge, led by Andrew Williamson. Summit reached on 9th November 2008. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6311
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD08341
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Andrew Williamson
Sponsor -
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 Australia
Approach Phakding->Namche->Tengboche->Dingboche->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2008-10-30
Summit Date 2008-11-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2008-11-10
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6300m due to high altitude sickness of Williamson
High Point (m) 6300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(30/10,4800m),C1(04/11,5800m),C2(08/11,6100m),xxx(09/11,6300m)
Route Notes Erskine, Williamson, Mingma and Tshering left C3 on 9 Nov at 2 am. They reached at 6300m at about 8 am. Williamson started vomiting, then all descended to C2. Two Sherpas descended to BC. Erskine and Williamson camed down to BC on 10 and same day arrived at Pangboche. Michael climbed up to C1 on 3 Nov. He got headache and descended to BC same day. Erskine and Williamson returned to Kathmandu on 12 and left on 13 Nov. Michael returned to Kathmandu via Jiri on 13 and left on 14 Nov. Fixed rope: 300m contributed Sherpas: Tshering Pemba Sherpa, Beding, Dolakha, 22/11/85 (7/8/2042), Everest 23/5/07, Manaslu last autumn (Jagged Globe) 4/10/08 Mingma Tshering Sherpa, 19/7/70, Beding, brother of Nima Gomba, Everest X13, Manaslu X1, Cho Oyu X2, K-2 X1, Dhaulagiri I X1
Accidents Williamson & Michael suffered from HAS
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides permit
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459443
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Erskine M 1984 UK Climber - Student Details Other expeditions
Terry John Michael M 1954 Australia Climber - Postal official Details Other expeditions
Andrew Williamson M 1971 UK Climber - Driller Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Pemba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.