Ama Dablam | 2009 SW Ridge

A Belgium expedition to Ama Dablam in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Tom Van Den Berghe. Summit reached on 1st November 2009. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6546
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD09312
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Tom Van Den Berghe
Sponsor Adventure Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Phakding->Namche->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2009-10-22
Summit Date 2009-11-01
Summit Time 1222
Summit Days 10
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2009-11-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(22/10,4600m),C1(26/10,5700m),C2(31/10,6000m),Smt(01/11)
Route Notes De Clerck, Van den Berghe, Mingma and Phurba left C2 at 3:20 am on 1 Nov, arrived at summit between 12:22-12:44 pm, stayed on summit for 48 minutes. Van den Berghe descended to C2 at around 7:45 pm, rest around 8 pm, slept there. Next day they descended to BC. The summit day weather was good with little wind, below summit it was cloudy. Ahead of Van den Berghe team there were an Italian and a Sherpa, along with 3 Swiss climbers and a Sherpa. After Van den Berghe team there was a Japanese woman with 2 Sherpas. Valle climbed up to about 5750m; he had breathing problem. Sherpas: Mingma (Dorje) Sherpa, 1/10/77 (15/06/2034), Thamo, Namche-5, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X2 Phurba Namgyal Sherpa, 7/2/86 (26/10/2042), Gaurishankar-1, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Extreme
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459801
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Koenraad L. M. (Koen) De Clerck M 1968 Belgium Climber Lede, Belgium Account manager Details Other expeditions
Nicolas Valle M 1979 Belgium Climber Menen, Belgium Engineer Details Other expeditions
Tom Eddy Germana Van den Berghe M 1971 Belgium Leader Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Electro-mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Namgyal Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.