Ama Dablam | 2009 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Melissa Arnot. Summit reached on 26th October 2009. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6548
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD09314
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Melissa Arnot
Sponsor American Ama Dablam
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 -
Basecamp Date 2009-10-21
Summit Date 2009-10-26
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 5
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2009-10-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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(21/10,4600m),ABC(22/10,5150m),C1(23/10,5400m),C2(24/10,5800m),Smt(26/10)
Route Notes Email from Melissa Arnot - Nov 9, 2009 After trekking around the lower Khumbu and crossing the Renjo La and Cho La we arrived at BC on the 21st October. We spent one night (the 21st) there, one night at ABC (22nd), one night at C1 (23rd), two nights at C2 (24th and 225th). I believe the higher camps altitudes are as follows: ABC 5150m, C1 5400m, C2 5800m, though I am not 100% on these elevations, it is what I was reading on GPS. We departed C2 at 03:00. Chewang Nima joined us from C1 which he left at 01:30. All 3 climbing members summited at 09:00 and descended about 20 minutes later arriving at C2 around 13:00; we decided to descend all the way to BC and arrived there at around 19:00, Chewang a bit ahead of us.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Shangri-La Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459795
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Melissa Sue Arnot F 1983 USA Leader Ketchum, Idaho Alpine guide & remote-site medicine Details Other expeditions
Courtney Woodward (Cory) Richards M 1981 USA Climber Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland Photographer Details Other expeditions
Chhuwang Nima Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD09314 - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sQAKWIoRHA&feature=related - - -