Ama Dablam | 2009 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Seth Hobby. Summit reached on 21st November 2009. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6558
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD09324
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Seth Hobby
Sponsor Northern Alpine 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 Germany, Norway, Sweden, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-11-14
Summit Date 2009-11-21
Summit Time 0950
Summit Days 7
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2009-11-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 6
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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 Climbed Lobuche East
Campsites BC(14/11,4600m),C1(18/11,5700m),C2(19/11,6000m),C3(20/11,6250m),Smt(21/11)
Route Notes The team first went to acclimatize on Lobuche East, which all members and two Sherpas. Tul Singh Tamang and Nima Dorje Tamang, summited on 12 November. On Ama Dablam, they placed their highest camp at 6250m, which Hobby said was safer than the traditional C3 at 6300m that was swept by an avalanche and killed six climbers on November 2006; he called his camp C2.9 and said it was better protected than the 6300m site, although some teams have started using it again, and no bit sof ice were falling off from above. The summit party left their third high camp at 5:30 am on 21 November. They were Hobby, Kongtorp, Lagerberg, Payne, and Riehe plus Lama Babu, Nima Dorje Tamang and Tul Singh Gurung. They reached the summit at 9:50 am and descended to C2 between 5:00 pm (Hobby) and 6:30 pm (Lagerberg). All were in BC on the following day. Health problems: Follows back was painful (see below). Lagerberg's fingers became frostnipped and were still numb on 29 November. On summit day, she thought her goggles were fogging up but later realized the problem was with her eyes, which had had laser surgery and therefore susceptible to reaction at extreme conditions. Payne twisted his ankle badly just above C1 as he was descending after his summit success. He was on crutches after his return to Kathmandu. Riehe got two frostbitten fingers above the highest camp on his way to the top. They were black, but a few days later they were blistering and expected to heal. Non-summiting member: Follows came on the expedition with a preexisting back problem. She climbed to C1 on 18 November and stayed there that night, but her back was hurting her now; she descended to BC the next day and never went up again. Sherpas: Lama Babu Sherpa, 23/9/68, Cheremy, Bung, Everest X3 Nima Dorje (Kala) Tamang, 8/1/80, Chitre, Bakachol, Khotang, Everest X4 Tul Singh (Tulsi) Gurung, 24/9/83, Laprak-9, Gorkha, Everest X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency High Altitude Dreams
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459821
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Katrina Louise Follows F 1973 UK Climber London, England Adventurer Details Other expeditions
Seth Tyler Hobby M 1979 USA Leader Oslo, Norway Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hakon Kongtorp M 1972 Norway Climber Laken, Norway Printer Details Other expeditions
Cathrine Lagerberg F 1978 Sweden Climber Oslo, Norway Engineer Details Other expeditions
Mark Scott Payne M 1959 USA Climber Wilmington, Delaware Scientist in biotechnology Details Other expeditions
Wolf Juergen Riehe M 1963 Germany/USA Climber Ketchum, Idaho Marketing consultant Details Other expeditions
Lama Babu Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Cheremy, Bung-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Dorje (Kala) Tamang M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Bakachol, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Tul Singh (Tulsi) Gurung M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Laprak-9, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.