Ama Dablam | 2009 SW Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Ama Dablam in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Sumit Joshi. Summit reached on 5th November 2009. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6568
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD09334
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Sumit Joshi
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 Australia, Japan, Sweden
Approach Phakding->Namche->Tengboche
Basecamp Date 2009-10-24
Summit Date 2009-11-05
Summit Time 1120
Summit Days 12
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2009-11-07
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(24/10,4600m),C1(28/10,5800m),C2(03/11,6000m),C3(04/11,6300m),Smt(05/11)
Route Notes Cohrs couple, Joshi, Kikuchi, Eketoft, Lhakpa, Satish and Jangbu left C3 at 6:15 am. The team reached summit at 11:20 am. They stayed on summit about an hour. All descended to C3 at 3 pm, slept there. Next day went down to BC. Ahead of the Joshi team there were 4 Japanese (Cosmo) on the summit. There was not any other climbers on the summit on that day. The weather on summit day was perfect: no wind, good view. The team returned to Kathmandu on 9 Nov and left on 11 Nov. Fixed rope: 200m changed below C3. Sherpas: Jangbu Sherpa, 20/7/87 (4/4/2044), Sisuwakhola-9, Sankhuwasabha (Lhakpa's nephew) Summit Joshi - December 2010 Jones was sick and did not climb above C1
Accidents -
Achievement Mrs Cohrs is breast cancer survivor
Agency Adventure Extreme permit
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459805
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
Allan Karl Cohrs M 1971 Australia Climber Cairns, QLD, Australia Police officer Details Other expeditions
Sharon Cohrs F 1971 Australia Climber Cairns, QLD, Australia Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Linda Marie Eketoft F 1977 Sweden Climber London, England Attorney Details Other expeditions
Cassandra Jones F 1974 Australia Climber Gladstone, QLD, Australia Conservation organization manager Details Other expeditions
Sumit Joshi M 1976 Nepal/Australia Leader London, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Yasuko Kikuchi F 1969 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Lakpa/Lhakpa Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Tamku-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Satish Man Pati M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Khumaltar, Lalitpur - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.