Ama Dablam | 2009 SW Ridge

A Germany expedition to Ama Dablam in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Christoph Goretzka, Christoph Kreutzenbeck. Summit reached on 3rd November 2009. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6726
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD09348
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Christoph Goretzka, Christoph Kreutzenbeck
Sponsor -
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 Lukla->Pheriche->BC
Basecamp Date 2009-10-24
Summit Date 2009-11-03
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 10
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2009-11-06
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 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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),ABC(28/10,5200m),C1(31/10,5600m),C2(02/11,5800m),Smt(03/11)
Route Notes On summit day, the team left C2 at 3:30 am. On top the weather was sunny, but cold. There were a couple of French climbers and a Sherpa on the summit. Goretzka and Kreutzenbeck returned to C2 at 3 pm, Limmer arrived at 5 pm. Limmer stayed at C2 and Goretzka and Kreutzenbeck descended to BC, where they arrived at 10 pm.
Accidents Goretzka got slight frostbite on summit day on both hands, however, it healed perfectly
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Sherpa Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459803
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
Christoph Goretzka M 1988 Germany Co-Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Mirjam Limmer F 1985 Germany Climber Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Student Details Other expeditions
Christoph Kreutzenbeck M 1984 Germany Co-Leader Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD09348 - - http://www.klimareport.de/Ausgabe-1-2010.4726.0.html - - -