Ama Dablam | 2010 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2010 via SW Ridge, led by Max Kausch. Summit reached on 3rd November 2010. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6903
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD10308
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Max Kausch
Sponsor SummitClimb Ama Dablam Expedition 2010
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 Belgium, Finland, Germany, India, Israel, S Africa, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2010-10-18
Summit Date 2010-11-03
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 16
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2010-11-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 13
Summit Members 11
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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 -
Campsites BC(18/10,4535m),ABC(21/10,5350m),C1(24/10,5713m),C2(26/10,6033m),Smt(03-04/11)
Route Notes The expedition went to the top in two groups. The first one left C2 on 3 November at 3:30 am. They were Bergau, Etienne, Gie, Rai and Tenji Sherpa. All reached the summit at 10:30 am and returned to C1 at 2:45 pm. They descended to BC the next day. The second party, who left C2 at midnignt of 3/4 Nov, were Allsopp, Fuller, Garam, Holmes, Imber, Kausch, Muendl, Nelson and three Sherpas, Dawa Jangbu, Gyalzen and Pasang. Holmes and Pasang turned around at 6250m, just below the mushroom ridge, at 6:45 am because they were climbing too slowly; they returned to C1. All others went to the summit on 4 Nov between 12:05 pm (Kausch) and 2:10 pm. (Nelson with Gyalzen). They were back in C2 between 7:30 pm (Muendl) and 10:00 pm (Allsopp) and in BC on the 5th. One member had left the team early: Zeevi got to only 5350m and left on 25 October, saying his knee was paining him. Fixed rope: some between C1 and C2 up to 6300m. Sherpas: Dawa Jangbu, aka Da Jangbu, 4/6/79, Patle-4, Everest X1, Lhotse X1 Gyalzen/Gyalje, 25/1/74, Patle, Everest 25/5/10 Pasang, 21/12/72 (7/9/2029), Makalu vdc, no 8000ers Tenji, 1/6/82, Patle, Everest X5
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460169
Year 2010
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Adrian Arthur Allsopp M 1960 UK Climber Solihull, W Midlands, England Outdoor activities instructor Details Other expeditions
Arne Bergau M 1974 Germany Climber Regensberg, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Andries Etienne M 1982 Belgium Climber Antwerp, Belgium Auditor Details Other expeditions
Daniel Laurence Charles Fuller M 1973 UK Climber Alton, Hampshire, England Builder Details Other expeditions
Irma Marika Garam F 1970 Finland Climber Helsinki, Finland Senior advisor in education ministry Details Other expeditions
Andre George Gie M 1981 S Africa Climber Cape Town, S Africa Physician Details Other expeditions
Bjarne Moon Holmes M 1973 USA Climber South Queensbury, Scotland, UK University teacher Details Other expeditions
Suzanne Mary Imber F 1983 UK Climber Berhamsted, Hertford, England Research scientist Details Other expeditions
Maximo Gustavo Kausch Serantes M 1981 UK/Argentina Leader London, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christian Josef Muendl M 1968 Germany Climber Stuhr, Lower Saxony, Germany Manager of pet food company Details Other expeditions
Samuel Nelson M 1957 USA Climber Fairfax, Utah Construction company manager Details Other expeditions
Abhijit Rai M 1973 India Deputy Leader Darjeeling, India Outdoor instructor Details Other expeditions
Abraham Zeevi M 1960 Israel Climber Tel Aviv, Israel Business owner Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu (Da Jangbu) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gyalzen/Gyalje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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