Ama Dablam | 2010 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2010 via SW Ridge, led by Wendy Cue, Frederick Rawski. Summit reached on 21st November 2010. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6905
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD10310
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Wendy Cue, Frederick Rawski
Sponsor British Gurkha Officer 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2010-11-19
Summit Date 2010-11-21
Summit Time 1600
Summit Days 2
Total Days 4
Termination Date 2010-11-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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 C1(19/11,5800m),C2(20/11,6000m),C3(21/11,6280m),Smt(21/11)
Route Notes The team consisted of two American members and two Sherpas (on the same permit were two Britons who were with the Gurkhas, but they climbed separately). Rawski was already in Khumbu climbing Pumori with a Norwegian-led expedition (Gunnar Sund) when Cue landed at Lukla on 17 November. She went to Pumori BC and then acclimatized on Pumori to 5800m on Rawksi's team's route and then trekked to Pangboche, where the members and Sherpas met and from where they climbed directly to C1 on Ama Dablam on the 19th. They moved very quickly: they went to C2 on the 20th, directly to the top on the 21st, occupied C2.8 the night of the 21st, and on the 22nd they descended to the site of occassional base camps at Mingbo. On the summit day, 21 November, the four climbers left C2 at 2:00 am on a day that became very windy (80km/hr) and the climbed on windswept blue ice to the top at 4:00 pm. They descended to their tent, which the Sherpas had pitched at C2.8 site on the way up. They arrived at C2.8 at 6 pm in the dark. (Cue had left her headlamp in C2, but the others had lamps). They found two Iranians already in their tent: six people were crowded in the tent that night. On the 23rd the Americans were in Namche Bazar and the next day at Lukla, where they had to spend two nights because bad weather closed the airfield the day after they arrived. So back to Kathmandu on the 26th and Cue was in her office on the 27th. Sherpas: Dawa Finjo/Phinjo Lama Bhote, 5/9/88 (20/5/2045), Hatiya-1, Makalu, Everest X3 Tshering Pande Bhote, 20/2/78, Hungdung, Farang, Makalu, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents Wendy Cue mild altitude sickness
Achievement -
Agency Top Himalaya Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460187
Year 2010
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Wendy Cue F 1968 USA Co-Leader Kathmandu & Geneva, Switzerland United Nations official (as head of Nepal office of UN OCHA) Details Other expeditions
Frederick Rawski M 1970 USA Co-Leader New York, New York International lawyer Details Other expeditions
Tshering Palden/Pande Bhote M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Finjo Lama Bhote M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.