Ama Dablam | 2010 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2010 via SW Ridge, led by Zachary Poulton. Summit reached on 30th October 2010. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6926
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD10332
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Zachary Poulton
Sponsor Adventure Peaks Ama Dablam Expedition 2010
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Phakding->Namche->Tengboche->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2010-10-16
Summit Date 2010-10-30
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 18
Termination Date 2010-11-03
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6740m due to no fixed line, over hanging avalanche, lots of snow
High Point (m) 6740
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
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(16/10,4550m),ABC(20/10,5700m),C1(21/10,5800m),C2(31/10,6100m),xxx(30/10,6740m)
Route Notes Ms Hunter, Isherwood, Poulton, Shorthouse, Matthew Smith, Ang Gelu and Mingma Gyabu intended to go for summit from C2 on 1 Nov. On 30 Oct Mingma Gyabu went up to 6740m. But the snow condition was not good. There was lots of fresh snow during night. Then the team decided to go down. All went down to BC. Gibson, Victoria Smith and Taylor went up to 5900m. Gibson was lifted by helicopter on 27 Oct and left Kathmandu on 29 or 30 Nov. Victoria was evacuated from Pheriche due to her losing vision on 31st Oct. Fixed rope: 600m between C1-C2. Sherpas: Ang Gelu Sherpa, 26 years old, Phedi, Khotang-9 Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, 16 May 89, Lelep-7, Taplejung, Everest 23/5/10
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460165
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Carrie Lindsay Gibson F 1971 UK Climber Grennock, Renfrew, Scotland College marketing manager Details Other expeditions
Angela Louise Hunter F 1972 UK Climber Hyde, Cheshire, England Teacher Details Other expeditions
Allan Isherwood M 1951 UK Climber Bolton, Manchester, England Electronic engineer Details Other expeditions
Zachary Nathan (Zac) Poulton M 1975 UK/Australia Leader Ambleside, Cumbria, England Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
David Shorthouse M 1968 UK Climber Croditon, Devon, England Operations manager in manufacturing & distributing animal feed Details Other expeditions
Matthew Smith M 1980 UK Climber Beauly, Inverness, Scotland Contracts manager of local authority Details Other expeditions
Victoria Anne Smith F 1977 UK Climber Beauly, Inverness, Scotland Project manager in marketing Details Other expeditions
Paul James Taylor M 1969 UK Climber Hoddlesden, Lancashire, England Motor car trader Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gyabu (Mingma David) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Sakathum, Lelep-7, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Ang Gelu Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Phedi-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD10332 - - http://www.adventurepeaks.com/news/AmaDablamNewsOctober2010.html - - -