Ama Dablam | 2011 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2011 via SW Ridge, led by Max Kausch. Summit reached on 29th October 2011. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7324
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD11306
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Max Kausch
Sponsor SummitClimb Ama Dablam Expedition 2011 (Group 1)
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, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Poland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-10-16
Summit Date 2011-10-29
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 13
Total Days 16
Termination Date 2011-11-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 45
Total Members 10
Summit Members 9
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 5
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(16/10,4500m),ABC(19/10,5450m),C1(21/10,5800m),C2(23/10,6500m),Smt(29-30/10)
Route Notes Nine of the team's members summited on two successive days, the 29th and 30th of October. The only dropout was Sarnquist, who got to C2's site on 22 October and then decided that he was satisfied and had no interest in continuing as he had lost motivation. The successful climbers were: 29 October: Hoffman, Kausch, McDonald, Meunier, Pattison and Shelton-Smith with Sange and Ang Pasang. 30 October: Hamel, Pontinen and Suckling with Palden Nima, Tenji and Thile Nuru. Fixed rope: 45m below C2. Sherpas: Ang Pasang Sherpa, 15/6/84 (2/3/2041), Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, Everest X1 Palden Nima Sherpa, 29/8/78, Yaphu-9, Sankhuwasabha, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X1 Sange Sherpa, 21/5/71, Dinding, Sankhuwasabha, Lhotse X2 Tenji Sherpa, 1/6/82 (18/2/2039), Patle, Okhaldhunga, Everest X6 Thile Nuru/Nurbu, 26/5/74, Choplung, Chaurikharka-3, Solu, Everest X5, Lhotse X1, Cho Oyu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460575
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Peter Samson Hamel M 1979 USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Romain Hoffman M 1971 Luxembourg Climber Redange/Attert, Luxembourg Electrician Details Other expeditions
Maximo Gustavo Kausch Serantes M 1981 UK/Argentina Leader London, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Grace Katherine McDonald F 1977 Canada Climber Barrie, Ontario Attorney Details Other expeditions
Jean-Michel Jacques Meunier M 1964 France Climber Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, Rhone, France Construction manager Details Other expeditions
Richard Thomas Pattison M 1975 Australia Climber Waverton, NSW, Australia Data analyst Details Other expeditions
Violetta Maria Pontinen F 1964 Poland Climber Espoo, Finland Housewife Details Other expeditions
Frank Hilding Sarnquist M 1942 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Physician Details Other expeditions
John Raymond Shelton-Smith M 1953 UK Climber Twycross, Warwick, England Energy consultant Details Other expeditions
Liam Nichols Suckling M 1987 Australia Climber Vermont, Victoria, Australia Student Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Diding-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Palden Nima Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Thile Nurbu (Thile Nuru) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Chheplung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD11306 - - http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&nid=169 - - -