Ama Dablam | 2012 SW Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Ama Dablam in 2012 via SW Ridge, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 28th October 2012. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7852
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD12304
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor SummitClimb Ama Dablam Expedition 2012
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, Estonia, Israel, Luxembourg, Russia, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2012-10-16
Summit Date 2012-10-28
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 12
Total Days 26
Termination Date 2012-11-11
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/10,4600m),ABC(19/10,5350m),C1(22/10,5700m),C2(27/5950m),C2.7(08/11,6200m),Smt(28/10,09/11)
Route Notes The expedition went to the summit in two parties. The first group of five members left C2 at 11:00 pm on 27 Oct: They were Coster, Geller, Karu, Nichiporov and Reynolds, plus Gyalzen, Jangbu and Palden Nima Sherpas. Reynolds turned back at 6500m as he had been a slow climber from the start and now he had mild altitude sickness. Palden Nima turned back with him, and they decended to C2. The other members reached the summit between 10:30 (Coster, Geller, Karu) and 11:30 am on 20 October. They got back to C2 between 6:00 and 7:00 pm. Finally, Ms. Braat and Gyalzen (who came up from BC for this ascent) left the camp they called C2.7 at 5:00 am on 9 November and were on the top at 11:00 am. They went down to C1 at 5:00 pm. Non-summiting memebers: Bohn got to C2 on 27 October, but was not well and did not stay there, but retreated to BC. Daniels went down with Reynolds on 28 October. Gibson and Jackson who lived in Papua's hot climate, reached C1 when the weather was cold and windy. They went back to Indonesia. Maybank left the team on 19 October because he had received a job offer. Zeevi got to only ABC on 18 October and decided this climb was not for him. Sherpas: Gyalzen, 25/1/74, Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, Everest X3 Jangbu, 22/2/81, Kharikhola, Solu, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X2 Palden Nima, 29/8/78, Yaphu-9, Sankhuwasabha, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460941
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Moordrecht, Netherlands Mechanical engineer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Jennifer Louise Bohn F 1967 USA Climber Lake Oswego, Oregon Retail shop buyer Details Other expeditions
Marigje Elisabeth (Maaike) Braat F 1968 Netherlands Climber Muiderberg, Netherlands Marketing consultant Details Other expeditions
James Michael (Mike) Daniels M 1954 USA Climber Portland, Oregon Pilot Details Other expeditions
Henri Geller M 1964 Luxembourg Climber Boulaides, Luzembourg Electrician Details Other expeditions
Geoffrey Allen Gibson M 1983 Australia Climber Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia Miner Details Other expeditions
Michael Anthony Jackson M 1980 Australia Climber Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Kunnar Karu M 1981 Estonia Climber Tartu, Estonia Manager Details Other expeditions
Richard Thomas Maybank M 1977 UK Climber Billericay, Essex, England Soldier Details Other expeditions
Dmitri Fedorovich Nichiporov M 1963 Russia Climber Bloomington, Indiana Scientist Details Other expeditions
Kirk Alfred Reynolds M 1975 USA Climber New York, New York Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Abraham Zeevi M 1960 Israel Climber Tel Aviv, Israel Furniture designer Details Other expeditions
Gyalzen/Gyalje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Nima Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD12304 - - http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&nid=201 - - -