Ama Dablam | 2012 SW Ridge

A Canada expedition to Ama Dablam in 2012 via SW Ridge, led by Jean-Francois Dery. Summit reached on 22nd October 2012. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7750
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD12305
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Jean-Francois Dery
Sponsor Les Mordiques du Quebec to Ama Dablam
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 Lukla->Everest BC->Kalapattar
Basecamp Date 2012-10-15
Summit Date 2012-10-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2012-10-24
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to lack of equipment, lack of technical skills, exhaustion, lack of time and no weather forecast
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(15/10,4600m),ABC(20/10,5400m),C1(21/10,5800m),xxx(22/10,6000m)
Route Notes After their first try on the 22nd of October, the trio was back to the base camp and had to decide something. The technicality of the route caused them more troubles than the altitude: the trio felt lack of equipment on the way to C1, they had to struggle with a 45-degree smooth rock section half-equipped (would be later fully equipped by the Sherpas), felt tired by their attempt and not much motivated anymore with the view to walk again all the way between BC and C1 (7th walk), the trio had to consider as well, as they had only 2 days remaining before coming back on Kathmandu. For these reasons and having to deal with their only weather forecast intuition (no weather forecast information available for them), the trio didn't attempt to climb the mountain anymore, even if these last 2 days eventually offered good weather condtions. Louis-David Boudrias stopped 30m under the yellow tower. Sherpa: Namgyal Lama Sherpa, Khiraunle, Bung-9, Solukhumbu, 25/9/71 (2028/6/09), Everest X4, Kangchenjunga X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Tribes Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460935
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Charles-Olivier Boudrias M 1980 Canada Climber Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Louis-David Boudrias M 1978 Canada Climber St. Alphonse-Rodriguez, Quebec Physician Details Other expeditions
Jean-Francois Dery M 1981 Canada Leader Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Namgyal Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khiraule, Bung-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.