Ama Dablam | 2012 SW Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Ama Dablam in 2012 via SW Ridge, led by Lydia Bradey. Summit reached on 3rd November 2012. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7902
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD12331
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Lydia Bradey
Sponsor Adventure Consultants 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, Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2012-10-22
Summit Date 2012-11-03
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 12
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 3
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(22/10,4430m),C1(25/10),C2(01/11,6100m),C3(02/11,6250m),Smt(03/11)
Route Notes See route details on AC website: http://www.adventureconsultants.com/adventure/AmaDablam2012Dispatches/ Excerpt from web site: We left for the summit of Ama Dablam at 5.15am, Sange first, then RC on the fixed rope, then Lydia, then Roman and last, Kami Rita. Once we got around the funky shapes of the last bit of the Mushroom Ridge and up on top of the biggest Mushroom where old Camp three used to be, we felt the keenness of the wind. It was still dark but not for long, the sky lighting up gradually and presenting an impressive ridge line of jagged mountain shapes encircling us, except for the headwall above us. The climb of the snow and ice headwall of Ama Dablam took about 3 hours. We arrived on the summit between 3-3.5 hours after leaving the high camp. All the way up Kami hung out behind Roman, as Roman was initially struggling a bit (we all were!). Once on the main summit we had a great gathering and sit down and drank hot chocolate from thermoses. After gaining our breath we followed Sange to a small rise, still on foxed ropes, where a few prayer flags were afixed, and there we could see Everest RIGHT in our faces, Lhotse & Lhotse Shar, Nupste, Baruntse, Makalu, and in the distance Kangchenjunga the queen massif alone out West. What an amazing view from 6865m! ...That evening we made it all the way down from the summit to camp 2.7, 6250m, ate food and drank tea, then the Sherpas collected tha tents and carried our sleeping bags and we carried other stuff like down trousers, big gloves, a stove and fuel, etc and started the descent to camp one, 5800m.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460992
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lydia Margaret Bakewell Bradey F 1961 New Zealand Leader Lake Hawea, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Michael Thomas (Mike) Kraft M 1956 Germany Climber Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany Geoscientist Details Other expeditions
Robert Craig Scull M 1987 USA Climber Rapid City, South Dakota - Details Other expeditions
Roman Zaloudek M 1965 Czech Republic Climber Prague, Czech Republic IT developer Details Other expeditions
Michael Klenan C. Field M 1985 Australia Climber Cabarita, NSW, Australia Attorney Details Other expeditions
Sange Dorje Sherpa M 1978 Nepal Sirdar Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Rita Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhoti Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD12331 - - http://www.adventureconsultants.com/adventure/AmaDablam_Dispatches2012/ - - -