Ama Dablam | 2012 SW Ridge

A Germany expedition to Ama Dablam in 2012 via SW Ridge, led by Steffen Hirzel. Summit reached on 19th November 2012. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7935
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD12350
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Steffen Hirzel
Sponsor -
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
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2012-11-12
Summit Date 2012-11-19
Summit Time 1145
Summit Days 7
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2012-11-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(12/11,4400m),ABC(15/11,53000m),C1(16/11,5800m),C2(17/11,6000m),C3(18/11,6300m),Smt(19/11)
Route Notes Hirzel and Ang Dawa started their summit bid from C3 at 7:30 am. They got to the top at 11:45 am, stayed on summit for about 30 minutes, then returned to C3 at 4 pm. Next day 20 Nov went down to BC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Happy Feet Mountaineers
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461008
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Steffen Andreas Hirzel M 1988 Germany Leader Bachnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Electrician Details Other expeditions
William Dougherty Sayer III M 1993 Australia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Damai Sarki Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD12350 - - www.steffen-hirzel.de (German) - - -
AMAD12350 - - http://www.steffen-hirzel.de/dokumentation___ama_dablam___onlineversion.pdf - - -
AMAD12350 - - http://www.willclimbeverest.com/#!previousclimbs/cw9f - - -