Ama Dablam | 2013 SW Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Ama Dablam in 2013 via SW Ridge, led by Lydia Bradey. Summit reached on 29th October 2013. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8231
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD13307
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2013
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 2013
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 Australia, Japan, Sweden, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2013-10-22
Summit Date 2013-10-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2013-11-05
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6100m due to bad snow conditions above
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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(22/10,4450m),ABC(26/10,5500m),C1(28/10,5800m),xxx(29/10,02/11,6100m)
Route Notes BC at lodge 20 minutes below BC High point at 6100m at C2 site. The team got no higher than 6100m, the site for C2, but never made camp there. On 29 October, five members and two Sherpas reached the site ("touched it" as the saying goes), but turned back to C1. Again, on 2 November four members and five Sherpas touched C2, but retreated to C1. They were on 29 October, Berglund, Bradey, Larsson, Morris and Slater with Lhakpa Dorje and Lhakpa Tenzing, and on 2 November Bradey, Chessor, Goto and Larson with Chewang Dorje, Kami Rita, Lhakpa Dorje, Lhakpa Tenzing and Rinji. The problem each time was the powder snow covering the route above C2. They abandoned their climb after they found the same conditions when they went up the second time on 2 November, and decided that day to give up. Sherpas: Chewang, 17/4/81, Pangboche, Everest X8 Kami Rita, 22/10/77, Thami, Everest X13 Lhakpa Dorje, 16/11/61, Sanam, Gudel, Solu, Cho Oyu X4, Everest X8, Kangch X1, Lhotse X1, Makalu X3 Lhakpa Tenzing, 21/12/70, Sanam, Gudel, Solu, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X1, Makalu X1 Rinji, 26/7/75, Gorakhani-5, Solu, Everest X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461353
Year 2013
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kristin Ena Marie Berglund F 1982 Sweden Climber Copenhagen, Denmark Legal councel Details Other expeditions
Lydia Margaret Bakewell Bradey F 1961 New Zealand Leader Wanaka, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Matthew Benson Chessor M 1984 Australia Climber Queenstown, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
James Jake Vickers Frykberg M 1985 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Finance director Details Other expeditions
Yoshio Goto M 1989 Japan Climber London, England Just completed university studies Details Other expeditions
Tony Alan Hampson-Tindale M 1947 New Zealand Climber Johannesburg, S Africa Company director Details Other expeditions
Lars Mattias Larsson M 1974 Sweden Climber Gothenburg, Sweden Anesthesiologist Details Other expeditions
Donald Ray Morris Jr. M 1963 USA Climber Denver, Colorado Administrative position Details Other expeditions
Christopher Alton Preston M 1963 UK Climber Singapore Engineer Details Other expeditions
Liam John Slater M 1966 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Tenje (Lhakpa Tenzing) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chewang Dorje Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Rita Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Rinji (Rinzin) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Gorakhani-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD13307 - - http://www.adventureconsultants.com/adventure/AmaDablam_Dispatch2013/ - - -