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/ | - | - | - |