Ama Dablam | 2013 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2013 via SW Ridge, led by John Armstrong. Summit reached on 20th November 2013. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8275
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD13330
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2013
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders John Armstrong
Sponsor Jagged Globe Ama Dablam Expedition 2013
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 Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2013-11-10
Summit Date 2013-11-20
Summit Time 0930
Summit Days 10
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 10
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 5
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(10/11,4600m),C1(13/11,5700m),C2(19/11,6000m),Smt(20,22/11)
Route Notes The team made no C3 because the Mushroom Ridge was too difficult for load-carrying Sherpas. Their summit bids were therefore made from C2. Five members and five Sherpas left C2 for the summit on 20 November at 3:00 am. They were Balnaves, Coupe, Koning, Leil and Repnik with Pasang Tenzing, Pema Chhiri, Pema Tshering, Thundu and Tshering Pemba. At 6300m, Coupe ran out of energy and went back to BC. The rest of the party continued to the summit at 9:30 am and returned to C2 at 1:00 pm. Coupe tried for the top again with O'Connor, Pasang Tenzing and Tshering Pemba. They left C2 at 3:00 am, but again Coupe turned around at 6300m and with Tshering Pemba retreated to BC. O'Connor and Pasang Tenzing summited at 9:15 am and returned to BC at 8:00 pm. Other non-summiting members: Armstrong went down from C2 to BC with Koning, whose left big toe had gotten frostbitten (the toe will heal). Baines turned around at C2 because he didn't sleep well and didn't feel like trying for the top. Baldcock went no higher than C1 because he had a bad cough and couldn't sleep well; he stayed in BC until the climb was finished. Trechman got no higher than 5900m on the 17th; she too had a bad cough and stayed in BC. Sherpas: Pasang Tenzing, 1/10/84, Beding, Dolakha, Cho Oyu X3, Everest X9 Pema Chhiri/Chhirring, 17/12/83, Beding, Cho Oyu X3, Everest X10, Lhotse X1 Pema Tshering/Pem Chhiri, 16/12/80, Chankhu, Dolakha, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X6 Thundu, 18/2/78, Beding, Cho Oyu X4, Everest X8 Tshering Pemba, 22/11/85, Beding, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X5
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461375
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Peter John Armstrong M 1957 UK Leader Carrbridge, Inverness, Scotland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Adam Crawford Baines M 1976 UK Climber London, England Banker Details Other expeditions
Nicholas John (Nick) Baldcock M 1982 UK Climber Bristol, Avon, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Andrew Stuart Balnaves M 1982 UK Climber Johannesburg, S Africa Banker Details Other expeditions
Stuart John Coupe M 1971 UK Climber Leeds, W Yorkshire, England IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Winfred Martinus (Winnie) Koning M 1956 Netherlands Climber Uitgeest, Netherlands Chiropractor Details Other expeditions
Michael Jon (Mike) Leil M 1963 UK Climber Aboyne, Aberdeen, Scotland Petroleum engineer Details Other expeditions
John Edmund O'Connor M 1957 Ireland Climber Clonlara, County Clare, Ireland Accountant Details Other expeditions
Boris Repnik M 1970 Slovenia Climber Slovenj Gradec, Slovakia Production manager in electronics manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
Sara De Luiz Trechman F 1978 UK Climber London, England Marketing director of sports nutrition products company Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tenzing Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pema Chhiring/Chhiri Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pema Tshering (Pem Chhiri) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Chankhu-6, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Thundu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Pemba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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