Ama Dablam | 2014 S Face (to 5600m)

A Ukraine expedition to Ama Dablam in 2014 via S Face (to 5600m), led by Yuri Kilichenko. Summit reached on 13th May 2014. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8463
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD14103
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face (to 5600m)
Route 2 SW Ridge
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Ukraine
Leaders Yuri Kilichenko
Sponsor Odessa Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 True
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Tyangboche->Lobuche->Deboche
Basecamp Date 2014-04-29
Summit Date 2014-05-13
Summit Time 1400
Summit Days 14
Total Days 16
Termination Date 2014-05-15
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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 Summited Lobuche East (LOBE-141-01)
Campsites BC(29/04,Deboche),ABC(07/05,5450m),C2(11/05,5800m),C3(12/05,6200m),Smt(13/05)
Route Notes After its new route on Lobuche East Face, the team aimed to repeat the Russian route on South Face of Ama Dablam (South Face to SE ridge, 1995). The team left Lobuche on the 29 April for Debuche and made Rivendell Guest house its BC. There they waited 5 days in very bad weather. On the 5 May the team left, reaching its ABC after 2 days on the footstep of a ridge located in the left central part of the South Face at 5450m. On the 7 May the team tried to put a fixed rope on the bergschrund of the Russian 1995 line up to 5600m; here the team got hit by a small avalanche, luckily without injury; the team went back to BC to observe conditions of the route better. After two days, on the night of the 9 May to avoid avalanches, the team went back to the bergschrund to take off its fixed rope, abandoning this night it hopes for the Russian route. In fact each brought 3 to 4 avalanches plus stone falls; during the night the team could hear some sounds of melted snow flowing through the gullies; The problem was that they would have been too much exposed during the first couloir (3 to 4 pitches of 60m) above the bergschrund, this one needing to be taken to reach the safe East Ridge. Yuri believes autumn to be a better season to try the route. This season anyway it found it to be maybe impossible to climb this year. On the 10 May the team decided to try for the normal route, reaching its ABC at 5100m that same day. Only Yuri Kilichenko went down to the BC to call for the liaison officer to get an official authorization for permit, which was accorded. Then they repeated the classic SW ridge route as follows: C2 5800m on 11 May C3 (6200m) on 12 May located 100m below official C3, much safer according to them - could find big ice blocks at C3 official location. Summit on 13 May and back to C3 (start at 6 am; summited at 2 pm, waiting there 40 minutes amongst the fog to get rid of it: it was so cold or windy; back at C3 at 6 pm. Yuri Kilichenko says they didn't use the vast majority existing fixing ropes, these couldn't be trusted as being poor quality ones (Korean ropes) and only good to use when you put fresh one yourself. Notably at Mushroom Ridge the ropes were in very terrible condition. The normal route not very technical, but can be a serious route depending on the conditions.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Windhorse Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461595
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face (to 5600m)

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yuri Kilichenko M 1966 Ukraine Leader Odessa, Ukraine IT programmer Details Other expeditions
Maksim Viktorovich Perevalov M 1976 Ukraine Climber Odessa, Ukraine Sportsman (instructor) Details Other expeditions
Petro Pobebeghnyi M 1978 Ukraine Climber Odessa, Ukraine Household goods trader Details Other expeditions
Yuri Valerievich Vasenkov M 1975 Ukraine Climber Odessa, Ukraine Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.