Ama Dablam | 2014 SW Ridge

A Australia expedition to Ama Dablam in 2014 via SW Ridge, led by Soren Kruse Ledet. Summit reached on 2nd November 2014. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8595
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD14305
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2014
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Soren Kruse Ledet
Sponsor World Expeditions Ama Dablam 2014
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 China, Denmark
Approach Lukla->Namche->Phortse->Gokyo->Chola->Lobuche->Dingboche
Basecamp Date 2014-10-27
Summit Date 2014-11-02
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 6
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2014-11-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
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 Summited Lobuche East on 24 Oct by all except McHenry
Campsites BC(27/10,4700m),C1(30/10,5700m),C2(31/10,6000m),C3(01/11,6300m),Smt(02/11)
Route Notes Carter, Jankowski, Jay, Jennings, Kratky, Ledet, Price, Lakpa Nuru, Ang Pemba, Laxmi Kumar and Nawang Dorje started from C3 around 6:30 am for summit. All members and four Nepalis went to the summit by noon. They stayed on summit for 30 minutes. They returned C3 by 4:30 pm and slept there. Next day 3 November all went down to BC where they arrived at 9:30 pm. High point for Jing and McHenry is bottom of grey tower 6050m. They were slow and went back to C2. The morning of 3 November was pretty hectic for Ledet team; first Jennings realized frostbite in his middle finger of left hand and became handicapped as he is left-handed. They asked for a helicopter lift for Jennings. On the same morning around 4:30 falling ice killed Dendi Sherpa of Himalayan Ascent climbing with a Swiss team. The ice hit straight on his face. The Swiss climber Gertsch had a fractured pelvis. The accident occured above C3. Gertsch had initial treatment inside the tent of Ledet team. Jennings and Gertch were rescued from C3 by helicopter (Simrik) to BC, then to Lukla and the same day to Kathmandu. The dead body of Dendi also was brought down to BC by helicopter. Sherpas: Lakpa Nuru Sherpa, (5/5/2038) 21/8/1981, Chaurikharka-5 Ang Pemba Sherpa, (15/6/2014) 1/10/84, Namche-9 Nawang Dorje Sherpa, (10/5/2033) 26/8/76, Jubing-9 Laxmi Kumar Rai, (15/12/2040) 28/3/84, Bung-5
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Highland Excursions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461768
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Simon Carter M 1973 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Environmental consultant Details Other expeditions
Edith Rita Jankowski F 1970 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Leah Maree Jay F 1964 Australia Climber The Junction, NSW, Australia Company director Details Other expeditions
Ross Jennings M 1977 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Mining engineer Details Other expeditions
Xia Jing F 1980 China Climber Beijing, China Sales at IBM Details Other expeditions
Martin Kratky M 1972 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Business consultant Details Other expeditions
Soren Kruse Ledet M 1967 Denmark/Australia Leader Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kirsty Elizabeth McHenry F 1965 Australia Climber Hamilton North, NSW, Australia Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Graham Cameron Price M 1965 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Army officer Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Phakding, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pemba Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nawang Dorje Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Jubing-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Laxmi Kumar Rai M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Bung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.