Ama Dablam | 2014 SW Ridge

A Belgium expedition to Ama Dablam in 2014 via SW Ridge, led by Tom Schindfessel. Summit reached on 2nd November 2014. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8601
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD14313
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2014
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Tom Schindfessel
Sponsor Verticle Explorers to Ama Dablam
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 Romania, USA
Approach Namche->Pangboche->Chhukung->Island Peak BC->Chhukung
Basecamp Date 2014-10-31
Summit Date 2014-11-02
Summit Time 0730
Summit Days 2
Total Days 5
Termination Date 2014-11-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
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 Kwangde S Ridge by Bowyer and Capusan on 18th; summited Island Peak by all three
Campsites BC(31/10,4600m),C1(01/11,5400m),C2(02/11,5600m),Smt(02/11)
Route Notes Bowyer and Capusan started from C1 at 2 am of 2 November and got to the top at 7:30 am. They stayed on the summit about 40 minutes, then went down to C2 where they arrived at 10:30 am. Next day 3 November they went down to BC. About ten climbers summited on that day. Schindfessel remained in BC. Capusan said that C2 was full of defecation, toilet paper, food cans and really disgusting.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Snowy Horizon Treks
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

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Lee Bowyer M 1988 USA Climber Bethlehem, Pennyslvania Building contractor Details Other expeditions
Vlad Capusan M 1990 Romania Climber Cluj, Romania Artist & entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Tom Guy A. Schindfessel M 1989 Belgium Leader Liege, Belgium Student Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD14313 - - http://www.trekkingagencynepal.com/snowy/amadablam-expedition-autumn-2014-group.php - - -
AMAD14313 - - http://vladcapusan.blogspot.com/ - - -