Ama Dablam | 2014 SW Ridge

A Austria expedition to Ama Dablam in 2014 via SW Ridge, led by Markus Greussing. Summit reached on 3rd November 2014. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8602
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD14314
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2014
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Markus Greussing
Sponsor Ama Dablam Austrian 2014
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 -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Thame->Lungding->Gokyo->Tangnag->Lukla
Basecamp Date 2014-10-25
Summit Date 2014-11-03
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2014-11-05
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6300m due to falling ice (dangerous to go up)
High Point (m) 6300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(25/10,4640m),C1(27/10,5700m),xxx(03/11,6300m)
Route Notes Ausserdorfer and Bitschnau went up to 6300m on 3 November. The falling ice accident occurred in the same morning resulting death of Dendi Sherpa. Then Ausserdorfer and Bitsolinau decided to stop further climbing due to the falling ice. While two members were up, Greussing and Tschofen were at C1 and after the falling ice accident they could not see any movement on the mountain. Greussing and Tschofen went up to 5900m, then they saw Ausserdorfer and Bitschnau coming down.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Garden Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461769
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mathias Ausserdorfer M 1987 Austria Climber Anras, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Leander Bitschnau M 1952 Austria Climber Tschagguns, Vorarlberg, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Markus Jacob Greussing M 1976 Austria Leader Schoppernau, Vorarlberg, Austria Alpine guide & police inspector Details Other expeditions
Alois Tschofen M 1961 Austria Climber Bartholomaeberg, Vorarlberg, Austria Physician Details Other expeditions
Robert Anton Vonach M 1963 Austria Climber Wolfurt, Vorarlberg, Austria - Details Other expeditions
Mitru Dhan Rai M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam-1, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Haidhan Rai M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Bung-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD14314 - - http://www.epbv.eu/nachrichtenleser-28/items/92.html - - -