Ama Dablam | 2014 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 2014 via SW Ridge, led by Tim Mosedale. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8769
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD14366
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2014
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Tim Mosedale
Sponsor Tim Mosedale's Ama Dablam Autumn 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 Canada, Norway
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date -
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned due to dangerous avalanche conditions
High Point (m) 0
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide True
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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 -
Route Notes From Tim Mosedale's website: http://www.timmosedale.co.uk/ama_dablam/ama_dablam_3.htm Unfortunately at the beginning of November 2014 a climbing Sherpa was killed and 3 clients injured when some ice fell from the right side of the Dablam. We arrived at Base Camp with this news very much at the forefront of our collective minds and we observed the state of the Dablam on a daily basis through the telescope. We also gained quite a lot of corroborating evidence from other teams about the state of the ropes (great), the state of the route (great) and the state of the route from the old C3 to where it past the Dablam (dodgy). We witnessed quite a few calvings and sheddings of blocks of various sizes and there were doubtlessly others that we didn't see. Despite the fact that clients from other teams were still summiting I was not convinced that this meant that the route was safe (enough) for our team to progress beyond C3. In particular I was concerned that if anyone were to get injured whilst making an unsupported summit attempt that I would still need to get the climbing Sherpas in to action to go and assist - thereby rendering any solo action pointless. To that end it was decided that we would not be attempting the summit at all in 2014 - a decision that was respected by the team and Sherpas alike. We then changed tack slightly and some folk went home, some went trekking and I took some round to Island Peak.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 4804
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Timothy John (Tim) Mosedale M 1965 UK Leader Keswick, Cumbria, England Expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Andrew Harrison M 1975 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
James Benjamin Purkiss M 1975 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Matthew Charles Sanders M 1983 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Michael Surtees M 1977 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Emina Hayes F 1969 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Paul Anthony Summers M 1969 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Serge Sebastian Busby M 1959 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Tracey Anne (T. A.) Loeffler F 1965 Canada Climber St. John's, Newfoundland University professor Details Other expeditions
Kenneth Fjeld M 1974 Norway Climber Tonsberg, Norway - Details Other expeditions
Chheten Dorje Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kalzang Dorje Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenjin Bhote M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chepuwa-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pimba (Ptemba) Bhote M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ram Bahadur Newar M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Salleri-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD14366 - - http://www.timmosedale.co.uk/ama_dablam/ama_dablam_3.htm - - -