Ama Dablam | 2016 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2016 via SW Ridge, led by Willie Benegas. Summit reached on 9th November 2016. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9240
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD16316
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2016
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Willie Benegas
Sponsor TAGnepal/Benegas Brothers Expeditions (BBE) Ama Dablam 2016
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 Switzerland, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2016-11-05
Summit Date 2016-11-09
Summit Time 1125
Summit Days 4
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 4
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 -
Campsites BC(05/11,4570m),C1(07/11,5600m),C2(08/11,5900m),Smt(09/11)
Route Notes Benagas summit team (Benagas, Rick, Lhakpa Gyalzen, Ngawang Pasang and Pemba Rinji) left C2 on 8 Nov, summited at 11:25 am on 9 Nov, stayed 30 minutes, then descended to C2 arriving at 8 pm. Great weather and great mountain conditions, but rope conditions poor (new ropes but old anchors). Christina Richard (Swiss) summited with Chhiring Sherpa on 9 Nov. The American couple (Gavin's) only touched BC. The Swiss pair (Bomio-Pacciorini's) gave up at C2 due to overcrowding. The British member did not climb, only relaxed at BC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency TAGnepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462553
Year 2016
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Guillermo (Willie) Benegas M 1968 USA Leader Sandy, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Reagan Kenneth Rick M 1962 USA Climber Indianapolis, Indiana Banker Details Other expeditions
Sean Benjamin Gavin M 1975 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Elizabeth Pruett Gavin F 1977 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ngang Pasang (Nawang Pasang) Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gyalzen Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Pangom, Jubing-8, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Rinji Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chhiring (Tshering) Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Marco Andrea Bomio-Pacciorini M 1954 Switzerland Climber Bern, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Lura Maria Bomio-Pacciorini F 1984 Switzerland Climber Bern, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Nicolas Bossard M 1980 Switzerland Climber Caux, Vaud, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Christina Benoit Richard F 1983 Switzerland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Daniel Joseph Moore M 1989 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD16316 - - http://benegasbrothers.com/category/ama-dablam-fall-2016/ - - -
AMAD16316 - - http://benegasbrothers.com/2016/11/09/ama-dablam-team-summited/ - - -
AMAD16316 - - https://www.facebook.com/TAGnepalExpedition/ - - -