Ama Dablam | 2016 SW Ridge
A Spain expedition to Ama Dablam in 2016 via SW Ridge, led by David Orna Lopez. Summit reached on 27th October 2016. 2 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 9256 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | AMAD16332 |
| Peak ID | AMAD |
| Year | 2016 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | SW Ridge |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Leaders | David Orna Lopez |
| Sponsor | Spanish Ama Dablam Expedition 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 | - |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2016-10-14 |
| Summit Date | 2016-10-27 |
| Summit Time | 1100 |
| Summit Days | 13 |
| Total Days | 15 |
| Termination Date | 2016-10-29 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 6814 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 0 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 2 |
| 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 | - |
| Campsites | BC(14/10,5000m),C1(5850m),C2(26/10,6000m),Smt(27/10) |
| Route Notes | From http://www.lanzadigital.com/news/show/otros-deportes/maria-pilar-agudo-hace-cumbre-en-el-ama-dablam/106585 Maria Pilar Agudo makes Ama Dablam summit, On 27 October, Maria Pilar Agudo, known athlete resident in Ciudad Real and director of the shelter that NGOs Miguelturra "Smiles and Mountains" was created in Kathmandu, managed to climb to the summit of Ama Dablam, a expedition to his usual style, in total autonomy, without sponsors, without high altitude porters, without artificial oxygen, without basic services field, a difficult issue with numerous obstacles that more than once made him doubt his project. In mid-September, Maria Pilar Agudo and sporty companion, also Spanish David Orna, left for the region of Khumbu in the Everest, to spend three weeks crossing valleys and hills and climbing peaks that would allow it to adapt to conditions lack of oxygen which involve great heights. On October 14 they reached the base of Ama Dablam, where 5000 meters mounted a desolate tent that served as their base camp. After installing a minimalist field height at 5850 meters and portage food and gas to a second field on the edge of a ridge at 6000 meters, they had to fall back to base camp to the appalling conditions of the mountain, which prevented continue climbing. More than two weeks had to wait for the snow to harden and allow progress and scale. They were 15 days of waiting where the forces, spirits, food and gas began to dwindle. Finely, October 25 undertook the definitive summit reaching her attack on 27 and being the first climbers of the season to get it. They left a summit directly from Camp 2 to 12 at night, preventing sleep at Camp 3 at 6300 meters to avoid dangerous avalanches in this area, and reached the summit at 11 am: "The way climbing it is wonderful, beautiful, art, fun and very aerial, you constantly have to empty your feet. Also very demanding physically, we had to climb vertically about 7 hours and then open footprint in the snow on slopes of 70 degrees for 4 hours to the top. At 3 in the morning started blowing an icy wind that reached 60 km/hour, the wind chill fell to -35° and remained so for hours. I returned back to Camp 2 at dusk, more than 18 hours exposed to the cold have left me sequels," explained Maria Pilar Agudo. On October 28 climbers descended from Camp 2 to Base Camp where they could hydrated, warm and eat. The next day at dawn a rescue helicopter went to Maria Pilar Agudo to a hospital in Kathmandu for treatment to the major frostbite suffered in the hands and feet and that night flying repatriated urgency to Spain at the prospect of a more reliable treatment In our country. Despite this success Maria Pilar did not appear pleased with the result of the expedition: "We had many problems with the Nepalese trade agencies try to avoid independent climbers, have struggled to maintain my gap in height fields, we they stole food, porters refused to reach our base camp and, even worse, I'm at risk of losing a couple of phalanges of the fingers of his right hand. Here at home I'm fine, my life is quiet and safe, but I left half my responsibilities in Nepal and welcomed my 5 children unattended." |
| Accidents | Maria Agudo evaculated by helicoptor to Ktm due to severe frostbite to hands and feet |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Incredible Himalayan Sherpa Adv (Snowy Horz pmt) |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | False |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | - |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2462540 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | None |
| Route (lowercase) | sw ridge |
Members
2 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Orna Lopez | M | 1969 | Spain | Leader | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Maria Pilar Agudo Fernandez | F | 1975 | Spain | Climber | Almagro, Ciudad Real, Spain | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
4 recorded references.