Ama Dablam | 2017 SW Ridge

A Belgium expedition to Ama Dablam in 2017 via SW Ridge, led by Davy Aerts. Summit reached on 5th November 2017. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9579
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD17316
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2017
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Davy Aerts
Sponsor Belgian Ama Dablam Expedition 2017
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 From Cholatse BC->Phortse->Ama Dablam BC
Basecamp Date 2017-10-28
Summit Date 2017-11-05
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 8
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2017-11-07
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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 Summited Cholatse (CHOL-173-01)
Campsites BC(28/10,4600m),C1(03/11,5700m),C2(04/11,6000m),Smt(05/11)
Route Notes BC 28/10 4600m C1 03/11 5700m C2 04/11 6000m Smt 05/11 by both members, both Sherpas. Team climbed Cholatse before and was well acclimatized. They summitted between 11 and 12:30 pm. Started from C2 at 12:30 am. Stayed on top for maybe 45 minutes. It was very cold and windy. A lot of fresh snow (30-40cm). They were the only climbers to go for the summit that day. They walked down to C2 (arrival: 8:20 pm). It took a long time to descend, quite dangerous descent. Ropes above C3 were badly fixed. On 6 Nov down to BC, arriving at 2 pm. Aerts saw Rozov [a few days] before he died in base jump. Aerts saw him jumping from little lower than Yellow Tower, just below C2 on 4 Nov. Team left BC on 7 Nov. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Hired: Tenzing Dorje, Phortse, 19/11/1970 Tshering Thundu Sherpa, Khumjung, 04/10/1974
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking (Prestige Adventure pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463635
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Davy Renaat Aerts M 1974 Belgium Leader Beringen, Belgium Gardener Details Other expeditions
Danny Johny Vandekerckhove M 1966 Belgium Climber Tielt, Belgium - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Dorje Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Thundu Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.