Ama Dablam | 2017 SW Ridge

A Greece expedition to Ama Dablam in 2017 via SW Ridge, led by Alexios Passalidis. Summit reached on 25th October 2017. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9581
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD17318
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2017
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Greece
Leaders Alexios Passalidis
Sponsor Makalu Extreme International 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 Germany
Approach Lukla->Pangboche->BC
Basecamp Date 2017-10-20
Summit Date 2017-10-25
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 5
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2017-11-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(20/10),C1(23/10),C2A(24/10,6000n),C2B(28/10,6200m),Smt(25,29/10)
Route Notes BC 20/10 4500m C1 23/10 5700m C2 24/10 by Vogel at 6000m C2 28/10 by Buckwitz, Passalidis at 6200m (advanced C3) Smt 25/10 by Vogel, Lhakpa Tshering Smt 29/10 by Passalidis, Buckwitz, Tenzing Chotar Sherpa, Nima Nuru Sherpa. Vogel with his guide Lakpa Sherpa started from C2 at 00:15 am. They reached the summit at 10:30 am, stayed on top for 15 minutes. Weather was perfect, blue sky. Descended to C2 (arrival at 8:30 pm). On 26 Oct back at BC. Buckwitz, Passalidis, Tenzing Chotar Sherpa and Nima Nuru Sherpa started at 2 am on 29 Oct. Passalidis with Tenzing Chhotar Sherpa summitted at 10:30 am, Buckwitz with Nima Nuru Sherpa at 11:30 am. Passalidis and Tenzing Chotar waited on summit for Buckwitz for one hour, staying a total of 1.5 hours on the summit. Buckwitz and Nima Sherpa stayed on top for 10 minutes. All 4 descended together to C2 (arrival at 5 pm). On 30 Oct back to BC. According to Oxana Morneva Thomas Vogel summitted on 24 Oct, others on 28 Oct. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Hired: Nima Nuru Sherpa, Thami Tenzing Chotar Sherpa, Thami Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa, Thami
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Extreme Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463624
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alexios Passalidis M 1957 Greece Leader Potsdam, Germany Owner of travel agency Details Other expeditions
Detlef Volker Buckwitz M 1958 Germany Climber Berlin, Germany Financial advisor Details Other expeditions
Thomas Vogel M 1968 Germany Climber Bannewitz, Saxony, Germany Businessman Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Chhotar Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Namche-4, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.