Ama Dablam | 2017 SW Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Ama Dablam in 2017 via SW Ridge, led by Markus Weber. Summit reached on 23rd October 2017. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9589
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD17326
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2017
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Markus Weber
Sponsor Kobler & Partner 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->Gokyo Ri->Lobuche East->Ama Dablam BC
Basecamp Date 2017-10-19
Summit Date 2017-10-23
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 4
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2017-10-25
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 1
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 Climbed Lobuche East
Campsites BC(19/10,4533m),C1(21/10,5800m),C2(22/10,6000m),Smt(23/10)
Route Notes BC 19/10 4533m C1 21/10 5800m C2 22/10 6000m HPt 23/10 6700m at 7-7:15 am by Markus Weber Smt 23/10 by Luciani, Kusang Tenzing Sherpa at 8 am; by Prem Magar at 8:15 am. Team started for summit from C2 at 1 am. Luciani and Kusang Tenzing Sherpa summitted at 8 am, Prem Magar summitted shortly after, at around 8:15 am. It was cold and windy, but good conditions overall. They stayed on top for 20 minutes. Descended to C1, which they reached at 4:30 pm. Stayed the night at C1, next day everyone was back at BC. Weber had problems with his left eye, eye turned blind because of dryness. He had to turn around at approximately 6700m between 7-7:15 am because of his eye and cold feet. He descended alone to C2, where he waited for 2 hours in his sleeping bag for the others. From C2 to C1 the entire team descended together. Team left BC on 25 Nov. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Accidents: Weber had to turn around 100m below summit because his left eye turned blind and he had cold feet. Prem Sherpa also developed problems with his eyes on descent (dryness). Both took eyedrops and are already fully recovered. Hired: Kusang Tenzing Sherpa, Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung, 16/05/1986 Prem Magar, Solukhumbu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Vision (Snowy Horizon pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463622
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
Markus Weber M 1966 Switzerland Leader Brienz, Bern, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Paul Pasquin Olivier Luciani M 1973 Germany Climber Markt Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Prem Magar M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kusang Tenzing Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.