Ama Dablam | 2017 SW Ridge

A Romania expedition to Ama Dablam in 2017 via SW Ridge, led by Radu Albu. Summit reached on 19th October 2017. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9593
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD17330
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2017
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Romania
Leaders Radu Albu
Sponsor Satori Adventures 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 Australia, China, Hungary, India, Ireland, Ukraine, USA
Approach Lukla->Kalapattar->Ama Dablam BC
Basecamp Date 2017-10-08
Summit Date 2017-10-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2017-10-22
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 6
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(08/10,4500m),C1(14/10,5600m),C2(16/10,5900m),C3(18/10,6200m),Smt(20/10),Smt(19,21,31)
Route Notes BC 08/10 4500m C1 14/10 5600m C2 16/10 5900m C3 18/10 6200m Smt 20/10 Darabont and Nima Sherpa at 7:30 am, by Dawa Sherpa at about 7:15 am. Team set off from C3 at 4 am. Darabont and Nima reached the summit at 7:30 am. Dawa Sherpa was faster and summitted a few minutes before them. They stayed on the top for 10 minutes, then went down to C1 (12:30-1 pm). It was very cold, but it was sunny and they enjoyed great views. On 21 Oct they were back at BC. Darabont is the first Hungarian to scale Ama Dablam. Radu Albu and Rajat Bhattacharya were on the permit as well but they never went above BC. They were promised that Sherpas would fix ropes by 7 Oct, but it took them until 17 Oct. This was too late for Albu and Bhattacharya, who ran out of time and had to go home. Left BC on: Rajat and Radu left BC on 10 Oct Nima and Eduard on 22 Oct Dawa Sherpa stayed at BC as he may have another climb. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Hired: Nima Sherpa Dawa Sherpa Other members on the Satori permit climbed and summited at different times.
Accidents Darabont got slight frostbite at middle finger of left hand on summit day, but is expected to recover 100%
Achievement 1st Hungarian national to scale Ama Dablam
Agency Satori Adventures
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463618
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Radu Cornel Albu M 1983 Romania Leader Cluj, Romania Owner of Extreme Expeditions agency, senior political consultant Details Other expeditions
Pendar Ardalan M 1981 USA/Iran Climber Portland, Oregon Scientist (chemist) Details Other expeditions
Rajat Bhattacharya M 1969 India Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Scott Kevin Bradshaw M 1978 Australia Climber Warrenup, WA, Australia - Details Other expeditions
Eduard Stefan Darabont M 1972 Hungary/Romania Climber Cluj, Romania Car technician Details Other expeditions
Luke Andrew Grieve M 1981 Australia Climber Bunbury, WA, Australia - Details Other expeditions
Sergi Kishchenko M 1988 Ukraine Climber Palo Alto, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Christian Alfred Julius Kober M 1974 Ireland Climber Cardiff, Wales Photographer Details Other expeditions
Yun-Fang Wu F 1974 China Climber Kunming, Yunnan, China Financial manager Details Other expeditions
Wan-Shen Yu M 1970 China Climber Kunming, Yunnan, China Manager Details Other expeditions
Dawa Temba Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Khembalung, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Gyalje/Gyalzen Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.