Ama Dablam | 2018 SW Ridge

A Germany expedition to Ama Dablam in 2018 via SW Ridge, led by Martin Szwed. Summit reached on 24th October 2018. 35 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9948
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD18301
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Martin Szwed
Sponsor SummitClimb Ama Dablam Expedition 2018
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, Austria, France, Israel, Norway, Russia, Spain, USA
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->BC
Basecamp Date 2018-10-17
Summit Date 2018-10-24
Summit Time 1630
Summit Days 7
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2018-11-01
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 26
Summit Members 14
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 9
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(17/10,4600m),C1(21/10,5800m),C2(28/10,6100m),Smt(24,29-30/10,21/11)
Route Notes BC 17/10 4600m C1 21/10 5800m C2 28/10 6100m Smt 24/10 by Charles Scott Clarke, Nicole Clarke at 4:30 pm Smt 29/10 by Marte, Leitinger (8:30 am), Pozhedaev (11:30 am), Szwed, Felder (1 pm), Dorjee Sherpa, Tenji Sherpa, Lhakpa [Tendu] Sherpa, Lakpa Dawa Sherpa. Smt 30/10 by Wolf, Turner, Miller, Watson, Akers, Ang Pasang Sherpa, Gyalje Sherpa, Galbu Sherpa, Puju Bhote, Wongchu Sherpa at 9:30 am. Smt 21/11 by Roumieu and Marston (2nd group) 24 Oct summit team (the two Clarkes climbing independently without Sherpas) started at 6 am, summited at 4:40 pm, and back to C2 at 8 pm. 29 Oct summit team started from C2 at 12:30 am, summied between 8:30 am and 1 pm, and back to C2 between 3-7 pm. 30 Oct summit team started at midnight, summited at 9:30 am, and back to C2 around 3 pm. Franz Kroell and Rita Lechner reached BC on 30/10. Kroell had a cold, and bad weather was predicted. They turned around on 31/10. Daniel Baas reached C1 on 21/10. He fell altitude sick and turned around. Flew back to KTM from BC by helicopter on 28/10. Erlend Brochmann reached C2 on 31/10. Was sick before, he had a cold the whole time. Didn't have power to go for the summit. Trekked out. Angela Boebel had an accident on the way to C1 on 20/10. She fell while ascending and lost her footing. She crashed against the rocks. Broke her shoulder in two places. Flew out to KTM from ABC by helicopter. She descended to ABC with the help of Sherpas. Accident happened near C1, 100m from her tent. She is undergoing treatment in hospital in Germany. Brian Carpenter reached ABC (5300m) on 20/10. He fell bad the whole time. Had a cold and AMS. Brock Martin reached C1 on 25/10. Spent one night there. Fell sick (AMS). Miller developed HAPE on 30/10. He coughed blood in C2 after the summit. He was able to descend to Pangboche, got oxygen and dex. He was flown out from Pangboche on 31/10 by heli to KTM. One night in hospital and recovered now. Harold Orner reached C2 on 24/10. He felt bad and didn't want to go to summit. Alexander Zaffoni on 27/10 at C1 had a heart attack. He reached C2 as high point on 24/10 on first rotation. He descended and flew by heli to KTM with Daniel Baas on 28/10. Oxygen: Used by Ryan Miller on descent from BC to Pangboche because of HAPE. Charles Clarke, Nicole Clarke, Jon Legarda Waismann, Steve Marston, Laura Rumford, Christophe Roumieu and Omer Shiran were independent clients of Everest Parivar. Franz Kroell and Rita Lechner contracted with SummitClimb only for BC services.
Accidents Angela Boebel fell and broke her shoulder in two places.
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463674
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

35 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Martin Szwed M 1981 Germany Leader Balingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Mark Edison Akers M 1981 USA Climber Little Orleans, Maryland Electrician Details Other expeditions
Daniel J. Baas M 1972 USA Climber Santa Fe, New Mexico Film-maker Details Other expeditions
Angela Christa Boebel F 1959 Germany Climber Kirchheim unter Teck, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Nursery nurse Details Other expeditions
Erlend Brochmann M 1983 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Engineer Details Other expeditions
Brian Kendall Carpenter M 1980 USA Climber Thornton, Colorado Engineer Details Other expeditions
Charles Scott Clarke M 1962 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Nicole Nadine Clarke F 1972 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Christina Alexandra Hildegard Felder F 1993 Germany Climber Balingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Franz Josef Kroell M 1962 Austria Climber Ramsau, Tirol, Austria - Details Other expeditions
Rita Lechner Drier F 1969 Austria Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jon Legarda Waismann M 1991 Spain Climber Natanya, Israel Photographer Details Other expeditions
Christian Leitinger M 1977 Austria Climber Lofer, Salzburg, Austria Roadworker Details Other expeditions
Steven John Marston M 1972 USA Climber Happy Valley, Oregon Mortgage lender Details Other expeditions
Juergen Marte M 1968 Austria Climber Goetzis, Vorarlberg, Austria Vehicle builder Details Other expeditions
Brock Robert Martin M 1987 Australia Climber Cobar, NSW, Australia Electrician & personal trainer Details Other expeditions
Ryan James Miller M 1983 Australia Climber Marshall, Victoria, Australia Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Harold Randal Orner M 1962 USA Climber Santa Fe, New Mexico Chef Details Other expeditions
Juri Pozhedaev M 1954 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Christophe Roumieu M 1972 France Climber Saint Pierre de Riviere, Ariege, France - Details Other expeditions
Laura Ann Rumford F 1970 USA Climber Tigard, Oregon Realtor Details Other expeditions
Omer Nehemia Shiran-Shvarzbard M 1989 Israel Climber Hod Hasharon, Israel Student Details Other expeditions
Blake Alexander Thomas Turner M 1991 USA Climbing Leader Houston, Texas CEO of taxi company Details Other expeditions
Morgan Emmett Watson M 1976 USA Climber Eugene, Oregon Personal trainer Details Other expeditions
Martin Wolf M 1982 Germany Climbing Leader Munich, Bavaria, Germany Product manager Details Other expeditions
Alexander Roland Zaffoni M 1974 Germany Climber Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Engineer Details Other expeditions
Phujung (Phuchung) Bhote M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Dorje (Ang Dorje) Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gelje (Gelze) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gelbu Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Khijiphatale-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dawa Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tendu (Lhakpa Kormu) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Wangchuk Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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