Ama Dablam | 2018 SW Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Ama Dablam in 2018 via SW Ridge, led by Mark Austin. Summit reached on 2nd November 2018. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9950
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD18303
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Mark Austin
Sponsor Adventure Consultants 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, Canada, Spain, Sweden, USA
Approach Lukla (via helicopter)->Phortse->BC
Basecamp Date 2018-10-23
Summit Date 2018-11-02
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 10
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2018-11-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 5
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(23/10,4600m),C1(28/19,5800m),C2(01/11,6000m),C3(03/11,6300m),Smt(02,04/11)
Route Notes BC 23/10 4600m (BC lodge) C1 28/10 5800m C2 01-02/11 6000m C3 03/11 6300m (Geary, Rolleston) Smt 02/11 by Austin, Campanaro, Barton, Svensson, Dawa Bhote, Pasang Bhote, Chheten [Dorje] Sherpa, Guru Bhote Smt 04/11 by Geary, Prakash Sherpa. First summit team started from C2 at 2:15 am, summited around noon, then down to C2 at 5:30 pm. Clear day, no wind, good summit day. Second summit team started from C3 at 6:30 am, summitted at 10 am, down to C1 at 3 pm. Little bit windier than previous days, but not too bad. Henzell reached 6000m. He had a chest infection and chose not to go higher. Alvarez reached C1 on 28/10. She had AMS and went down with Austin. She was given oxygen on descent. She is fine now and climbed Island Peak afterwards. Rolleston-Kerr and Ang Chhewang on summit push turned around at 7:30am on 6400m due to cold. Svensson, Barton and Campanaro flew out by heli from BC to KTM on 04/11. Remainder of team left BC on 05/11. Oxygen use: taken and used by Campanaro overnight in C2 and on descent from C2 to C1. Alvarez at C1 and on descent to Yak Camp. Other peaks: Alvarez climbed Island Peak. Accidents, etc : Alvarez AMS; Henzell chest infection
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463683
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mark Evelyn Austin M 1974 New Zealand Leader Queenstown, New Zealand Alpine guide & ski patroller Details Other expeditions
David Charles Barton M 1978 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Engineer on World Bank staff Details Other expeditions
Frank Paul Campanaro II M 1968 USA Climber Bingham Farms, Michigan Health care Details Other expeditions
Alexander Jason Geary M 1981 Canada Climbing Guide Revelstoke, British Colombia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
John Arthur Henzell M 1962 Australia Climber Corinda, QLD, Australia Retired Details Other expeditions
Alicia Ledo Alvarez F 1981 Spain Climber Aberdeen, Scotland Academic researcher Details Other expeditions
Elizabeth Helen (Liza) Rolleston-Kerr F 1958 New Zealand Climber Wellington, New Zealand Flight attendant Details Other expeditions
Emma Karolina Svensson F 1983 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden Photographer Details Other expeditions
Dawa Bhote M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Guru Bhote M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Namche-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Bhote M 1973 Nepal Sirdar Chepuwa-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ang Chhewang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Chheten Dorje Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba (Prakash) Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Pawai-1, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD18303 - - https://www.adventureconsultants.com/latest-news/dispatches-ama-dablam-2018/ - - -