Ama Dablam | 2018 SW Ridge

A France expedition to Ama Dablam in 2018 via SW Ridge, led by Jean-Luc Bremond. Summit reached on 26th October 2018. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9959
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD18312
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Jean-Luc Bremond
Sponsor French-Swiss 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 Switzerland
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->BC
Basecamp Date 2018-10-17
Summit Date 2018-10-26
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 9
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2018-10-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
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(17/10,4600m),C1(21/10,5600m),C2(25/10,6000m),Smt(26/10)
Route Notes BC 17/10 4600m C1 19/10 5600m deposit, 21/10 sleeping C2 25/10 6000m Smt 26/10 by Jean-Luc Bremond at 9 am. All members except Thomas Richard made a deposit at C1 on October 19. Bremond, Bonzon and Morschel slept at C1 on October 21. On the day after went up to C2 reached at 11 am, then all went down to BC. Bonzon was helped by 2 Sherpas from the team during this trip (for these Sherpas it was the high point of the expedition also). On summit day, Bremond started from C2 at midnight, reaching the top at at 9 am in clear sky conditions despite cold and windy. Stayed 2:30 on top waiting for Morschel - who never reached the top, doing pictures and videos. Started back down at 11:30 am, reaching C2 at 4:30 pm, where Morschel was resting (had 3 frostbitten bones in the right hand). Slept there and reached BC on the day after, 27 October. Left BC on the day after. Bremond and Morschel climbed without Sherpas. Only Bonzon was meant to climb with Jamling Sherpa on summit day, but she had decided to abandon on 22 October. Fixed rope: fixed by other teams. Team left BC on 28 October. Members: Jean-Luc Bremond. Summit on October 26. Patricia Jose Bonzon. Hight point at C2 on October 22nd; on descent decided to abandon, due to technical difficulties of the route, already between C1 and C2. Was meant to climb with Jamling Sherpa (holds an UIAGM medal of mountain guide). Paul-Andree Jaccard, High point at C1 on October 19. Abandonned because of tiredness (good mountaineer who had climbed Cervin and Eiger north faces). Jean-Marc Morschel. High point at 6200m on October 26, above grey tower, between C2 and C3. Was slower than Jean-Luc Bremond. After passing the grey tower, Morschel told Bremond to continue without waiting for him since him wanted to shoot some video of other climbers during the night. As he did so he lost a glove blown in the wind, which led him to get 3 bones of the right hand to be frostbitten (minor 1st degree). Had had already same hand frostbitten on Everest in the past. Thomas Richard. High point at 4600m at BC. Went too fast during the approach march above Namche to the BC, leading him to get AMS up there. Days after arrival to BC he got sick. Didn't go up with others to C1 on October 19. Went down to Tengboche on October 20 at 8:30 am, then to Namche Bazar where he met with a doctor, then Lukla and KTM. Hired: Jamling Sherpa Sherpa 2, high point on October 22nd at C2 Sherpa 3, high point on October 22nd at C2
Accidents 1st degree frostbite for Jean-Marc Morschel right hand, previously frostbitten on Everest.
Achievement -
Agency Ever Quest Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463676
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jean-Luc Marcel Bremond M 1964 France Leader Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France Alpinist & beekeeper Details Other expeditions
Patricia Jose Bonzon F 1957 Switzerland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Paul-Andre Jaccard M 1954 Switzerland Climber La Vraconnaz, Vaud, Switzerland Farmer Details Other expeditions
Jean-Marc Morschel M 1961 France Climber Orcines, Puy-de-Dome, France Teacher Details Other expeditions
Thomas Philippe Richard M 1986 France Climber Clermont Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France Technician ENEDIS Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.