Ama Dablam | 2018 SW Ridge

A Ukraine expedition to Ama Dablam in 2018 via SW Ridge, led by Taras Pozdnii. Summit reached on 7th November 2018. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	9964
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
Host Country	1
Route 1	SW Ridge
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Ukraine
Leaders	Taras Pozdnii
Sponsor	Ukrainian 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	Russia
Approach	Lukla->Island Peak->Ama Dablam BC
Basecamp Date	2018-11-04
Summit Date	2018-11-07
Summit Time	1230
Summit Days	3
Total Days	4
Termination Date	2018-11-08
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	6814
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	2
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	8
Summit Members	5
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	1
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	Climbed Island Peak
Campsites	BC(04/11,4600m),C1(05/11,5900m),C2(06/11,6100m),Smt(07,12/11)
Route Notes	BC 04/11 4600m C1 05/11 5900m C2 06/11 6100m Smt 07/11 by Pozdnii, Solodukhin, Mykhailenko, Kopteva Smt 12/11 by Balabanov. Summit team on 07/11 started from C2 at 1 am, reached summit at 12:30 pm, back to C2 at 4 pm (Taras), others at 6 pm. Very good weather, good conditions. Team stayed on summit for about 30 minutes. Balabanov on 12/11 summited alone from BC. Started from BC at 2 am, summit at 11:20 am, down to BC at 5 pm. Boiko was hit by rock on the face on 07/11. Balabanov went down with her to BC. Boiko was evacuated by helicopter from BC to KTM on 08/11. She is Okay now. Accident happened at 6150m, not far from C2. Koval and Safonkin didn't have enough power for summit. They reached C3 (6400m) on summit push and went down together with Jangbu Sherpa. Team left BC on 08/11. Members: Taras Pozdnii (S) Jurii Solodukhin (S) Anatoliy Mykhailenko (S) Marina Kopteva (S) Nikita Balabanov (S) Nataliia Boiko (6150m) Mariia Koval (6400m) Stepan Safonkin (6400m) Hired: Jangbu Sherpa (6400m)
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	Snowy Horizon Treks
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	False
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	False
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2463688
Year	2018
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	sw ridge

Members

Field	Value
ID	73122
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	01
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Taras
Last Name	Pozdnii
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1989
Calculated Age	29
Citizenship	Ukraine
Status	Leader
Residence	Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
Occupation	Trekking company owner
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6814
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2445518
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	taras pozdnii
Year of Birth	1989
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	73123
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	02
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Nikita (Mykyta)
Last Name	Balabanov
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1989
Calculated Age	29
Citizenship	Ukraine
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6814
Summit Date 1	2018-11-12
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1120
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2445626
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	nikita (mykyta) balabanov
Year of Birth	1989
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73124
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	03
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Nataliia
Last Name	Boiko
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	Ukraine
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6150
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	True
Injury Date	2018-11-07
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	8
Injury Height (m)	6150
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	5
HCN	0
Checksum	-110
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	nataliia boiko
Year of Birth	-
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73125
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	04
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Marina
Last Name	Kopteva
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1981
Calculated Age	37
Citizenship	Ukraine
Status	Climber
Residence	Kiev, Ukraine
Occupation	Sales manager for climbing gear shop
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6814
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2442659
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	marina kopteva
Year of Birth	1981
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	37
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73126
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	05
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Mariia
Last Name	Koval
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1987
Calculated Age	31
Citizenship	Ukraine
Status	Climber
Residence	Kiev, Ukraine
Occupation	Shop manager
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6400
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	7
HCN	0
Checksum	2444783
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	mariia koval
Year of Birth	1987
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73127
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	06
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Anatoliy
Last Name	Mykhailenko
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1968
Calculated Age	50
Citizenship	Ukraine
Status	Climber
Residence	Kiev, Ukraine
Occupation	House construction company
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6814
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2437926
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	anatoliy mykhailenko
Year of Birth	1968
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	50
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73128
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	07
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Stepan
Last Name	Safonkin
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	Russia
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6400
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	7
HCN	0
Checksum	-110
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	stepan safonkin
Year of Birth	-
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73129
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	08
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Jurii
Last Name	Solodukhin
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1982
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	Russia
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6814
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2443118
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	jurii solodukhin
Year of Birth	1982
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	36
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	73130
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	AMAD18317
Member ID	09
Peak ID	AMAD
Year	2018
Season	3
First Name	Jangbu
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1973
Calculated Age	44
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Bakachol-9, Khotang
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6400
Summit Date 1	2018-11-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	14
HCN	0
Checksum	2439930
Summit Note 1	0
Summit Note 2	0
Summit Note 3	0
Death Route	0
Name (lowercase)	jangbu sherpa
Year of Birth	1973
Year	2018
Age at Expedition	45
Role	Hired

9 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Taras Pozdnii	M	1989	Ukraine	Leader	Bila Tserkva, Ukraine	Trekking company owner	Details Other expeditions
Nikita (Mykyta) Balabanov	M	1989	Ukraine	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Nataliia Boiko	F	-	Ukraine	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Marina Kopteva	F	1981	Ukraine	Climber	Kiev, Ukraine	Sales manager for climbing gear shop	Details Other expeditions
Mariia Koval	F	1987	Ukraine	Climber	Kiev, Ukraine	Shop manager	Details Other expeditions
Anatoliy Mykhailenko	M	1968	Ukraine	Climber	Kiev, Ukraine	House construction company	Details Other expeditions
Stepan Safonkin	M	-	Russia	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Jurii Solodukhin	M	1982	Russia	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa	M	1973	Nepal	H-A Worker	Bakachol-9, Khotang	-	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.