Ama Dablam | 2019 N Ridge

A Japan expedition to Ama Dablam in 2019 via N Ridge, led by Shinji Tamura. Summit reached on 4th November 2019. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10321
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD19304
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge
Route 2 SW Ridge
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Shinji Tamura
Sponsor Active Mountain Ama Dablam North Ridge Expedition 2019
Success 1 False
Success 2 True
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Netherlands, USA
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pheriche (2 nights)
Basecamp Date 2019-10-14
Summit Date 2019-11-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 22
Termination Date 2019-11-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 2
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(14/10,4700m),Biv1(28/10,5900m),xxx(29/10,6300m) BC,C1,C2,Smt(04/11)
Route Notes BC 14/10 4700m just above Dingboche Biv1 28/10 5900m on the ridge with a small terrace HPt 29/10 6300m Smt 04/11 by Frey, Paul and 2 Sherpas. Tamura tripped and fell, chipped his tooth, got dizzy and sent his clients up to C1 on 29 Oct; Sherpas had already gone ahead of them on 28 Oct. 29th Oct all 4 of the Sherpas got to 6300m; clients on 30 Oct got to 6100m. Made many rotations to the col. The whole team experienced too much snow. With this factor and strong winds the Sherpas turned back at 5800m when they first attempted to go to C1 on 25th Oct. Clients turned back by 5600m. Climb abandoned on 30 Oct due to bad snow conditions. Sugary snow up to thighs, not possible to even make anchors (kept coming out). Tried to dig deeper, impossible. One of Tamura’s clients had a flight back home on 4 Nov (Bergsma already summitted AMAD before on normal route), so he left BC on 1 Nov for Namche. Next day flew out by heli to KTM. On 1 Nov Gregory Paul and Martin Frey plus 2 Sherpas Nawang Tenzing Sherpa and Urken Sherpa left BC at around noon and decided to go to the Ama Dablam normal SW route. It was their first time. Tamura also left BC on 1 Nov. Stayed a little later to pack with the remaining gear with Sherpas and went down to Dingboche by evening. Tamura then moved next day to Phortse. Bad radio reception so moved to Khumjung for better radio reception to keep communications with clients. Oxygen: taken, not used (for medic reasons only). Sherpas: Phurba Tashi (Khumjung) Nima Sona (Phortse) Nawang Sherpa (Phortse) Urken Sherpa (Phortse)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462206
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shinji Tamura M 1966 Japan Leader Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide & travel agent Details Other expeditions
Renee Michael Bergsma M 1957 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Pharmacist Details Other expeditions
Martin Meredith Frey M 1959 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Investor Details Other expeditions
Gregory Scott Paul M 1954 USA Climber Alpine, Utah Business owner Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Tenjing (Nawang Tenzing) Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Sona (Nima Sona) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tashi Sherpa M 1971 Nepal Sirdar Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Urken Lendu (Urgen Tenzing) Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.