Ama Dablam | 2019 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2019 via SW Ridge, led by Joshua Ross. Summit reached on 16th October 2019. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10341
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD19324
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Joshua Ross
Sponsor Asian Trekking Ama Dablam Expedition 2019
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->BC
Basecamp Date 2019-10-07
Summit Date 2019-10-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2019-10-17
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6250m due to unsatble snow conditions
High Point (m) 6250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
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 -
Campsites BC(06/10,4570m),C1(09/10,5770m),xxx(16/10,6250m)
Route Notes BC 07/10 4570m C1 09/10 5770m C2 reached but did not sleep there. Did not summit. 6250m was high point on 16/10. Turned around because there was a lot of snow, didn’t feel safe because he was a small group, Sherpa was climbing slower than he wanted. Description of climb: Moved 300m in two and half hours on summit push (too slow). First five days had terrible weather, cloud and snowfall, cleared up after that, moderate winds Couple pitons popped from fixed rope, but no injuries or other accidents Went down to BC after summit attempt, arrived around 4 pm. First person to show up on mountain. Left BC on 17/10. Sherpas: One [Nawang Tenzing] Fixed rope: Put in six pins and two pickets, but did not put up any ropes. Oxygen: Sherpa took one for emergency, did not use. Member did not take or use.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking (Himalayan Guides pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462232
Year 2019
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Joshua Daniel Ross M 1983 USA Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Nawang Tenzing (Nawangle) Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD19324 - - https://www.facebook.com/joshua.ross2 - - -