Ama Dablam | 2019 SW Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Ama Dablam in 2019 via SW Ridge, led by Nirmal Purja. Summit reached on 12th November 2019. 30 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10349
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD19332
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Nirmal Purja
Sponsor Project Possible Ama Dablam Expedition 2019
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 Canada, Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, UK, USA
Approach Lukla->Pangboche->BC
Basecamp Date 2019-11-02
Summit Date 2019-11-12
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2019-11-14
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 16
Summit Hired 16
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(02/11,4550m),C1(5700m),C2(6000m),Smt(12-13/11)
Route Notes Elia Saikaly report: Nims led his commercial team and left earlier than we did. His team was split up, flag team and commercial climbers. I was filming the one Kuwaiti climber with Pasang Kaji and [Phurba] Sonam who was Sirdar. 3 Kuwaiti members did not attempt the summit and remained at base camp. Perfect conditions, could not have been better. The film crew was there for 90-120 mins (Pasang Kaji and Elia Saikaly). Al Shatti made the summit, but ran out of gas and could not descend all the way on his own. A helicopter long-lined rescued him and brought him to base camp. On the commercial team: Marie Desharnais from Quebec, Canada summited same day as us Leonardo Avezzano from Italy summited same day as us Russ Hornsby from California summited one day before Iain Kuo from Wyoming summited one day before Thomas Stanton from UK did not summit Jeet Chatterjee from Canada (Indian) did not summit Franco (Marco) Huerata from Mexico did not summit (injured his foot) Team Kuwait also had 7-8 trekkers that left after 2-3 days at base camp. All made it to Ama Dablam base camp except one, Ali, who departed from Namche by heli due to respiratory illness. Sandro Gromen-Hayes from UK was one of Nims’ guides/cameraman, he summited as well. Sagar was a local Nepali cameraman hired to be there as well (he did not climb). The rest were Sherpas. There were at least 15 Sherpas, maybe more on the summit with the flag. The flag team arrived on the summit in the early morning hours before sunrise and were on the summit 4 to 6 hours before the flag hanging ceremony at around 9 am.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Elite Exped (SST pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462259
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

30 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nirmal Purja Pun Magar M 1983 Nepal Leader Dana-3, Myagdi British army (retired) Details Other expeditions
Yousef J. E. M. Al Qallaf M 1983 Kuwait Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Yousef Kh. Y. A. A. Al Shatti M 1982 Kuwait Climber Kuwait City, Kuwait - Details Other expeditions
Abdul Rahman Al Suwelem M 1983 Kuwait Climber Kuwait City, Kuwait - Details Other expeditions
Leonardo Antonio Avezzano M 1981 Italy Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jeet Chatterjee M 1989 Canada Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Marie-Pier Desharnais F 1985 Canada Climber Doha, Qatar (from Quebec) Business continuity leader Details Other expeditions
Aleksandr Yul (Sandro) Gromen-Hayes M 1990 UK Climber Bristol, England Film-maker Details Other expeditions
Russell Ives Hornsby M 1992 USA Climber Willaimsbury, Virginia - Details Other expeditions
Franco Fabio Huerta M 1983 Mexico Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Iain Garrahan Wen-Jun Kuo M 1993 USA Climber Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania - Details Other expeditions
Fouad M. R. H. Qabazard M 1968 Kuwait Climber Kuwait City, Kuwait - Details Other expeditions
Elia Saikaly M 1978 Canada Climber (film) Ottawa, Ontario Film-maker Details Other expeditions
Thomas Anthony Stanton M 1983 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ramesh Gurung M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Linggam, Hatiya-7, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Vinayak Jaya Malla M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Majhphant-3, Parbat - Details Other expeditions
Dorchi (Halung Dorje) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kalden Phura Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khmbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyaljen Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dendi Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nada Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Siddha Pokhari, Kerabari, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kaji Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker (film) Dhodre, Sotang, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Thinduk Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Sonam Sherpa M 1984 Nepal Sirdar Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenjing Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Lelep-7, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.