Ama Dablam | 2021 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2021 via SW Ridge, led by Khai Van Nguyen. Summit reached on 27th October 2021. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10670
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD21320
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2021
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Khai Van Nguyen
Sponsor Pioneer Adventure Ama Dablam Expedition
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 India, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Spain
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2021-10-27
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 4
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,C1,C2,C3,Smt(27/10,15/11)
Route Notes Khai Van Nguyen report: BC 25/10 4580m C1 30/10 5650m C2 08/11 6000m Hpt 09/11 6300m Nguyen and Lakpa Gyaljen reached 6300m on 9 Nov when Nguyen experienced AMS symptoms. The weather was reasonable with wind predicted top be around 45-55km/h. It weas a clear day. He felt fine at C2, but started to experience a few AMS symptoms as he went higher toward C3. Went down and left BC on 10 Nov. Manisha Waghmare report: BC 10/11 4570m C1 33/11 5700m C2 14/11 5900m Smt 15/11 by Waghmare, Lhakpa Nuru and Ang Chhongbi at 13:15 pm. C3 15/11 6200m Team left C2 at 1 am on 15/11, summited at 13:15, descended to C3 around 6 pm.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Pioneer Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464596
Year 2021
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Khai Van Nguyen M 1972 USA/Canada Leader Union City, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Kurt Robert Macleod Blair M 1968 USA Climber Durango, Colorado - Details Other expeditions
Elias Jose De Andres Martos M 1978 Spain Climber Ouray, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Andrei Erokhin M 1984 Kyrgyz Republic Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Patrick James Sheehan M 1969 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Dmitry Tomlin M 1975 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Manisha Jayakrishna Waghmare F 1982 India Climber Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Assistant professor in physics Details Other expeditions
Ang Chhongbi Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Gyaljen Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Migma Dorchi Sherpa M 1999 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.