Ama Dablam | 2021 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2021 via SW Ridge, led by Gregory Lesperance. Summit reached on 23rd October 2021. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10675
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD21325
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2021
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Gregory Lesperance
Sponsor Wild Yak Ama Dablam Expedition 2021
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 Germany, Netherlands, S Africa, Spain, Turkey
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2021-10-23
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 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 6
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 Smt(23/10,05,10,16/11)
Route Notes Report from Dawa Sambu Sherpa: BC 12/11 4900m C1 14/11 5400m C2 15/11 5900m Smt 16/11 by Dawa Sambu and Tendi at 10 am. Tendi Sherpa and Dawa Sambu Sherpa summited together (their clients returned from C2 and C3). After summiting, they descended to C1 and next day to BC on 17 Nov. Left BC on 18 Nov. Dawa Sambu Sherpa is from Dream Himalaya (on Wild Yak permit).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Wild Yak Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464592
Year 2021
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Gregory Paul Lesperance M 1978 USA Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Jesus Espinosa Ortega M 1962 Spain Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Manuel Happe M 1985 Germany Climber Naters, Valais, Switzerland Chemist Details Other expeditions
Julen Hermoso Osaba M 1993 Spain Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Inaki Iparraguirre Ariztimuno M 1979 Spain Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Mark Robert Parella M 1979 USA Climber Los Angeles, California Government official Details Other expeditions
Melanie Robin Shudofsky F 1987 Netherlands Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Reyno Alexander Skar M 1970 S Africa Climber Kwazulu Natal, Durban, S Africa Business owner Details Other expeditions
Gulnur Tumbat F 1975 Turkey/USA Climber Emeryville, California Professor of marketing (San Francisco State University) Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sambu Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Olangchunggola, Taplejung Organizer for Trekking and Expeditions (Dream Himalaya) Details Other expeditions
Gyaljen Nuru Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Temba Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Tate, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tendi Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Bhimeshwar, Lakuri Danda-8, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD21325 - - https://climbagainstcancer.com/2022/01/06/ama-dablam-2021-expedition/ - - -