Ama Dablam | 2024 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 2024 via SW Ridge, led by Terray Sylvester. Summit reached on 25th October 2024. 19 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11416
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD24304
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2024
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Terray Sylvester
Sponsor Himalayan Guides Ama Dablam Expedition (Team 3)
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 Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, France, Ukraine
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2024-10-25
Summit Time 0920
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 15
Summit Members 6
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,Smt(25-26/10,03,07,10/11)
Route Notes The team of Terray Sylvester, Katherine Crociata, Thierry D'hers and Joseph Edelen were from Madison Mountaineering. Thierry D'hers FB page: November 1, 2024 So today we just got back from a 3 day rotation to acclimatize at camp 1 and camp 2. It was a rough rotation with the hardest piece of climbing I have ever done. It’s not particularly hard for a well trained gym climber, but the 1000ft of 5.8 level climbing with big 8000 meter boots and a backpack at 18,000 feet elevation between camp 1 and 2 took the wind out of me. I got stuck about 50 ft below camp 2 on the last vertical slab of the yellow tower. I just simply ran out of juice. Then coming down back to camp 1 was quite scary too. Lots of very exposed terrain and transitions between rappeling sections and horizontal traverse sections mostly done purely at arm’s strength. That was clearly the most difficult and physically demanding climbing I have ever done. To safely summit one needs to get to camp 2 using about 25% of its strength, then use another 25% of its strength to get to camp 3 and summit and then have at least half a tank of strength left to get back down to base camp through all this very technical and steep terrain. I didn’t feel I have the technical skills or fitness level to move efficiently at this altitude and get back down safely. So after discussing options with our guide, who is great, offered many alternative options to help me succeed and who eventually supported my decision, I have decided to stop my climbing attempt at Ama Dablam today.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2465918
Year 2024
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

19 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Terray Ellington Sylvester M 1982 USA Leader Olympic Valley, California - Details Other expeditions
Lars Per Johan Andersson M 1957 Australia/Sweden Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia IT architect Details Other expeditions
Thomas Robert Brascia M 1986 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Katherine Carroll Crociata F 1973 USA Climber Santa Fe, New Mexico - Details Other expeditions
Thierry Jean Yves D'hers M 1968 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Joseph James Edelen M 1963 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Bradley Scott Holcroft M 1961 Australia Climber Brisbane, QLD, Australia - Details Other expeditions
Bradley Herbert Horn M 1966 Australia Climber Brisbane, QLD, Australia Tour operator Details Other expeditions
Josef Lindenthaler M 1970 Austria Climber Hallein, Salzburg, Austria - Details Other expeditions
Tammy Terris Mitchell F 1972 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Consultant Details Other expeditions
Masud Pervej Sujon M 1996 Bangladesh Climber Comilla, Bangladesh - Details Other expeditions
Taufique Ahmed Tamal M 1991 Bangladesh Climber Comilla, Bangladesh - Details Other expeditions
Thomas Vialletet M 1985 France Climber Pertuis, Vaucluse, France - Details Other expeditions
Nicholas Christopher Carrel Wallace M 1995 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Victor Vladimirovich Zavalnyuk M 1967 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Khembalung, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa M 2000 Nepal H-A Worker Khumbu Pasang Lhamu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenjen Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ongchhu Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD24304 - - https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/amadablam/ama-dablam-2024/ - - -