Ama Dablam | 2024 SW Ridge

A Australia expedition to Ama Dablam in 2024 via SW Ridge, led by Karly Douglas. Summit reached on 9th November 2024. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11426
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD24314
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2024
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Karly Douglas
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks (SST) Ama Dablam Expedition 2024 (Team 5)
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 Finland, Iran, Russia, S Korea, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2024-11-09
Summit Time 0830
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 12
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 11
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(09-10,18/11,16/12)
Route Notes Karly Douglas FB page: November 23, 2024 A few days ago I set out to climb the beautiful mountain of Ama Dablam at 6812m elevation, You can be as prepared as possible for a mountain but sometimes fate has other ideas. I was on antibiotics and battling a chest infection/laryngitis/god knows what else. Before setting out I knew there was a very real possibility that I wouldn't make it far and I might even need a helicopter evacuation. After the first day my body wanted to quit but I aimed to get to at least Camp 2. I went one better and got to Camp 3. Around 2 hours before Camp 3, my body completely crapped itself. I could barely stand and I had 2 hours of climbing vertical ice walls ahead of me. I got it done, literally screaming and crying every pull of the jumar. After Camp 3, the hard part is over and most of the technical mountaineering was behind me. But as soon as I made it to Camp 3, I had no issue calling it a day. My whole body was riddled with sickness and I'd pushed it well beyond its limits. Mountaineering is a funny sport I've recently become infatuated with. And to be honest it's probably given me more failures than successes. But I've reframed what I see as a success. My goal on Ama Dablam was to see this beautiful mountain up close and test my skills at technical mountaineering. I did that and then some so who can really be upset with that? Oh and I came back with all my fingers and toes which is better than some people I met along the way. Lotta Hintsa FB page: Nepal diaries Nov. 1.-2. After Namche me and Gelu stayed in Pangboche 4000m and then Dingboche 4300m+. The beauty of having just a two people team was that we could move at a fast-ish pace. We arrived in Pangboche well before lunch time so we had time for a bit of a rest, a long lunch and then did a visit to Ama Dablam BC (~4600m). Some coffee and chats later at the @sevensummittreks cafe tent, we got back down to the tea house and the next day hiked to Dingboche. At this point it had become apparent that some version of a cough/flu/virus was circling in the tea houses so unless I was there for a meal, I’d stay out of the common areas. I’d been sick three times in the past four months so I wasn’t planning on getting sick before our climb. I’d also use hand sanitizer/wash my hands where I could and covered my face on the hike to prevent dust getting into my airways. Spoiler alert: I still got sick right after our climb. Seems to be a theme of my Nepal trips…
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2465933
Year 2024
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Karly Michelle Douglas F 1991 Australia Leader Geelong, Victoria, Australia - Details Other expeditions
Lotta Henriikka Hintsa F 1988 Finland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Chung-Shig Lee M 1969 S Korea Climber Daejeon (Taejon), S Korea University history student Details Other expeditions
Jin-Wook Lee M 1965 S Korea Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Se-Jung Lee M 1965 S Korea Climber Kongju, Daejeon, S Korea School teacher Details Other expeditions
Sol Lee M 1999 S Korea Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Caitlin Margaret Lockett F 1992 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Amirhossein Akbari Pazooki M 1989 Iran Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Seyed Mahdi Seyedzadeh M 1980 Iran Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Parisa Shameyar F 1992 Iran Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Igor Veremeenko M 1984 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Sung-In Yi M 1947 USA Climber Beverley Hills, California Retired shopping mall owner and daily newspaper reporter Details Other expeditions
Ngang Dorchi Bhote M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Rinje Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kusang Sherpa M 1999 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Sona Chhiri Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.