Ama Dablam | 1959 N Ridge-NE Spur

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 1959 via N Ridge-NE Spur, led by J. H. Emlyn Jones. Summit reached on 21st May 1959. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2643
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD59101
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1959
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge-NE Spur
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders J. H. Emlyn Jones
Sponsor -
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Namche->Khumbu Valley
Basecamp Date 1959-04-17
Summit Date 1959-05-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 34
Total Days 43
Termination Date 1959-05-30
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6550m+ after two disappeared on way to summit
High Point (m) 6550
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 2
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 0
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Ambu Gyabjen (AMBG-591-01)
Campsites BC(17/04,5030m),C1(01/05,5440m),C2(05/05,5850m),C3(07/05,6050m),C4(18/05,6350m),C5(19/05,6400m),xxx(21/05,6550m+)
Route Notes From letter from J. H. Emlyn Jones to Salisbury - January 26, 2004 "Incidently, Michael Ward who made the first complete ascent on Ama Dablam, having seen our photographs, is fairly certain that Mike and George reached the summit and were probably lost on the way down." From letter from Michael Ward to Salisbury - February 9, 2004 "I reckoned that Mike Harris & George Fraser were good enough climbers to have climbed A-D by their route. That's why made this remark. We saw no signs of them on the summit."
Accidents Fraser and Harris disappeared on way to summit (fall?)
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2441504
Year 1959
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge-ne spur

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
John Hubert Emlyn Jones M 1915 UK Leader London, England Surveyor Details Other expeditions
George James Fraser M 1931 UK Climber London, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Michael John (Mike) Harris M 1925 UK Climber Wolverhampton, W Midlands, England Physicist Details Other expeditions
Edward Addison (Ted) Wrangham M 1928 UK Climber Northumberland, England Photographer Details Other expeditions
Frederick Sinclair Jackson M 1914 UK Climber Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Cardiologist Details Other expeditions
Nea Everilda Morin F 1905 UK Climber Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England - Details Other expeditions
Urkien Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Annulu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

7 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD59101 HJ Jones, J. H. Emlyn Ama Dablam, 1959 - 22:13-21 (1959-60) -
AMAD59101 AAJ - - - 34:158 (1960) -
AMAD59101 AJ Jones, J. H. Emlyn Ama Dablam, 1959 - 65:1-10 (May 1960) -
AMAD59101 - Morin, Nea A Woman's Reach Eyre & Spottiswoode, London - M509
AMAD59101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196015802/Asia-Nepal-Ama-Dablam - - -
AMAD59101 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/22/3/ama-dablam-1959/ - - -
AMAD59101 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1960_files/AJ%201960%201-10%20Jones%20Amam%20Dablam.pdf - - -