Ama Dablam | 1983 SW Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Ama Dablam in 1983 via SW Ridge, led by Nam Sun-Woo. Summit reached on 5th December 1983. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 150
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Expedition ID AMAD83401
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1983
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Nam Sun-Woo
Sponsor 1983 S Korean Ama Dablam Winter Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 33rd,34th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1983-11-28
Summit Date 1983-12-05
Summit Time 1150
Summit Days 7
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 3
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(28/11,4950m),C1(01/12,5670m),C2(03/12,5950m),C3(04/12,6170m),Smt(05-06/12)
Route Notes BC at French 1983 autumn C1 site; same site as south pass 1981 BC. Nam alone because sirdar went down to C2 and Nam thought weather was going to change. Banskota, Ministry of Tourism - 11 Dec 83 Nam reached top at 11:50 am 5 Dec. Left C3 (6170m) at 6:00 am and returned to C3 14:30 hours. 6 Dec Lim and Kim started for top from C3 at 6:30 am and Lim reached top at 11:00 am and Kim 11:10 am. Lim stayed 30 minutes and Kim 20 minutes; returned to C3 at 1:30 pm. Are in KTM in good health. Weather fine but windy. Used no Sherpas.
Accidents From C3 to top very steep and dangerous, so sirdar did not want to try for summit. Did not use fixed rope but 11 pitches snow anchor and Nam abseiled down
Achievement -
Agency Amtrek
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450492
Year 1983
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Young-Soo Kim M 1948 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Clerk in clothing company Details Other expeditions
Byung-Gil Lim M 1955 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Student, mechanical engineering Details Other expeditions
Sun-Woo Nam M 1955 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Travel agent staff member Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD83401 AAJ - - - 58:237 (1984) -
AMAD83401 MM - - - 97:10 (May 1984) -
AMAD83401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198423702/Asia-Nepal-Ama-Dablam-Winter-Ascent - - -