Ama Dablam | 1984 N Ridge

A Japan expedition to Ama Dablam in 1984 via N Ridge, led by Tsutomu Dobashi. Summit reached on 17th December 1984. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 976
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD84401
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1984
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Tsutomu Dobashi
Sponsor GHM Ama Dablam N Ridge Expedition
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 -
Basecamp Date 1984-11-24
Summit Date 1984-12-17
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 26
Termination Date 1984-12-20
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to lack of food supplies and ran out of strength
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
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(24/11,5000m),C1(05/12,6000m),C2(16/12,6450m),xxx(17/12,6600m)
Route Notes Needed fixed rope to 6700m for descent but had not enough rope. 17 Dec Dobashi, Okada and Yoshida in alpine-style attempt reached about 6600m but too far from there to summit for that day and gave up climb. 3 men had made route from C1 and now very tired, very windy and food supplies running out since had planned summit for 14-15 Dec. 18 Dec route to C1 and 19 Dec to BC. Would have taken 3 whole days to go to C2 to top to C2. Snow conditions very bad, like sugar. C1 to C2 snow mushrooms, BC to C1 easy. Saito went to C2 once while Uchiyama and Kawaguchi to C1 only. 1 member went to C2 once while 2 members to C1 only.
Accidents None
Achievement 1st winter attempt on North Ridge; 1st Japanese winter attempt
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450871
Year 1984
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tsutomu Dobashi M 1955 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Travel agency staff member Details Other expeditions
Shinzi Kawaguchi M 1956 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Telephone engineer Details Other expeditions
Osamu Okada M 1957 Japan Climber Urawa, Saitama, Japan Electrician Details Other expeditions
Kanji Saito M 1956 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Telephone engineer Details Other expeditions
Shohei Uchiyama M 1951 Japan Deputy Leader Tokyo, Japan Truck driver Details Other expeditions
Kazuhiko Yoshida M 1956 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Printer, newspapers Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD84401 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 59:273 (1985) -
AMAD84401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198527304/Asia-Nepal-Ama-Dablam-Winter-Attempt - - -