Ama Dablam | 1992 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 1992 via SW Ridge, led by Henry Todd. Summit reached on 24th October 1992. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1149
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD92309
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1992
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Henry Todd
Sponsor Ama Dablam 1992
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 100,107,111
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Canada, Poland
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1992-10-20
Summit Date 1992-10-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 4
Total Days 15
Termination Date 1992-11-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 8
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(20/10,4600m),Dep(5200m),C1(26/10,5705m),C2(30/10,6000m),C3(31/10,6240m),Smt(24/10,01,07/11)
Route Notes No space for this expedition's tent at C2 site in late Oct, so only left cache there and in 2nd ascent picked up cache and carried on to C3; later used other's tents abandoned by other expeditions. Pawlowski and Lakes made 1st ascent on day most members arrived at BC. LO arrived with most members and did not recognize their ascent.
Accidents Nothing serious
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453792
Year 1992
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Phillip Clark M 1962 UK Climber Harrow, London, England Royal Navy submariner Details Other expeditions
Andrew Corbett M 1946 UK Climber Edinburgh, Scotland Computer scientist Details Other expeditions
Ian Cotgrove M 1961 UK Climber Belfleet, Essex, England Designer Details Other expeditions
Jeffrey Charles (Jeff) Lakes M 1962 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Photographer & sheet-metal fabricator Details Other expeditions
Ken Lockett M 1949 UK Climber Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales Businessman Details Other expeditions
Ramsay McFarlane M 1965 UK Climber Liverpool, Merseyside, England Geneticist Details Other expeditions
Alexander P. (Alec) McNab M 1960 UK Climber Edinburgh, Scotland Engineer Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Jan Pawlowski M 1950 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Paul Roberts M 1959 UK Climber Edinburgh, Scotland Newspaper subeditor Details Other expeditions
Henry Barclay Todd M 1945 UK Leader Edinburgh, Scotland Businessman Details Other expeditions
Colin Wilcock M 1954 UK Climber Blackburn, Lancashire, England Postman Details Other expeditions
Krysztof Pankiewicz M 1957 Poland Climber Lodz, Poland Chemical engineer Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD92309 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 67:211 (1993) -
AMAD92309 HIGH - - - 124:9 (Mar 1993) -
AMAD92309 HIGH McNab, Alex Ama Dablam - 131:54-58 (Oct 1993) -
AMAD92309 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199321100/Asia-Nepal-Ama-Dablam-Pre-Monsoon-Ascents-Attempts-and-Tragedy - - -