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 | - | - | - |