Ama Dablam | 1994 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 1994 via SW Ridge, led by Rob Fairley. Summit reached on 25th October 1994. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1377
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD94305
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1994
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Rob Fairley
Sponsor Ama Dablam Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 151,153,155,156
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Ireland, Poland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1994-10-14
Summit Date 1994-10-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 11
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 Climbed Lhotse (LHOT-943-02) (by Pawlowski)
Campsites BC(14/10,4600m),C1(16/10,5700m),C2(21/10,5900m),C3(22/10,6300m),Smt(25-27,30/10)
Route Notes BC above Mingbo. Team was much too large.
Accidents Day altitude pressure on eye, temporarily partially blind; Orwin slight altitude sickness
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Excursions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454525
Year 1994
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kenneth G. (Ken) Balfour M 1966 UK Climber Poole, Dorset, England Geologist Details Other expeditions
Christine Joyce Feld Boskoff F 1967 USA Climber Atlanta, Georgia Travel agent & electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Keith L. Boskoff M 1950 USA Climber Atlanta, Georgia Travel agent & architect Details Other expeditions
Andy Collins M 1957 UK Climber London, England Chartered accountant Details Other expeditions
Gregory (Greg) Conley M 1947 Ireland Climber Hong Kong Airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Anthony Howard Day M 1965 UK Climber Ashtead, Surrey, England Attorney Details Other expeditions
Julian Duxfield M 1962 UK Climber London, England Personnel manager Details Other expeditions
Robert E. (Rob) Fairley M 1953 UK Leader Fort William, Inverness, Scotland Artist & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Roy Orwin M 1972 UK Climber Salford, Gtr. Manchester, England Technician Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Jan Pawlowski M 1950 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Ian Robert Pomeroy M 1963 UK Climber Didcot, Oxford, England Environmental scientist Details Other expeditions
Nigel Porter M 1950 UK Climber Halstead, Essex, England Quantity surveyor Details Other expeditions
John Walmsley M 1955 UK Climber Poole, Dorset, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Peta Watts F 1955 UK Climber Edinburgh, Scotland Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Peter (Wilf) Williams M 1960 UK Climber Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, France Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Simon Andrew Yates M 1963 UK Climber Penrith, Cumbria, England Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD94305 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 69:241 (1995) -
AMAD94305 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199524102/Asia-Nepal-Ama-Dablam-in-the-Post-Monsoon - - -