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 | - | - | - |