Ama Dablam | 1996 W Ridge from S

A Netherlands expedition to Ama Dablam in 1996 via W Ridge from S, led by Robert Steenmeijer. Summit reached on 23rd October 1996. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2007
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD96301
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge from S
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Robert Steenmeijer
Sponsor Dutch Ama Dablam Expedition 1996
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 Austria
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1996-09-25
Summit Date 1996-10-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 28
Total Days 33
Termination Date 1996-10-28
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to dangerous snow and wind and route difficulty
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 850
Total Members 5
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(25/09,4535),ABC(28/09,5200m),Biv(23/10,6000m),xxx(23/10,6000m)
Route Notes BC at Mingbo (same as SW Ridge teams) High point on West Ridge. 23 Oct Schwarzl, Steenmeijer and Valkenburg arrived at 6000m on ridge in dark at 6:00 pm and had to stop here and dig out space for bivouac; 24th bad weather set in and went down; snow sugary and also obstacles. 9 Oct first tried climbing gully to right of ridge, but it ended in overhanging rock which couldn't pass on either side; stopped at 5850m and retreated and back to ABC. Spent half day on last day moving only 50m up with no protection in sugar snow; route above difficult and dangerous and weather deteriorating so decided climb was finished. No intention to return to this too difficult route; "it's way over my head" says Steenmeijer who led the attempt in spring 1995 and thought then he had identified a feasible route.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455256
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge from s

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Peter Boerstoel M 1966 Netherlands Climber Delft, Netherlands Engineer Details Other expeditions
Michael Schwarzl M 1968 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Mechanical engineer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Robert Steenmeijer M 1963 Netherlands Leader Amsterdam, Netherlands Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Peter Valkenburg M 1962 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Computer networks specialist Details Other expeditions
Stefan Van Egten M 1967 Netherlands Climber Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD96301 HIGH - - - 175:85 (Jun 1997) -