Ama Dablam | 1996 SW Ridge

A Canada expedition to Ama Dablam in 1996 via SW Ridge, led by John McIsaac. Summit reached on 13th October 1996. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2014
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Expedition ID AMAD96302
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders John McIsaac
Sponsor Canadian Ama Dablam Expedition
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1996-09-30
Summit Date 1996-10-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 15
Termination Date 1996-10-15
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to dangerous snow conditions
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 700
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(30/09,4200m),C1(04/10,5800m),C2(08/10,6000m),C3(12/10,6150m),xxx(13/10,6600m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 on SW Ridge. High point on face at top of SW Ridge. Summit push 13 Oct from C3 at 3:00 am but snow deep, soft sugar and scary and when sun got onto snow at 9:00 am very serious possibility avalanching then and later during summit descent, so turned back and climb finished, since time had running out. "We turned back because of good judgement"; made camp for one night (11 Oct) at 6100m because ran out rope to fix on the route and had to go down to fetch more before continuing ascent.
Accidents Nothing serious
Achievement -
Agency Great Escapes Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455246
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Cathy-Anne David F 1962 Canada Climber Canmore, Alberta Manager of medical-supplies manufacturing company Details Other expeditions
John McIsaac M 1954 Canada Leader Canmore, Alberta Owner of house construction company Details Other expeditions
Robin Sandau M 1953 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Petroleum geologist Details Other expeditions
Timothy Leonard (Tim) Rippel M 1961 Canada Climber Nelson, British Columbia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Tim Thurston M 1967 Canada Climber South Slocan, British Columbia Forest ranger Details Other expeditions
Eric Trouillot M 1963 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Service manager in oil & gas industry Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD96302 CAJ Trouillot, Eric Ama Dablam - 80:114-115 (1997) -