Ama Dablam | 1996 SW Ridge

A Poland expedition to Ama Dablam in 1996 via SW Ridge, led by Ryszard Pawlowski. Summit reached on 5th November 1996. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2005
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD96315
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Ryszard Pawlowski
Sponsor Patagonia Mountain Agency (PMA) Ama Dablam Expedition 1996
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 196,200,202
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Canada, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1996-10-28
Summit Date 1996-11-05
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 15
Termination Date 1996-11-12
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 7
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(28/10,4500m),C1(30/10,5700m),C2(05/11,6000m),C3(04/11,6300m),Smt(05,08-09/11)
Route Notes From C1 to BC after Pawlowski got him to C1 from top. No technical problems and had good weather on the mountain. At C1 not space for every team's tents, so used each others tents by agreement.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455269
Year 1996
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Barbara Batko F 1956 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Forestry engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert Gregory Dudar M 1970 Canada Climber Red Deer, Alberta Respiratory therapist Details Other expeditions
Steven Griffin M 1965 USA Climber Auke Bay, Alaska Wilderness guide & ski patrolman Details Other expeditions
Robert Karlak M 1958 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Advertising designer Details Other expeditions
Eryk Margueritte M 1979 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland High school student Details Other expeditions
Jacek M. Maselko M 1969 USA Climber Juneau, Alaska Biologist Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Jan Pawlowski M 1950 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Engineer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD96315 HIGH - - - 175:86 (Jun 1997) -