Ama Dablam | 1997 SW Ridge

A USA expedition to Ama Dablam in 1997 via SW Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 6th April 1997. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2217
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD97101
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1997
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor 1997 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 Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1997-03-25
Summit Date 1997-04-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 18
Termination Date 1997-04-12
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned on 7 Apr due to bad snow conditions
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 350
Total Members 11
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(25/03,4600m),C1(27/03,5880m),xxx(06/04,6100m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 on SW Ridge. Biv at 6050m above yellow tower on 5 April on route to C2 site, had to stop to put in rope and that took all day (on 30m high vertical slab) and fixing not finished till next day, but now could see route above powder snow on solid rock and every afternoon few centimeters snow fell and blown away. On 7th waited till 1:00 pm to see what weather would do: clouds came down from Everest and up from lower altitude, snow again and wind. "Snow conditions not good for rock climbing" says Chang.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455422
Year 1997
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Patrick Bouchet M 1953 France Climber Lyon, Rhone, France Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert Timothy Chang M 1968 USA Climber Santa Clara, California Security officer Details Other expeditions
Lorenz Eugster M 1966 Switzerland Climber Lussalingen, Switzerland Agricultural engineer Details Other expeditions
Paul Lucien Malo M 1956 Canada Climber Cochrane, Ontario Electronics technician Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Hamilton, Montana Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Marco Pavesi M 1947 USA Climber Fremont, California Physician Details Other expeditions
Christopher John Pemberton M 1973 USA Climber Weston, Connecticut Computer consultant Details Other expeditions
Gary Scott Pfisterer M 1952 USA Climber Monson, Massachusetts Attorney (retired) Details Other expeditions
Thomas R. (Tom) Proctor M 1963 USA Climber Terre Haute, Indiana Does interior installations in homes Details Other expeditions
David Stroobants M 1971 Belgium Climber Leuven, Belgium Laboratory technician Details Other expeditions
Richard Vlamynck M 1953 USA Climber Cupertino, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD97101 HIGH - - - 179:22 (Oct 1997) -