Ama Dablam | 1998 SW Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Ama Dablam in 1998 via SW Ridge, led by Mathias Baumann. Summit reached on 16th October 1998. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3185
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD98329
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1998
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Mathias Baumann
Sponsor Independent climber
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 247
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1998-10-07
Summit Date 1998-10-16
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 9
Total Days 12
Termination Date 1998-10-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(07/10,4600m),C1(11/10,5900m),C2(15/10,6400),Smt(16/10)
Route Notes 45 minutes on top warm good weather, which reached 12:30 pm down to C2 to sleep and BC 17 Oct. Acclimatized well and is very happy with his own small team. He was on Ama Dablam before with Swiss-guided expedition and didn't like the way that leader, Karl Kobler treated his Sherpa.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456026
Year 1998
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mathias Franz Baumann M 1950 Switzerland Leader Bern, Switzerland Engineer Details Other expeditions
Santa Bahadur Gurung M 1959 Nepal H-A Worker Chisapani, Sunwara, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tamang M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Pirangding, Kerung, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.