Ama Dablam | 1999 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Ama Dablam in 1999 via SW Ridge, led by Stephen Richardson. Summit reached on 24th November 1999. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3398
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD99401
Peak ID AMAD
Year 1999
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Stephen Richardson
Sponsor Winter 99 Ama Dablam Expedition (Himalayan Kingdoms permit)
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 303
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1999-11-15
Summit Date 1999-11-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 9
Total Days 11
Termination Date 1999-11-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6814
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 150
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
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(15/11,4450m),C1(18/11,5700m),C2(23/11,6300m),Smt(24/11)
Route Notes C2 at normal C3 site. On 24 Nov Addison 200m+ below top, was bit below other 2 members and had to turn back because of clouds and then snowfall starting. All back to C1 because of bad weather and wanted to get down quickly and in BC 25th. Three members climbed together (except Addison's failure to get all the way to the summit). Expedition commercially organized by Jagged Global (formerly Himalayan Kingdoms) with Richardson as guide - were actually on Henry Todd's permit. No one told Richardson before he reached BC, where he was told by Todd, that gov't rules stated winter season climbing begins on 1 Dec and this team officially not allowed to do their climbing in Nov. Team's program already fixed and their departure date set at 5 Dec from Nepal. Fixed rope used 3 lengths (150m).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456431
Year 1999
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
David John Addison M 1961 UK Climber Barnard Castle, Durham, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
Michael (Mick) Parker M 1973 Australia Climber Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Sign writer Details Other expeditions
Stephen (Steve) Richardson M 1958 UK Leader Bristol, Avon, England Teacher and mountaineering instructor Details Other expeditions
Tek Bahadur Tamang M - Nepal H-A Worker Gora, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.