Ama Dablam records

First climbed on 13 Mar 1961 by Mike Gill, Wally Romanes, Barry Bishop, Michael Ward (New Zealand, USA, UK), expedition AMAD61101. Ascents claimed but not recognised are excluded throughout; disputed ascents are included, as in the database's own statistics.

By season

SeasonExpeditionsSuccessfulSuccess rateFirst successful
Spring 272 119 44% 1961 (summit 13th Mar 1961)
Autumn 1320 1035 78% 1979 (summit 21st Oct 1979)
Winter 78 56 72% 1983 (summit 5th Dec 1983)

First ascent of each route

Route names are as recorded, so the same route can appear under slightly different names.

RouteYearExpeditionNationality
SW Ridge 1961 13th Mar 1961 AMAD61101 New Zealand
SW Ridge-S Face 1979 22nd Apr 1979 AMAD79101 USA
N Ridge 1979 21st Oct 1979 AMAD79301 France
N Face 1980 8th Nov 1980 AMAD80302 Japan
E Ridge to Serac-ice face up; S Face down 1983 26th Apr 1983 AMAD83102 Belgium
W Face up; SW Ridge down 1985 2nd May 1985 AMAD85102 Japan
S Ridge up; SW Ridge down 1985 7th Nov 1985 AMAD85302 USA
NE Face up; SW Ridge down 1985 7th Dec 1985 AMAD85401 USA
W Face up; SW Ridge-S Face down 1986 11th Oct 1986 AMAD86301 Czechoslovakia
S Face-SW Ridge 1986 16th Oct 1986 AMAD86302 Yugoslavia
W Face solo up; SW Ridge down 1992 6th Dec 1992 AMAD92405 Japan
SE Face-ESE Ridge 1994 28th Apr 1994 AMAD94102 Russia
NW Face up; SW Ridge down 1996 4th May 1996 AMAD96101 Slovenia
N Ridge up; SW Ridge down 1996 19th Oct 1996 AMAD96305 Austria
NE Spur-N Ridge up; SW Ridge down 2000 4th May 2000 AMAD00101 New Zealand
NW Ridge (from its base to top) 2001 10th Nov 2001 AMAD01301 UK
S Face-SW Ridge up; SW Ridge down 2003 17th Oct 2003 AMAD03301 Spain
W Face up, SW Ridge down 2006 19th Nov 2006 AMAD06320 Japan
NE Spur (up); SW Ridge (down) 2007 22nd Apr 2007 AMAD07104 USA
W Face 2008 22nd Apr 2008 AMAD08105 Italy
S Ridge up, SE Ridge down 2015 25th Oct 2015 AMAD15306 France
SE Ridge (Lagunak Rib) 2016 13th Nov 2016 AMAD16330 Ukraine
SE Ridge 2018 19th Oct 2018 AMAD18363 USA
W Face (up), SW Ridge (down) 2024 22nd Oct 2024 AMAD24326 Russia
DW Ridge 2024 8th Nov 2024 AMAD24308 Nepal

Youngest summiters

Oldest summiters

Ages are the database's calculated age (from the summit date and the date or year of birth), so can be a year out when only the year of birth is known.

Fewest days from base camp to summit

Days from the expedition's arrival at base camp to its first summit. Very short times are usually teams that acclimatised elsewhere first.

ExpeditionDaysBase campSummitRouteNationality
AMAD99321 1 24th Oct 1999 25th Oct 1999 SW Ridge USA
AMAD09401 1 18th Dec 2009 19th Dec 2009 SW Ridge Nepal
AMAD20301 1 9th Nov 2020 10th Nov 2020 SW Ridge Nepal
AMAD90403 2 2nd Dec 1990 4th Dec 1990 SW Ridge New Zealand
AMAD98332 2 18th Oct 1998 20th Oct 1998 SW Ridge USA
AMAD00317 2 25th Oct 2000 27th Oct 2000 SW Ridge Italy
AMAD01317 2 24th Oct 2001 26th Oct 2001 SW Ridge Australia
AMAD08324 2 8th Nov 2008 10th Nov 2008 SW Ridge Austria
AMAD10310 2 19th Nov 2010 21st Nov 2010 SW Ridge USA
AMAD10403 2 12th Jan 2011 14th Jan 2011 SW Ridge Nepal