Peaks
Ama Dablam
Records
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
Season Expeditions Successful Success rate First 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.
Route Year Expedition Nationality
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.
Expedition Days Base camp Summit Route Nationality
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