Ama Dablam Climbing News 2020
Ama Dablam Climbing News 2020
Our November-December Ama Dablam expedition has been a grand success with members and Sherpas reaching the summit in good order. Conditions on the mountain have been very fine this year with excellent weather. Congratulations Team!
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Blog posts: Scroll down for day by day news of our climbing and trekking teams.
Sarah and Lakpa Dawa Sherpa at the of Ama Dablam back ground the Everest. Photo Lakpa
Sarah and Tenji Sherpa at top of Ama Dablam and camp 1 of Ama Dablam . Photo Lakpa
14 Nov - The team went to camp 2. Now they are coming down to bc for 2 days rest.
13 Nov - Today team will be in Camp 1 and sleep over there.
7 Nov - Team Reach in Basecamp. All doing well. Weather looks good.
2 Nov - Second team arrived in Kathmandu. Members buying last minute supplies, equipment & getting to know each other, tomorrow driving to Ramchhap and fly to Lukla. Hope all is well.
30 Oct - Congratulations and Best wishes to first team - Timo, Jens, Volker, Dom and Markuu summited.
At the summit of AmaDablam. Photo Martin
Camp 1. Going to Camp 2.
Camp 2.
At the summit of AmaDablam. Photo Martin
Going to Camp3. Near Camp 3.
Dablam from Camp 3. Ice wall near Camp 3.
Heading to camp 2.
23 Oct - after 15cm of fresh snow we hiked up to ABC where we spend a night. Next morning we continued our acclimatization climbing up to c1 where we dropped sone gear for summit push. We went back to ABC where we had another night the reason we didn’t sleep in c1 was that our first group was on their second rotation and hiked up from bc straight to c1. Today they touched c2 and will be back in bc tomorrow. We arrived in bc before lunch and are waiting now for the weather. Our attempted summit day will be 30.10.19. Wish us luck
Panoramic view from Camp 1. Photo Martin
At Camp 1. Climbing up to Camp 1. Photo Martin
Some Snow at Camp 1. Photo Martin
ABC to Camp 1. Photo Martin
Camp 1. Photo Martin
20 Oct - today group nr. 2 had their last rest day before moving up to ABC tomorrow. Group nr. 1 came down just right for lunch and the Puja ceremony. This ceremony is a very important part of every expedition. The sherpa and the members receive the blessings for the summit. Although the weather was bad we had a nice Puja inside the lodge, the last part was outside the lodge. Tomorrow I and the german group are moving up to ABC to spend 2 nights, Tuesday the international group will move up for second rotation to c1 and try to touch c2 before bad weather will hit us on Thursday. Cross your fingers that it doesn’t hit us too bad.
Puja at Pangboche Monastary. Ama Dablam Cover by cloud. Photo Martin
Puju activities at Pangboche Monastary before climb. Photo Martin
Puju activities at Pangboche Monastary before climb. Photo Martin
Puju activities at Pangboche Monastary before climb. Photo Martin
19 Oct - yesterday we moved up to ama dablam base camp after receiving our blessings from the local Lama in Pangboche. We arrived for lunche and met the international members. The german group still didn’t meet before, so it was an evening full of conversations. Today the first group (Phil, Dom, Lee, Alex and Markku) are moving up to abc where they will send a night. Tomorrow they will touch c1, before coming back to bc. In the afternoon we will have our Puja ceremony
Ama Dablam Basecamp. Photo Martin
Ama Dablam behind cloud. Highway of Khumbu. Photo Martin.
Taboche and Ama Dablam Basecamp. Photo Martin
Ama Dablam team on the way to basecamp. Photo Martin
At Tangboche. Photo Martin.
Ama Dablam. Photo Martin
16 Oct - Today was our rest day in Namshe. Long sleep, nice walk, good chocolate cake! All members are doing fine. First group arrived in base camp and will have a couple of rest days there, we will meet them soon!
Members at Tenjin Norgey Sherpa Statue. Photo Martin.
View of The Everest, Lhotose and Amadablam just below of Namche. Arial view of Namche. Photo Martin.
Members are at Big Rock above Namche Bazaar. Rest and Laundry Day. Photo Martin.
Night life of Namche Bazaar. Skill of Photograpy. Photo Martin.
15 Oct - today easy going to Namshe! After 3,5 hours we arrives at the famous Everest Bakery and had a great cake. We moved to the Hill Too Lodge and had a nice walk to the Everest view poin. Unfortunately it was already cloudy, so we have to wait until tomorrow to see everest and ama dablam
Namche Bazaar and wonderful stupas. Martin Relaxing at Namche Bazaar.
Namache Sign resturant. One of the member doing more exercise.
Ama Dablam members near one of the many suspension bridge . Hill seen from pakhding. Photo Martin
Player flag and one of the many suspension bridge. Photo Martin
Hiking toward Namche bazaar. Photo Martin.
Mani stone on the way to phakding. Photo Martin
14 Oct - After a short night we drove to Ramachhab airport and got the first flight out to Lukla! After a while our bags arrived so we could go on to Phakding where we had a nice evening and a restful night
Lukla street. Member bags are at Ramechap airport.
praying wheel. One of the suspension bridge near phakding.
Summit Climb team for Ama Dablam and Baruntse. Lukla Airport.
We reach ramechap. Ramechap airport.
11 Oct - Busy few days in Kathmandu with the members buying last minute supplies, equipment & getting to know each other, tomorrow driving to Ramchhap and fly to Lukla. Hope all is well.
Murari Sharma, Expedition Leader Martin and Christina F. receving permit from DOT.
Team Roster
AmaDablam Team Roster
- Martin S. (Leader) Germany
- Philip R., British
- Claude J., USA
- Markku K., Finlande
- Dominic S., British
- Alexandru P., Canada
- Barbel G., Deutsch
- Harald K., Deutsch
- Jan G., Deutsch
- Ralf P., Deutsch
- Timo K., Deutsch
- Hans S., Deutsch
- Lars S., Deutsch
- Sarah F., British
- Marton K., Canadian
- Martin M., Switzerland
- Tenji Sherpa
- Ang Dawa Sherpa
- Lhakpa Dawa Sherpa
- Ang Pasang Sherpa
- Gelje Sherpa