October 31, 2008
Our first wave of climbers made it! 6 climbers and 3 Sherpas stood on the summit of Ama Dablam, the first people to achieve the summit this year. The successful team members were Ted, Christy, Dirk, Allen, Alex and Rob, with sherpas Phurba Tashi Sherpa, Dorje Sherpa and Nima Sherpa. The summit was extremely cold and very windy but these folks all made it. Bill — one of our more experienced...
Ama Dablam, climb, Nepal, Sherpa, summit
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October 30, 2008
The new route on Ama Dablam is in place. The route goes way to the right of the old route and Dablam to maximize safety. It is a much harder, more technical climb — including hundreds of metres of clear blue ice — but it avoids the overhang and allows a much safer approach to the summit. Fixed ropes have been installed as necessary and the route has been completed up to 200 metres from the summit...
Ama Dablam, climb, Nepal, Sherpa, summit
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October 29, 2008
The latest news from Ama Dablam sees our team once again heading for their rest after a busy day, and looking forward to an even more active one tomorrow. Camp 2.7 has been successfully built, and our members from there are now back at C1. At 6am tomorrow (Thursday 30th), Adrian and our sherpa team will be joined by Justin from IMG and a sherpa from Henry Todd’s team, to set the new route on the...
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October 28, 2008
Our team has completed their scouting and evaluation of the situation on Ama Dablam, and after discussion with all involved have reached a decision and formed a plan of action. The immediate good news is first that nothing has fallen from the Dablam serac for over a week, and that there is a potential new route possible to the right of the old route and Dablam. Our team are all very strong,...
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October 27, 2008
As planned, our whole team has been sleeping at Camp 1 at 19,000ft for 3 nights, and all have climbed as high as 20,000ft. Adrian and the Sherpa team advanced to 21,000ft. Everyone is now back down at Base Camp, where we will be for the next 3 or 4 days, as we gather more information and plan our next move. The bad news is that the Dablam hanging glacier still appears to be active, which could...
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