October 29, 2009
The team enjoyed a clear and cold rest day today and will begin three days of acclimatization tomorrow. They will spend the nights of the 30th and 31st at Camp I (5800 meters), climbing as high as Camp II (6100 meters) before turning around to rest at BC on the 1st. This acclimatization climb will allow the team to check out the technical rock portion of Ama for the first time.
-Emily
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October 25, 2009
After the team had their puja ceremony this morning, they got word of the season’s first Ama summiters. A Brit and two sherpas made it from Mushroom Ridge to the summit yesterday, which means that the Alpenglow team’s workload has been lessened as the lines that needed to be fixed are now in place. Tomorrow, the team will climb up to Yak Camp (yaks can make it there too!) at 5400 meters as an...
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October 22, 2009
The team has had spectacular weather thus far en route to Ama Dablam. Currently, there are high winds above 6000 meters, however, it is calm and clear down low, where the team went on an acclimatization climb today up to 18,500′ and they were able to glimpse views of Ama and many of the other high peaks around the Khumbu Valley. The sherpas arrived at BC two days ago and they report that the...
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October 19, 2009
Our team flew into Lukkla yesterday in great weather. We hiked to Monjo and then today onto Namche Bazaar, the famous administrative capital of the Khumbu region of Nepal. Everyone is healthy and enjoying the walk in. Tomorrow we should see Ama Dablam for the first time. We will be trekking for 5 more days before reaching Base Camp and getting to work on the hill. The sherpa...
Ama Dablam, basecamp, climb, Khumbu, Lukkla, Monjo, Namche Bazaar, Nepal, Sherpa
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October 2, 2009
The team arrived safely in Samagaon on the 2nd and have been organizing loads and packing for next year. They are scheduled to take a helicopter to Kathmandu on the morning of the 3rd, where they will resume full contact with those of us waiting to hear all the details of their adventure!
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