Stories: Ama Dablam
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The Allure of Ama Dablam
It’s fair to say that Ama Dablam might be the most visually recognizable mountain in the world. There’s simply no other peak that stands so distinctly apart from its surrounding landscape, despite the fact that it’s backdropped by Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu. With its distinctive pyramid-shaped summit adorned with hanging glaciers and sheer rock faces, Ama Dablam is an iconic peak that has captured the imagination of mountaineers for decades.
Read the storyAma Dablam: Climb the Mother’s Necklace with Alpenglow Expeditions
Our Ama Dablam Rapid Ascent program has made this elusive summit possible in a blistering 14-day roundtrip, half the time of a normal expedition.
Read the storyAma Dablam FAQ’s
Want to climb Ama Dablam in just 14 days with our certified guides? Here are our frequently asked questions about climbing Ama Dablam.
Read the storyAma Dablam Route
On our Ama Dablam expedition, we climb the route of the mountain’s first ascent, the Southwest Ridge. It offers every type of climbing along the way to the summit, it is continuously exposed and technical.
Read the storyA Photo Journey to the Summit of Ama Dablam
The experience of climbing Ama Dablam, considered by many to be the most beautiful mountain on the planet, is as visually spectacular as it is physically challenging. From the trek…
Read the storySummit Success for the Ama Dablam Rapid Ascent™ Team!
Summit: Monday, November 4 At 8am local time on Monday, November 4, guide Topo Mena called us via satellite phone from the summit of Ama Dablam to announce “CUMBRE!!”…
Read the storyAma Dablam Rapid Ascent™ Update
After a day exploring Kathmandu, Alpenglow’s Ama Dablam Rapid Ascent™ team flew from KTM (Kathmandu Airport) to Namche Bazaar via helicopter. After sorting equipment that will be portered to basecamp,…
Read the storyAma Dablam 2018 Wrap Up
Words and photos by lead guide Chad Peele Arriving in the Chaos of Kathmandu It’s been two years since I was last in Nepal. Arriving at the Kathmandu airport was…
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