Amadablam Expedition

Amadablam, one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, is a technical mountain for climbing. Although the height is only 6812m it requires steep ice, rock and snow climbing. Normally, three camps are set in the approach above the base camp (4,570m), however, only two camps are used to spend the night. The normal route for climbing is South-West Ridge.

The ascent from Base Camp to camp one is considered one the difficult days of the expedition. We follow old grassy moraine ridges passing through a saddle and then turning to north climbing up rocky ground and through boulders to the ridge where camp I is set up. From camp I, we cross a rocky bowl and climb the ridge frequently alternating the sides along the fixed lines to the camp II. Climbing the ridge involves severe rock climbing which leads to the top of a yellow tower. The climbing route here from camp II changes significantly with the steep mixed gully's of rock, ice and snow. The route leads to the ramp and climbs to an amphitheatre and then passes through steep snow and ice runnel and finally, along the snow ridge to reach camp III. The summit from camp III requires steep climb on snow and ice to the right of a huge hanging glacier.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel and welcome dinner at evening Day 2: Checking the equipment & packing, introduction between our staffs and members concerning how do communicate each other Day 3: Official working in Minister of Tourism & briefing Day 4: Fly to Lukla, (35’-2800m) and trek to Phakding, (4h-2640m). Day 5: Trek to Namche Bazaar, (6h-3446m). Day 6: acclimatization. Day 7: Trek to Tengboche Monastery (6h-3687m). Day 8: Trek to Mt. Ama Dablam Base Camp (5h-4600m). Day 9-27: Mt. Ama Dablam Climbing Period Day 28: Cleaning up Base Camp. Day 29: Base Camp to Tyhangpoche Day 30: Trek to Namche Day 31: Trek to Lukla Day 32: Fly from Lukla to Kathmandu. Day 33-34: Kathmandu.: Day 35: Departure from Kathmandu.