| Ama Dablam 2002 Climbing Team
Itinerary After arrival at our 15,000 foot Base Camp, Sherpa and guide staff will head on to establish Camp I. While the team acclimatizes and moves up the pleasant moraines and ridges to Camp I (19,070 feet), guides will fix ropes along the gendarmed rock ridge and cross an area know as the Yellow Tower, leading to Camp II at 19,600 feet. On the way to Camp III at 20,750 feet, superb alpine rock climbing is found on the First Step leading to III. Just before Camp III, ice gullies, a heavily corniced ridge and an ice wall finish off this superb section of the climb. Once ropes have been fixed to 21,500 feet and team members are acclimatized, the summit teams will be organized. The final pitches of the route are on the perfect 50 degree snow and ice face above Camp III. This face tops out right at the summit. |