Lobuche East and Ama Dablam (October-November 1996)
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In the fall of 1996 I went to Nepal with Kathy Cosley and
Mark Houston to climb Ama Dablam
(6856m). Located in Khumbu south of Everest, Ama Dablam is often considered
the most beautiful mountain in the world. To acclimatize we first climbed
Kala Patthar (5643m), an easy peak that I had
already climbed in the 70s, then Lobuche East
(6119m). On Ama Dablam I
had to stop 200m below the summit due to light finger frostbite. |
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The Russian-made helicopter that took
us from Kathmandu to Lukla.
View of Lobuche East from
Pheriche and at the top (with Ama
Dablam in the background).
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View of Ama Dablam from Base Camp. Our climbing route
was the Southwest Ridge on the right.
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Another view of Ama
Dablam from the north.
Another
view of Ama Dablam (right)
with Nuptse, Everest, and Lhotse (from left to
right).
Ama
Dablam through clouds.
View from Camp 1.
The narrow and
uncomfortable Camp 2.
Mixed
rock-ice-snow climbing between Camps 2 and 3.
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Ama
Dablam's summit pyramid. I stopped at the isolated
rock under the summit with early signs of finger frostbite.
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