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
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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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