2022 Spring Ama Dablam/Island Peak Expedition Dispatch
2022 Ama Dablam Expedition
2022 Ama Dablam/ Island Peak Expedition tracking (Active from 2nd May)
ID Name: Namas GPS 1 Adventure
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24th - 25th April
We have total of 6 climbing members for Spring Ama Dablam Expedition. 3 members arrived on 24th April. After final gear check on 25th, everyone went on a city tour to explore the culture, history of Kathmandu on our Temple run 1 day tour.
26th - 28th April
All team members safely arrives at Lukla on 26th and began their trek to Monjo village. 27th April arrival Namche Bazzar and acclimatization day set for 28th April.
April 29th - May 1st
Team members head towards Tengboche - Chukung and Island Peak base camp, preparing to take on Imja Tse 6189M as further acclimatization/training.
May 2nd - 3rd
Ama Dablam Base camp at 4529M is set up for team members’ arrival. 3 members are climbing Island peak 6189M for pre-acclimatization/training. Clear weather window. And rest of the climbing team members will follow soon to BC.
3rd April, Ama Dablam group reached successfully summits Island peak 6189M. They are now back to Chukung village and descend down to Ama Dablam BC in 2 days time.
May 6th
Puja ceremony at Ama Dablam BC today.
May 7th - 8th
Camp 1 rotation.
May 9th - 10th
Rotation completed and all members are back in BC. We will attempt another rotation to camp 2. Our team has been seeing snowfall every day for the past few days. Weather shows signs of improvements on 15th - 17th our lead guide has mentioned that is most likely the date we will attempt the summit push.
Images Guide - Dawa Sherpa
May 12 - 13th
Further rotations for client members and rest day.
May 14th - Summit push
Camp 1, our team arrived well and is ready to push ahead. It had been snowing high up in the mountains for 7+ days.15 climbers returned with failed summit bids as the fixed-line rope to the summit was frozen and buried deep in the snow. Our team still decided to push on despite the news and try our luck.
May 15th
Camp 2, arrival. All rested and ready for summit push staright on.
May 16th - Summit push
Summit push-started at 12:30 am. All team members reached up to 6500M (where camp 3 is set up). Fixed-line ropes were nowhere to be found as informed. We tried to find it reaching up to the small crevasse opening and had to abandon our summit bid.
We return to Ama Dablam again this fall.