Ama Dablam 2019 Archives - Madison Mountaineering

Ama Dablam Summit Success!

Kurt — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:33:47 +0000

Expedition leader, Conan Bliss, and the team have returned to Ama Dablam base camp and Conan provides the happy news: Ama Dablam Expedition Summary: At 7:40 am on November 4th, the Madison Mountaineering team stood alone on the summit of Ama Dablam. The sky was cloudless, offering amazing 360-degree views including Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu. […]

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Acclimatization Rotation Complete

Kurt — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 09:59:50 +0000

Conan Bliss, expedition leader, checked-in today with an update on the Ama Dablam expedition: The Ama Dablam team arrived back at BC after a successful acclimatization rotation. We stayed 2 nights at C1 and made a climb up to C2, ascending the famous Yellow Tower yesterday. Tomorrow we’ll have a rest day then plan our […]

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First rotation up next

Kurt — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 05:37:42 +0000

Expedition leader, Conan Bliss, checks in with today’s update: The Ama Dablam team is enjoying another training session this morning at BC. We’ll relax this afternoon and get packed for our two-night acclimatization rotation starting tomorrow (29th/30th). We’ll stay both nights at C1 and plan to climb to touch C2 on the 30th. We’ll check […]

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Base Camp established!

Kurt — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 06:09:00 +0000

Expedition leader, Conan Bliss, checks in with today’s update on the Ama Dablam expedition: The Ama Dablam team arrived at BC yesterday (October 25 – local). It was a snowy evening but clouds are breaking today. We had a fun and productive morning doing rope training. Tomorrow we’re planning an acclimatization hike to Yak Camp […]

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Ama Dablam team nearing base camp

Kurt — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:52:03 +0000

Our autumn Ama Dablam expedition kicked off earlier this week and the team has been trekking their way up to base camp from the mountain airport village of Lukla (2860m / 9,380ft.). The first stop was the village of Monjo where they entered the Sagarmatha National Park. and from there up to Namche Bazaar where […]

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Ama Dablam Summit!

Garrett — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:30:53 +0000

First Ama Dablam summit of the season! Big Congratulations to Kristin Bennett, Aang Phurba Sherpa and the rest of our Sherpa team on Ama Dablam! They pushed through tough snow conditions and fixed ropes to get to the top on October 10th around 6:00PM local time! 20 hour summit day. Way to go team!!

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