Ama Dablam summits
December 8th 2019, just as 2018, a weather window of opportunity opened for Jagged Globe’s Bakery Team.
Have no doubts, the climb of Ama Dablam’s South West ridge is an exacting challenge. With Camp 2 perched at near 6000m, it’s a 2am start and straight into the steepness of rock and snow runnels up the Grey Tower.
This leads to the snow topped Mushroom Ridge and an intricate weaving route through ice cliff barriers brings the temporary levelling of a small sized football pitch at 6300m.
The headwall offers a highway to the sky, safe passage to the right hand side of the Dablam serac. In recent years this line too has become more featured and intricate, with occasional rock outcrops and steeper pitches of snow ice.
For Tony reaching Camp 2 in good style was an achievement in its own right. Marcela got this far too, with a night to savour, lashed to the perch. An untimely bout of nausea put paid to poor Cory’s summit bid, and this after tip toeing his way freely up the crux Yellow Tower rock pitch in his G2’s. There’ll be many more mountains for them all.
Into the cold night air Rinji led the way. Nick put all his Khumbu Climber experience and more into effect, casting all doubts aside, to not only reach the summit but descend all the way to Base Camp, a terrific personal achievement.
Following behind Pemba Dorje Sherpa, young John and Charlie progressed with good pace and tactics. A nine hour ascent saw us all on the summit, with time to savour the moment and allow the splendour of cloudless views fill our senses.
Careful checks on countless abseils, encouragement of one another and firm direction, kept our descent on track. A further night at Camp 2 was barely restful but with continued concentration the next morning, we regained Camp 1 and slid the last of the lines below it, hopped through the boulder field, to stroll the trekking ridge below Yak camp, and so to the safe haven of Base Camp.
All of this was only made possible by our support team of Sherpas Pemchhiri, Rinji, Chhimi and Pemba, along with the amazing help of Krishna, Lambu and Kanchaman. Their efforts were awesome.
We were just a restful night and a six hour stroll from the bakeries of Namche. Stroll on Bakery Team......stroll on!
Jamie
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