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 Ama Dablam: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ama Dablam will dominate the eastern sky for days for anyone trekking to Mount Everest[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link].
Ama Dablam was first climbed in 1961 by Mike Gill, EHandler: no quick summary.
A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/ama_dablam.htm   (728 words)

  
 Ama Dablam 2006 with Tim Mosedale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I summitted Ama Dablam with Tim in 2003.
Ama Dablam is one of the most stunning mountains in the world.
The maps report Ama Dablam as being anything from 6812m to 6856m - but one thing for sure is that it is over 22,000 feet.
www.timmosedale.co.uk /ama_dablam/ama_dablam.htm   (410 words)

  
 Climb Mt. Ama Dablam in 2006- with Tim Rippel since 1991.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ama Dablam is mostly a rock climb up fixed lines that we will all take part in putting in if the timing is right.
From Ama Dablam's summit, four of the world's highest peaks are visible in a spectacular panorama: Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Everest and Makalu.
The striking Ama Dablam is the most recognized mountain in the region and is certainly one of the most coveted summits for Himalayan climbers.
www.peakfreak.net /mt__ama_dablam_expedition.htm   (1615 words)

  
 Ama Dablam 2000 American NFB Expedition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Mount Ama Dablam and Mount Everest NFB Expeditions, sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind, will make history by placing an integrated team, including the first blind mountaineer, on top the highest point on earth, Mt.
Ama Dablam (22,486 feet/ 6854 meters) is often described as one of the most starkly beautiful mountain in the world due to its dramatic and awe inspiring features.
It was attempted in the spring of 2000 as preparation for an attempt of Mt. Everest in the spring of 2001.
www.2001everest.com /ad   (184 words)

  
 SummitPost - Ama Dablam -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
Ama Dablam is known as one of the most impressive mountains in the world, not for it's altitude, but for it's beauty, aesthetics and the pure exposure encountered high on it's flanks.
Alpinist Issue 10, March 2005, has an outstanding article on Ama Dablam including the climbing history of the mountain, route diagrams, and excellent photographs.
While trekking is most popular during post-monsoon, few climbers are tackling the peaks, except for some of the trekking peaks like Imja Tse, Mera, Pancermo, Ramdung, etc. Ama Dablam is a good climb post-monsoon, and a completely different mountain than in the spring pre-monsoon.
www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/150234/ama-dablam.html   (2579 words)

  
 Needle Sports - Ama Dablam
A: Ama Dablam is a technical route so you will need karabiners, ropes, ice axes, crampons, ice screws, harness, helmet, belay/abseil device and jumars (ascenders).
A: Ama Dablam is a daunting looking mountain but the route is more amenable than it first appears.
Ama Dablam is one the most beautiful mountains in the world and commands the Everest region.
www.needlesports.com /advice/amadablam.htm   (1703 words)

  
 Ama Dablam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This class and corresponding trip is taken for 6 ama dablam.
We would like everyone who is interested ama dablam to be able to go but.
ama dablam space is limited to 18 participants and International.
12-expedition.berh.be /ama-dablam.html   (810 words)

  
 Adventure Alternative - Ama Dablam 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
An expedition to climb Ama Dablam is a journey into the heart of the Himalaya.
The easiest way to the top of Ama Dablam is via the SW ridge, a semi-technical route, and has been considered to be a safe route, free from objective danger, such as avalanche.
On Ama Dablam, the rock and ice is not sustained but tends to come in short manageable sections.There are complicating factors which you may not find at home.
www.adventurealternative.com /ama_dablam_2005.htm   (1738 words)

  
 2005 Ama Dablam Expedition | Field Touring Alpine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Towering over the access route to the upper Khumbu and presiding grandly over the Sherpa outpost of Thyangboche, Ama Dablam is a coveted Nepalese peak - her SW ridge is roundly held as one of the finest and most aesthetic mixed lines anywhere on the planet.
Ama Dablam rises up in stark contrast to the sky as one approaches from Namche and the imposing peak will be the center of our attention for nearly 4 weeks as we approach and acclimatize for our summit attempts.
No doubt Ama Dablam cuts a striking pose and appears for all the world to be vertical from c3 on though we know that just not to be the case.
www.fieldtouring.com /expeditions/amadablam2005.html   (7877 words)

  
 Ama Dablam : Pictures and Print of Ama Dablam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
One of the classic and instantly recogniseable peaks of the Himalaya, Ama Dablam is seen here from the trail just outside the village of Pangboche, Khumbu region, Nepal.
Ama Dablam is a stunning peak regardless from which direction it is viewed.
Ama Dablam and peaks of the Khumbu region rise above memorials near Lobuche below the Khumbu Glacier.
www.mountain-images.co.uk /ama-dablam.htm   (216 words)

  
 Climb Ama Dablam With Our Experienced Team. Ama Dablan, cheap, inexpensive, low budget, affordable.
Ama Dablam is in the Khumbu valley, near to Mt. Everest, in the heart of the Sherpa area of Nepal, and is considered by many to be the most famous rock-ice-snow climb in all Asia.
The name Ama Dablam means Mother’s Charm Box: the high hanging serac located just below the summit resembling the Dablam or Charm Box which unmarried Sherpa women used to wear around their necks.
Ama Dablam is one of the few Himalayan peaks that can be reached without crossing a glacier.
summitclimb.com /amadablam.htm   (3494 words)

  
 Alaska Mountain Guides International Inc - Ama Dablam Expedition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ama Dablam (22,493 ft.) is one of the classic technical climbs at altitude in the world.
We will help ourselves to prepare, and acclimatize for Ama Dablam with a warm up climb of Island Peak, which is a fantastic climb in its own right.
AMA DABLAM CLIMB: We will climb the Southwest Ridge via a series of 3 camps to the summit at 22,493 ft. The route is very exposed; we will use fixed lines between all of the camps.
www.mountainguidesinternational.com /amadablam.html   (849 words)

  
 Ama Dablam
Ama Dablam is often called the Matterhorn of the Himalayas.
I summited Ama Dablam at 10:30 on October 26, 2000.
We established base camp in a beautiful grassy meadow at the terminal moraine of a glacier coming down from Ama Dablam.
www.alanarnette.com /alan/amadablam.htm   (710 words)

  
 Ama Dablam Expedition Route map
On Ama Dablam, the hardest pitches of technical rock and ice climbing are not sustained but tend to come in short manageable sections.”
Base Camp (4650 metres) to Advanced Basecamp (5150m): Ama Dablam is one of the few Himalayan peaks that can be reached without crossing a glacier.
This is followed to the upper face where camp 3 is made on a broad snow and rock terrace to the side of the Dablam.
www.k2news.com /03/ama03danmroute.htm   (455 words)

  
 ama dablam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ama refers to the arms of the mountain's long ridges protecting the Mingbo Valley, like the enfolding arms of a mother.
Dablam is the traditional name for the double pendant containing pictures of the gods, worn by Sherpa woman and refers to the two lumps of hanging glacier stuck on the upper part of the South West Face.
The South West Ridge was the route of the mountains first ascent in 1961 led by Sir Edmund Hillary, who had earlier declared it unclimbable, later modifying his view to fantastically difficult.
www.mountainguiding.co.nz /ama_dablam.htm   (405 words)

  
 Ama Dablam Expedition
An expedition to Ama Dablam (6856m) is more than just a climb.
The first ascent (via the SW ridge) of Ama Dablam was not made until the mid 1950’s by a strong NZ/USA team.
Ama Dablam is a serious climb requiring extensive use of ropes and equipment.
www.dcxp.com /ad.html   (2375 words)

  
 Aspen Expeditions - Ama Dablam, Nepal
With no easy route to its summit, climbing Ama Dablam is reserved for dedicated alpinists, who have built skills and experience in much more than simply high altitude walking.
On Ama Dablam, our expectation is that each climber takes real responsibility for the success of themselves and their teammates.
An expedition to Ama Dablam will test all of your mountaineering skills, and a summit is one to be very proud of.
www.aspenexpeditions.com /html/alp_amadablam.html   (760 words)

  
 Ama Dablam - Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia
Ama Dablam, with Mount Everest rising in the background.
Ama Dablam, whose name means Mother and her Necklace, is a beautiful mountain, located almost due south of Mount Everest and Lhotse in the Khumbu region.
Ama Dablam forms a lasting impression on many trekkers in Nepal, as it is perhaps the most stunning mountain along the popular trekking route to Everest Base Camp.
www.peakware.com /peaks.html?pk=9   (163 words)

  
 Ama Dablam the Clean Way
The other Ama Dablam climbers were Matt Godbold and Ray Vran from Australia.
Ama Dablam is a beautiful mountain, with beautiful lines.
The summit of Ama Dablam was reached on Nov. 1 by Richard Howse, Matt Godbold, Ray Vran, and Kobus Barnard.
vision.cs.arizona.edu /kobus/adventures/ama_dablam   (2123 words)

  
 Ama Dablam 2000 NFB Expedition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ama Dablam 2000 and Everest 2001 NFB Expeditions sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind made history by placing an integrated team including the first blind mountaineer on the highest point on earth, Mt. Everest, in the spring of 2001.
The expedition comprised two climbs: Ama Dablam (22,486 ft./6854 meters) is often described as the most beautiful mountain in the world because of its dramatic and awe-inspiring features.
The team is soliciting sponsorship to help defray costs and to assist in the efforts of the NFB to improve the lives of blind people.
www.nfb.org /amadablam.htm   (490 words)

  
 SummitClimb Ama Dablam 2005: Recap
SOME FACTS ABOUT AMA DABLAM: Ama Dablam is in the Khumbu valley, near to Mt. Everest, in the heart of the Sherpa area of Nepal, and is considered by many to be the most famous rock-ice-snow climb in all Asia.
Here is what one of our previous top climb leaders (Jonathan Pratt, from Essex, England) had to say about the route: “The easiest way to the top of Ama Dablam is via the SW ridge, a semi-technical route, and considered to be the standard route.
Although there is only one 6 metre, 20 foot section of grade British severe, or North America 5.5, (the rest of the climb is known as "scrambling" or "4th class") there are complicating factors which you may not find at home on your local crag and definitely not in the rock-gym.
www.everestnews.com /Summitclimb2005/amadablam11082005.htm   (983 words)

  
 Mt. Ama Dablam expedition and trek dispatch Sep.2005- Peak Freaks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
An all Canadian team has been assembled to scale the summit of Mt. Ama Dablam 6856m, situated in the Everest region of Nepal commencing September 25, 2006.
The Becky Rippel "Peak Freaks" are desperately trying NOT to come down from their sky high trek to the Annapurnas with their gentle, fun loving Nepalese porters and sherpa guides to assist, we have had the holidays of our lives and we want the rest of the world to know it.
After lunch we wandered down to Lhakpa Sonam's house in Namche and caught up on news of the this years monsoons weather which is a good indicator of how much snow and the type of layers we will be dealing with on the mountain.
www.peakfreak.net /dispatch_ama_2005.htm   (4177 words)

  
 SummitClimb Ama Dablam 2005
SummitClimb Ama Dablam 2005: Everest and K2 Summiter Dan Mazur reports in live...
SummitClimb Ama Dablam 2005: Jay Reilly reporting in with Summit Attempts by the Russians and more...
SummitClimb Ama Dablam 2005: Doug reporting in for the team today...
www.everestnews.com /Summitclimb2005/amadablam2005updates.htm   (248 words)

  
 Ama Dablam — November, 2002 - Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ama Dablam as seen from Pangboche, with lots of carved mani stones in the foreground.
In this view of Ama Dablam, the North Ridge forms the left-hand skyline.
The view of Ama Dablam from near Lobuche.
www.cosleyhouston.com /recent/02-11-ama-dablam.htm   (615 words)

  
 Ama Dablam Personal Equipment List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
First, the clothing and gear needed for the approach trek and for use lower on the mountain, and second the equipment we need for climbing higher.
Ama Dablam is a very technical climb; the gear we use on the technical sections should be as lightweight as possible.
On many expeditions this may be less critical, however because of the difficulty of climbing on Ama Dablam, weight is very important.
www.cosleyhouston.com /amadablam-eq-list.htm   (2527 words)

  
 Ama Dablam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The most well-known shape of Ama Dablam, also known as "The Giant's Tooth," is best seen from Thyangboche.
It extends to the left to include a west ridge with a peak of 6135m elevation, which resembles Ama Dablam greatly.
That Ama Dablam, which does not even attain 7000m in elevation, is famous probably due to its strange, distinctive shape as well as its visibility from any point along Imja Khola.
www.chhahari.com /Shangri_La/mountains/amadablam.html   (78 words)

  
 Ama Dablam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ama Dablam (6,814m/22,355ft): this magnificent mountain towers above the trail beyond Pangboche.
There are serveral origins given for the name Ama Dablam.
One says that it refers to the necklace of turquoise or coral usually worn by married women.
users.rcn.com /rindech/pages/amadablam.html   (84 words)

  
 JG Expeditions - Ama Dablam
Ama Dablam is one of the most stunning peaks in the Himalaya and one of the most impressive mountains in the world.
Situated in the heart of Everest's Khumbu region, it lies directly above Thyangboche Monastery on the well-worn path to Everest Base Camp and is admired by thousands of trekkers and climbers every year.
The Ama Dablam expedition is the most technically difficult of all our expeditions.
www.jagged-globe.co.uk /exp/itinerary/ama+dablam.html   (373 words)

  
 Ama Dablam 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He said that they compared Ama Dablam to Everest and said that this mountain was so much more technical and challenging.
In the morning he is going to walk to Ama Dablam base camp and see whats going on.
It has been exactly one year to the day since we said our similar goodbyes as he was leaving for Ama Dablam for his first attempt.
amadablam2005.josephacero.com   (10347 words)

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