Trip Reports

Ama Dablam 2005

Written by Leader, December 2005

All members of the 2005 Ama Dablam Expedition have now returned to Kathmandu having enjoyed a fantastic few weeks of settled weather. We took a circuitous route to reach base camp in order to acclimatise on the way, finally arriving on 23 November. What a beautiful place! Our sherpas’ Puja Ceremony was the next day and then we could got on with the business of actually climbing the mountain. One week later, on a very cold windy day, Paul Farmer, John Moorhouse, Graham Jones and John Higham summited with the help of our two high-altitude Sherpas, Nima Gombu and Nima Tenzing.

Other expedition members all made some progress up the mountain; Mike Sager reached Camp 1 before exhaustion forced him to return to Base Camp. Steve Hart and Andy Page made it as far as Camp 2, but then had to turn round due to illness.

Leaving Base Camp on 5 December, we all enjoyed a gentle dawdle out via Gokyo and Namche, eating and drinking far too much as we went to compensate for the privations of life on the mountain. Today is our last day in Kathmandu and we’ve just had a farewell beer with our Sherpa team, thanking them for another job well done. Tomorrow we go our separate ways.

Paul Farmer
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