Amadablam, one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, is a technical mountain for climbing. Although the height is only 6812m it requires steep ice, rock and snow climbing. Normally, three camps are set in the approach above the base camp (4,570m), however, only two camps are used to spend the night. The normal route for climbing is South-West Ridge.
The ascent from Base Camp to camp I is considered one the difficult days of the expedition. We follow old grassy moraine ridges passing through a saddle and then turning to north climbing up rocky ground and through boulders to the ridge where camp I is set up. From camp I, we cross a rocky bowl and climb the ridge frequently alternating the sides along the fixed lines to the camp II. Climbing the ridge involves severe rock climbing which leads to the top of a yellow tower. The climbing route here from camp II changes significantly with the steep mixed gully’s of rock, ice and snow. The route leads to the ramp and climbs to an amphitheatre and then passes through steep snow and ice runnel and finally, along the snow ridge to reach camp III. The summit from camp III requires steep climb on snow and ice to the right of a huge hanging glacier.
Experience Required: The Amadablam expedition is one of the most technically difficult expeditions. The climbers need to have good skills on rock and ice climbing and technically competent. On most parts of the routes there will be fixed rope, however, the climbers should posses skills to climb through steep rock and hard water ice.
 
Day To Day Itinerary
  
Day 01. Arrive Kathmandu transfer to Hotel on bb basis.
Day 02-04 Official formalities in Kathmandu
Day 05. Lukla by flight O/N Phakding
Day 06. Namche Bazar
Day 07. Rest day
Day 08. Tyangboche
Day 09. Ammadablam Base Camp
Day 10-30 Climbing period
Day 31-35 Kathmandu .
Day 36. Kathmandu free day
Day 37. Kathmandu free day
Day 38. International dept.