Thursday, November 25, 2010

FTA Ama Dablam - Summit bid tomorrow!

from stu in the usa office
November 25, 2010

Ama Dablam Update

Fabrizio has left an audio dispatch from C1 with the latest on the team's efforts on Ama Dablam and the news is excellent! Fabrizio and Siddhi are in C1 with half the team and the other half is resting in C2. Tomorrow morning at 1am the group in C1 will leave, join the group in C2 and push for the summit!

We should have news from the top or from when they are back in camp. Stay tuned for more!

Listen to the dispatch below!



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A few images of the terrain the team is about to cover....


View from C1 on a beautiful afternoon!


The awesome traverse just below the Mushroom Ridge!




Heading up the fixed lines on the side of the dablam



View from the top to Everest on a clear day in 2005!



View from just below the summit down the Khumbu Valley



FTA member Merv Rowland Rappelling from the summit ridge in 2007


When they get back to BC they will hopefully have a great treat in store!

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