Ama Dablam - Expedition News - 10th October 2026

Leader: Patrick Hickie

29th October 2026 - Phortse

Lovely walk on the “other” side of the river. The team is now settled in Phortse village.

26th October 2026 - Camp 2

The team reached Camp 2 and decided that they were happy with their efforts for this trip and that they would start to make their descent back down the mountain, sleeping at Camp 1 tonight and returning to base camp tomorrow.

24th October 2026 - Rest day and final preparations

The team reached a high point at the foot of the yellow tower before returning to base camp yesterday for some well-earned rest, followed by final preparations for their summit bid.

They'll start moving back up the mountain tomorrow.

20th October 2026 - Puja Ceremony

Puja and further fixed rope training today ahead of the start of their first rotation tomorrow.

19th October 2026 - Rest and Training

Now everybody is a fixed-rope ninja.

18th October 2026 - Base Camp

Today we left Pangboche and walked up to base camp. Then had lunch and an afternoon rest, etc. Everyone good.

We will be here for 2 days now, resting, training and acclimatising.

17th October 2026 - 4500m Acclimatisation Walk

Ou acclimatisation walk brought us amazing views of our end goal and base camp. Our team was back at the teahouse for 1:30pm for a well-earned lunch.

16th October 2026 - Pangboche

A hard first part of the day, losing all our hard-won altitude, then having to regain it again to reach Tengboche.

A visit to Tengboche Monastery to listen to the monks in prayer, and then cappuccino and chocolate cake before setting off again for Pangboche.

15th October 2026 - Namche

Back in Namche after an excellent acclimatisation walk to Everest View Hotel, Khumjung and Kunde. A trip down memory lane for Paul, who supervised a scout group doing a community project at the school and hospital in 2005.

13th October 2026 - Arrival in Lukla

10th October 2026 - Departing for Kathmandu

The team will depart for Kathmandu