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Ama Dablam - Expedition News - 11th October 2025
Leader: Patrick Hickie
31st October 2025 - Base camp and summit preperations
The team have been hampered by bad weather, meaning they have been hunkering down in base camp waiting ofr it to pass. They will be moving up tomorrow for camp one, then cfamp 2 on the 2nd to begin their summit bid on the 3rd of November.
26th October 2025 - Rotation Complete
The team have made their way up to the foot of the yellow tower, and are now making their way back to base camp to rest before making their way back up the mountain.
20th October 2025 - Base Camp
The team have now all arrived at base camp ready to start their climb
19th October 2025 - Acclimatization
The team have just returned from an acclimatisation walk above Pangboche. They went up to 4500m, close to the height of Base Camp, and were treated to superb views of Ama Dablam.
Everyone is feeling fine and doing well.
18th October 2025 - To Pangboche
A long steady walk has brought the team to Pangboche at 3900m. Everyone is in good health.
Another acclimatisation day here tomorrow.
17th October 2025 - Acclimatisation walk up to the Everest View Hotel
Today the team did an acclimatisation walk up to the Everest View Hotel, which gave us our first view of Ama Dablam. The afternoon will consist of shopping and cakes in Namche Bazaar!
16th October 2025 - Arrival in Namche Bazaar
The team has now reached Namche Bazaar, all in good health and good spirits. Looking forward to rest day tomorrow
14th October 2025 - Arrival in Lukla
The team have now safely arrived in Lukla
11th October 2025 - Departing for Kathmandu
The team will depart for Kathmandu
About Patrick Hickie
Patrick is a qualified Winter Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor (WMCI), the highest of the UK’s climbing qualifications, and also a qualified International Mountain Leader (IML).
His climbing stretches back over 40 years and he has been lucky enough to climb in such far flung places as Alaska (on Denali), New Zealand and Patagonia; in Africa on Mt Kenya and Kilimanjaro; and in the Karakoram and the Nepal Himalaya. This has included a very technical first ascent in Nepal and an attempted second ascent in the Gasherbrum range. He has led expeditions to all the ’usual’ 6000m summits in the Khumbu region. Closer to home, he has climbed extensively in the UK, the Alps and Scandinavia.
While he loves to travel, Patrick is equally happy rock climbing in North Wales, winter climbing on the cliffs of Ben Nevis and just wandering about in the Lake District fells.
£7,595
6,856m
Grade: 5D
30 Days With Flight