ʻO Ama Dablam Expedition

ʻO ka lā 2nd o ka Ama Dablam Expedition e piha i ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā mea like ʻole, a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea nui e pili ana i ka huakaʻi. Na ke alakaʻi huakaʻi e wehewehe kikoʻī i ka huakaʻi, e kūkākūkā i nā hana palekana a me nā kaʻina hana ulia pōpilikia, e papa inoa i nā mea pono no ka huakaʻi, a kuhikuhi i nā ʻenehana piʻi e pono ai.

Manaʻo mākou e hoʻopaʻa ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kā lākou ʻeke e like me ka pōkole a hoʻolimalima i nā mea pono āpau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kāu mau lako ponoʻī, akā ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana i loko o kāu ʻeke a hiki i Nepal ke lilo i pilikia, a ʻo ke kaumaha keu i hoʻohui ʻia i kāu ʻeke e uku ʻoe. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lako pilikino.

Ma hope o ka pōkole, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou lā huakaʻi a puni ke awāwa. ʻO ka mea mua, e kipa mākou i ka luakini ʻo Pashupatinath, kahi hale pule Hindu i hoʻolaʻa ʻia iā Shiva. ʻO kēia UNESCO World Heritage Site he hale pagoda-style ʻelua me ka hana lāʻau kikoʻī loa, e hōʻike ana i kahi kahua puhi ahi ma nā kapa o ka muliwai Bagmati.

ʻO kā mākou mākaʻikaʻi aʻe e hele i ka Bouddhnath Stupa, a ʻo kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hoʻopuni ʻia kēia gompa e nā kiʻi Buddha 108, e hōʻike ana i kahi hale mandala, a he kikowaena o ka Buddhism ma Kathmandu.

Pēlā nō, e kipa mākou i nā pūnaewele e like me Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayambhunath Stupa, Patan Durbar Square, Pottery Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, a me nā mea hou aku inā loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa hou. Ma hope o ke kāhea ʻana iā ia i hoʻokahi lā, pono ʻoe e hele ma luna o kāu ʻeke a nānā inā ua hoʻokomo ʻoe i kāu mau mea nui.

Hana: Nānā

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 1,350m/4,429ft. Kathmandu

ʻAi: ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea

Hoʻokele: Hotel

ʻO kēia ka lā mua o kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi ma ke ala huakaʻi hele ʻo Ama Dablam Expedition. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā me kahi lele pōkole a nani i Lukla. He 35 mau minuke wale nō kēia kaʻa, akā e haʻalele nā ​​hiʻohiʻona iā ʻoe e makemake hou aʻe.

Ma hope o ko mākou pae ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tenzing Hillary, e mākaukau nā mea lawe e lawe i kāu mau ʻeke a ʻoiai ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau i kāu mau mea hele wāwae a me kahi pahu lā māmā me nā mea pono a pau e like me nā pou hele wāwae, nā ʻōmole wai, nā pahu ikaika, nā hāmeʻa, etc.

Paipai mākou i nā mea hele wāwae e mālama i kā lākou mau hāmeʻa makamae i loko o kā lākou ʻeke lā, no ka mea, e pōʻino paha lākou inā paʻa lākou i loko o nā ukana kaumaha i lawe ʻia e ka poʻe lawe puka. E kaʻana like ka poʻe holo huakaʻi ʻelua i hoʻokahi mea lawe, a ʻo ke kaumaha o ka ukana o kēlā me kēia kanaka he 8.5 kg.

E hoʻomaka ana i nā ala hele wāwae mua o ka Ama Dablam Expedition, e haʻalele mākou i ke kahua mokulele a hele i waho o Lukla. ʻO 7.5 km wale nō ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi me ka nalowale kiʻekiʻe o 250 mika. Eia naʻe, ua piha ke ala i ka piʻi a me ka iho ʻana, e piʻi ai mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe i kekahi manawa, he mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ʻoiai e moe haʻahaʻa ana mākou. Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia kēia huakaʻi pōkole i loko o 3 mau hola.

E haʻalele ana iā Lukla, e hele mākou ma mua o ka hale kūʻai nui, e hōʻike ana i nā laina o nā hale ʻai, nā hale kī, nā hale ʻaina, a me nā hale kūʻai. Ma hope o 30 mau minuke o ka hele wāwae, e hōʻea mākou i Chheplung, kahi kauhale Sherpa kuʻuna. Ke neʻe nei mākou, e hahai mākou i ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi a hala ʻo Thado Koshi, e leʻaleʻa i kahi hiʻohiʻona o Mt. Kusum Kanguru. Ma hope o ka hele ʻana i nā alahaka hoʻomaha he nui, e hele mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Ghat, e hōʻike ana i ke ala hope e alakaʻi iā mākou i ko mākou huakaʻi o ka lā.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 2,850m/9,350ft. Phakding

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO ka lā 4 o ka Ama Dablam Expedition e loaʻa iā mākou he 830 mau mika o ke kiʻekiʻe me ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi he 11 km. ʻO ka lōʻihi o kēia huakaʻi he 6 a 7 mau hola, e hōʻike ana i ka nui o nā piʻi a me nā iho, nā ala lepo, nā ʻāpana i paʻa pōhaku, a me nā alahaka hoʻomaha. ʻO ko mākou kiʻekiʻe hope loa he 3440 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, e hoʻomaka ana me kahi ʻāpana piʻi mālie a hele i kahi alahaka hoʻomaha ma hope o 15 mau minuke o ka huakaʻi.

Ma hope o 30 mau minuke o ka huakaʻi, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Zamfute, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi pāhana wai wai liʻiliʻi. He 10 mau minuke mai laila aku, hiki mākou i ke kauhale o Toktok, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai kahi wailele nani. Ke hele nei mākou ma waena o ka ululāʻau paina, e hele hou mākou i kahi alahaka hoʻomaha e hiki ai i ke kauhale ʻo Benkar. Hāʻawi kēia ʻāpana o ke ala i kahi ʻike maopopo o ka piko o Thamserku.

Mai Benkar, e hele mākou i ke kauhale o Chhumuwa a hiki i ka puka komo i Sagarmatha National Park ma ke kauhale o Monjo. E nānā nā luna mākaʻikaʻi i kā mākou ʻae a e hoʻomau mākou. Ke hele nei mākou i loko o ka paka, hiki koke mākou i Jorsale, ko mākou wahi ʻaina awakea o ka lā. Ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, e hele mākou i ʻelua mau alahaka hoʻomaha a hiki i ka piʻi lōʻihi i Namche Bazaar.

ʻO ka piʻi hope loa e loaʻa iā mākou he 600 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe i ko mākou hele ʻana ma waena o nā ululāʻau pine a me ka ʻoka. E hele pū mākou ma ke alahaka ʻo Hillary Suspension Bridge, ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa o kona ʻano ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kēia ʻāpana hope o ka huakaʻi hele ma kahi o 2 mau hola.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 3,440m/11,286ft. Namche Bazaar

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO ka Acclimatization e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kino i nā loli o ke kaiapuni. ʻO ka ʻae ʻana i ke kino e hoʻololi i ke kī i ka huakaʻi ʻo Ama Dablam Expedition; ʻO ka hele wāwae kiʻekiʻe a me ka hiamoe haʻahaʻa he ala maikaʻi loa ia e pale ai i ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. No laila, e hele mākou i kahi hike acclimatization i Hotel Everest View, a hiki i 3880 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO kēia huakaʻi he 4 km ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi kaʻapuni, me ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe o 440 mika, a me ka lōʻihi o 2 a 3 mau hola kaʻapuni.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ka hike ma kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe, e lawe iā mākou i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Syangboche, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokulele kiʻekiʻe loa. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ia he hana hou akā lilo ia i kumu no ka helikopa lawe mai i nā kānaka a me nā waiwai. Ke neʻe nei mākou, e hōʻea mākou i ka Hotel Everest View ma hope koke iho, kahi e kali mai ai ka ʻike ākea o Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, a me Everest kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO kāu koho hike acclimatization ʻē aʻe he piʻi i nā kauhale Khumjung a me Khunde. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kēia piʻi ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, akā ʻaʻole i komo ka piʻi nui ʻana. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi he 4 a 5 mau hola kaʻapuni, a hiki i 3790 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Mai ka Hotel Everest View, e iho mākou i ke kauhale o Khumjung, kahi e waiho ai ka Monastery Khumjung kahiko. Ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma laila, e hele mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Khunde.

Ma ka haʻalele ʻana iā Khunde, e hele mākou i kahi ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i Namche, e hopena i kahi mākaʻikaʻi nani, kokoke e like me ka holo kaapuni. Inā mākou e hoʻomaka i kēia huakaʻi mai Namche, e lawe mākou iā 4 a 5 mau hola, akā e hoʻomaka me ka iho ʻana mai ka Hotel Everest View, e lawe iā mākou ma kahi o 2 a 3 mau hola e makaʻala a hoʻi i ko mākou hale noho.

Hana: koena

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 3,440m/11,286ft. Namche Bazaar

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO ka lā 6 o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Ama Dablam Expedition pono mākou e uhi i kahi liʻiliʻi ma luna o 10 km a hiki i 3820 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai e hiki ai i ke kauhale ʻo Deboche. Hiki ke paʻakikī kēia huakaʻi no ka hapa nui no ka mea e pili ana i nā piʻi kiʻekiʻe a me nā iho hohonu a puni. E loaʻa iā mākou he 800 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe a nalowale ma kahi o 500 mau mika a puni ke ala. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia he 6 a 7 mau hola, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻāpana pali, nā alahaka hoʻomaha, nā ala lepo, a me nā hāʻule ʻoi.

Mai Namche, e hele mua mākou ma ke ala e piʻi mālie ana ma waena o ka ululāʻau paina e hala i ke kauhale o Kyangjuma. Mai laila mai, e iho mākou ma luna o 300 mika i ke kahawai ʻo Dudh Koshi, e hele ana ma kahi nahele rhododendron. Ma hope o ka iho ʻana, e hele mākou i kahi alahaka hoʻomaha a hiki i ke kauhale o Phunki Tenga. E lawelawe ʻia kā mākou ʻaina awakea ma laila, ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana i Tengboche.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea ʻoluʻolu, e pā mākou i ke alanui a piʻi ma luna o 600 mika a hiki i Tengboche. Hōʻike kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi i kahi ʻano o nā hoʻololi e hele ana i kahi rhododendron paʻa a me ka nahele paina.

Ma hope o 2 mau hola o ka piʻi ʻana i luna, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Tengboche, kahi e kipa aku ai mākou i ka gompa nui loa ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Khumbu. He hoʻomaha hoʻomaha hoʻi kēia no mākou ʻoiai ua piʻi mākou i kahi piʻi paʻakikī.

Ma hope o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Tengboche, e hele mākou ma ke ala iho i Deboche. He 20 mau minuke kēia. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaha i ka pō ma Tengboche, akā makemake ka poʻe huakaʻi iā Deboche no ka mea ʻoi aku ka kaʻawale a me ka mālie.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 3,820m/12,533ft. Debuche

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO ka huakaʻi hele ʻo Ama Dablam Expedition i kēia lā ua uhi mākou ma kahi o 10 km, loaʻa 550 mika, a hiki i 4371 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia he 5 a 6 mau hola, e hōʻike ana i nā piʻi mālie, ke ala ʻana i nā alahaka hoʻokuʻu, a me nā ala ala.

Ke haʻalele nei iā Deboche, ʻo ka māhele mua kahi piʻi mālie ma o ka ululāʻau pine a me rhododendron. Ma hope koke iho, e hele mākou i ka muliwai Imja ma luna o kahi alahaka hoʻomaha a hiki i ke kauhale o Pangboche.

ʻO kēia kauhale ka noho mau loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest holoʻokoʻa; ʻO nā kauhale ʻē aʻe a mākou e hele ai e neʻe nei i mua e noho ʻia i nā kau. Loaʻa iā Pangboche kahi monastery, kahi mea kahiko e pili ana i 300 mau makahiki, a mākou e kipa ai ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana. Aia kēia gompa i nā mea kahiko a me nā mea hoʻomana. Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi, e piʻi mālie mākou, e hele ana ma nā kula alpine a hiki i Shomare. ʻO kēia kauhale ko mākou wahi ʻaina awakea no ka lā.

Ma hope o kā mākou ʻai ʻana, e hele mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Orsho. ʻO kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi he pali a he ala pōhaku no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou e piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe. He ʻelua mau hale kī a me nā pono liʻiliʻi loa o kēia wahi liʻiliʻi; ʻaʻole kūpono no kahi noho pō. Mai Orsho, e hele mākou i ka muliwai Khumbu ma luna o kahi alahaka lāʻau liʻiliʻi e hiki ai i ka piʻi hope o ka lā.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 4,371m/14,341ft. Pheriche

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO kēia kā mākou 2nd acclimatization lā ma ka papa huakaʻi Ama Dablam Expedition. ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi acclimatization i kēia lā e lawe iā mākou i ka Nangkartshang Peak, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Dingboche View Point. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa e pono ai mākou e uhi he 4 km wale nō ka huakaʻi a puni me ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe o 712 mika. Pono kēia hike ma kahi o 3 a 4 mau hola o ka piʻi ʻana a me 1 a 2 mau hola o ka iho ʻana.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ka piʻi ʻana me ka piʻi ʻoi aku ma luna o ke ala i mālama maikaʻi ʻia. Ke hahai nei kēia ala i kahi kuamoʻo e hōʻike ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o nā piko a puni a me nā piko mamao ma ka ʻākau. Ma kahi lā mālie, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kahi pūʻulu o nā piko, me Lhotse, Makalu, Ama Dablam, Taboche, Cholatse, a me Island Peak. Hāʻawi ka piko o ka piko i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Himalayas akau.

Hana: koena

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 4,371m/14,341ft. Pheriche

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO ka lā 9 o ka huakaʻi hele ʻo Ama Dablam Expedition e hōʻike ana i kahi huakaʻi 8-km me ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi o 5 a 6 mau hola. He 200 mika ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia huakaʻi, e lawe ana iā mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe hope o 4570 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai.

Haʻalele mākou iā Pheriche, e iho mālie mākou ma nā wahi alpine a hala i ke kauhale o Shomare. He liʻiliʻi kēia kauhale, he mau hale kī liʻiliʻi wale nō. E hoʻomaha iki mākou ma laila.

Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi, a laila iho mālie mākou a hoʻi i Pangboche. Mai laila mai, hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana. E hele mākou i ka muliwai Imja ma luna o kahi alahaka liʻiliʻi a paʻi i ke ala piʻi, loaʻa iā mākou he 600 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe.

Aia kēia ala i nā ʻano hoʻololi, e piʻi ana ma waena o ka ʻāina pōhaku a me nā mea kanu alpine. E hōʻea koke mākou i ka Ama Dablam Base Camp, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ka piko nui me ka nani piha, a ʻo nā piko a puni ke koena o ka hiʻohiʻona.

Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo Ama Dablam ʻo ia ka piko nani loa o ka honua, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kumu. ʻAʻohe hale kino ma ke kahua hoʻomoana, he wahi pāpū wale nō kahi e hoʻonoho ai ka poʻe mauna i ko lākou mau halelewa no ka pō.

Na nā alakaʻi a me nā mea lawe puka o Nomad Adventure e kōkua iā ʻoe i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hale lole a me ka kuke ʻana i kahi meaʻai no ka ʻaina ahiahi. He wahi maikaʻi kēia kahua hoʻomoana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho, a no laila e noho mākou i kekahi mau lā ma mua o ko mākou piʻi ʻana a hiki i ka piko.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 4,570m/14,993ft. ʻO Ama Dablam Base Camp

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: House

Hoʻolaʻa ʻia kēia lā no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, kā mākou 3rd acclimatization lā o ka papa huakaʻi Ama Dablam Expedition. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lā, e ʻai ʻoe i ka ʻaina kakahiaka i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e nā kiaʻi a me nā alakaʻi, a e hana i kekahi mau hana maʻalahi e like me ka hele wāwae, hoʻopololei, a pēlā aku. E kōkua kēia i ka hana acclimatization.

Na ke alakaʻi piʻi e mālama i kahi hālāwai pōkole pōkole a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā ʻike e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Ama Dablam me ka palekana.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, e hoʻāʻo ke alakaʻi piʻi i kāu mau mea hana a me nā mea hana, kahi kau hoʻomaʻamaʻa loea pōkole. E hōʻike ʻo ia i ke ala kūpono e hoʻohana ai i nā piʻi, nā iho, nā alapiʻi, nā crampons, nā koi hau, a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe.

E hōʻike pū ʻia ʻoe i nā kaʻina hana ulia pōpilikia inā hewa kekahi mea, ʻo ia kahi hiʻohiʻona kakaikahi. I ka hiki ʻana mai o ke ahiahi, e hoʻopaʻa mākou i kā mākou ʻeke e hoʻomākaukau no ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā aʻe.

Hana: aʻo

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 4,570m/14,993ft. ʻO Ama Dablam Base Camp

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Hale Ku'u

Ke hele nei mākou i ke ala piʻi maʻamau, ka Southwest Ridge, e hoʻomaka mākou i ka piʻi ʻana i Camp 1, e noho ana ma 5700 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO nā lā 11 a hiki i ka 25 e like me ka lōʻihi, akā pono ia. Hōʻike kēia manawa 15 mau lā i nā lā piʻi, nā lā acclimatization, a me nā lā hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā hiki ʻole o ka Himalayas ke hoʻōki iā mākou mai ka holomua.

Mai ke kahua hoʻomoana, he 3-km ka hele wāwae a hiki i Camp 1, kahi e loaʻa ai kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1130 mika. He 5 a 6 hola paha mākou e hiki ai i laila. ʻAʻole naʻe mākou e hoʻomoe ma laila no ka mea he pilikia loa; loaʻa paha iā mākou ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. Ma kēia kiʻekiʻe o kahi kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe ka hopena o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ke ala e hele aku ai i Camp 1 e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana i kahi kuamoʻo e piʻi i ka wā e uhi ai mākou i kahi mamao.

E iho hou mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana a moe ma laila. E hoʻomau hou ʻia kēia piʻi ʻana no 3 mau lā, a laila, e piʻi mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana 2. E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā ma Camp 1, aia mākou no kahi piʻi 1.5-km e lawe ma kahi o 4 a 5 mau hola e hoʻopau ai. E loaʻa iā mākou he 300 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe a me nā hiʻohiʻona e hōʻike i nā laina kuapo e pono ai ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaula paʻa. Kaulana kēia ʻāpana no ka "Yellow Tower", he pōhaku kiʻekiʻe he 15 mika a kokoke i ke kū pololei. E hana hou mākou i kēia piʻi i ʻelua mau manawa.

Ma ka lā 17 o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Ama Dablam Expedition, e hōʻea mākou i Camp 3. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o kēia lā he 1 km me ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe o 300 mika. Ma kahi o 4 a 5 mau hola e uhi ai a e hōʻike ana i ka "Grey Tower", kahi ʻāpana lōʻihi a pali e pono ai mākou e piʻi ma luna o ka hau, nā pōhaku, a me ke ala i uhi ʻia i ka hau. Pono mākou e hele i ka "Mushroom Ridge", he ala haiki me kahi hāʻule 600-mika ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke kua.

E noho mākou i ʻelua mau lā ma Camp 3, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi i ko mākou kino. Ma ka lā 19 o ka Ama Dablam Expedition, hiki mākou i ka piko. ʻO kēia piʻi 1-km he 5 a 6 mau hola, loaʻa iā mākou he 512 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka iho ʻana i lalo i ke kahua hoʻomoana ma kahi o 5 a 6 mau hola. ʻO ke koena o nā lā i mālama ʻia no nā pilikia.

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 4,570m/14,993ft. Ama Dablam

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: House

E hoʻomaka ana mai ke kahua hoʻomoana o Ama Dablam, e uhi mākou ma luna o 16 km i kēia lā, me ka nalowale kiʻekiʻe o 1130 mika. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe kū hope loa he 3440 mau mika, a ma kahi o 7 a 8 mau hola e hiki ai.

Ke haʻalele nei i kahi kahua hoʻomoana, e iho mua mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Pangboche, e hele ana i ka muliwai ʻo Imja ma luna o kahi alahaka hoʻomaha. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha hoʻomaha pōkole ma Pangboche, e iho mākou i lalo i Tengboche, a hiki i 3860 mika.

Haʻalele iā Tengboche, hele ke ala iā mākou a hiki i Namche Bazaar. He pali ka iho mua, pono e hele hou i ke kahawai ʻo Dudh Koshi, a he piʻi iki ma ka hopena.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 3,440m/11,286ft. Namche

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO ka hele ʻana mai Lukla a Namche ka lōʻihi loa o ka huakaʻi holo ʻana o Ama Dablam Expedition. ʻO kēia huakaʻi 19.5-km e nalowale iā mākou he 580 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 7 a 8 mau hola. ʻO ka mua, e hōʻea mākou i Monjo a haʻalele i ka wahi o Sagarmatha National Park. He pali kēia iho a hele hou i ke kahawai ʻo Dudh Koshi.

Mai laila aku mākou e hele ai i Phakding, ko mākou wahi hope loa ma mua o Lukla. Mai Phakding, he piʻi mālie a hiki i Lukla, me nā ʻāpana piʻi a lalo.

Hana: Aia ia

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 2,850m/9,350ft. Lukla

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge

ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa o ka huakaʻi Ama Dablam Expedition. E holo mākou i ke kakahiaka nui lele i Kathmandu, he 35 mau minuke wale nō. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Kathmandu, e hoʻokuʻu mākou iā ʻoe ma ka hōkele 3-star a mākou i hoʻonohonoho ai no ʻoe.

Hana: holo ana

Max. Kiʻekiʻe: 1,350m/4,429ft. Kathmandu

ʻAi: Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hoʻokele: Lodge