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Ama Dablam: first ascent

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Date: 12/03/2015
On 13 March 1961, Mike Gill, Barry Bishop, Mike Ward and Wally Romanes, members of an expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary, reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6856m) along the south-west ridge for the first time: a respectable ascent (VI 5.9 60° 1500m...

On 13 March 1961, Mike Gill, Barry Bishop, Mike Ward and Wally Romanes, members of an expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary, reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6856m) along the south-west ridge for the first time: a respectable ascent (VI 5.9 60° 1500m).