When you walk through the mountain valleys against Everest Basecamp you only see Everest as a small pyramid protruding above the Nuptse ridge at the far end of the valley.

Another mountain dominates the valley with its classical, pyramidal mountain shape: Ama Dablam, the mother with the amulet as the name means.

Ama Dablam is known by everyone who has travelled in this area, you just can't avoid remarking it. It is considered the Matterhorn of the Himalayas with its beautifull form.

But where the view of Ama Dablam might seem beautifull to the trekker it works deep inside the climbers mind. The steep sides speeks its own language, this is new beginners mountain. Commercial expeditions have put fixed ropes from bottom to top, but climbed the way mountains like this should be climbed, its for the experienced climbers.

But for the first danish Himalayan expedition that had Ama Dablam as its goal in 1988 it became sort of a beginning anyway. It was the start of a decade where danish climbers took seriously to Himalayan climbing.

8 experienced danish climbers sought their first Himalayan experience on this unusually beautifull mountain. 3 of these climbers are still very active in the Himalayas and are founders of the Danish Himalayan Society: Henrik Jessen Hansen, Jan Mathorne and Bo Belvedere Christensen.

Last updated 15-sep-2002 by Bo Belvedere Christensen