Ama Dablam, Southwest Ridge. An international expedition was led

A m a D a b la m , Southw est R idge. An international expedition was led by R enato M oro with the help o f tw o guides Franco G irodo and m e, w ho fixed rope on the route. In O ctober the first clim bers could not succeed because o f very bad w eather. F ortunately a second group, in late O ctober and N ovem ber, was suc­ cessful, the sum m it being reached by 14 clim bers: on O ctober 30, the Italian guides M auro B ernardi, Stefan K ehrer and Franz Stuflesser; on O ctober 31, a group o f five clim bers led by A ustrian W olfgang N airz; on M ay 2 Erik D ecam p, A ndré L evêque and A m erican Peter A thens; on N ovem ber 3, Italian guides H erm ann C om ploy and V inzenz R unggaldier; and on N ovem ber 4 C anadian R oger M arshall. E

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