The pointed summit
White.
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Ama Dablam is a sharp, towering mountain in the Himalaya of eastern Nepal, often called one of the most beautiful peaks in the world. A pointed white summit with long ridges on either side and a hanging glacier on its face rises above green valleys and small villages on the Everest trail. Its main summit reaches 6,812 m and its lower western peak 6,170 m. Its Sherpa name means «mother's charm box»: the long ridges are like a mother's arms protecting her child, and the hanging glacier is the traditional pendant worn by Sherpa women. It dominates the eastern sky for days for anyone trekking to Everest Base Camp, is sometimes called the «Matterhorn of the Himalayas» and appears on the one-rupee Nepalese note. It was first climbed on 13 March 1961. You see it from the Everest trail around Tengboche, Pheriche and Dingboche, at its most striking at sunset when the summit glows. Climbing it is a technical expedition that needs experience and a permit. The summit is about 16 km in a straight line east of Namche Bazaar. The trail is high, so walk slowly with rest days to acclimatise.
White.
On the face.
On the summit.
Khumbu region, Koshi Province, northeast Nepal
The Everest trail near Tengboche and Dingboche.
A technical climb needing experience and a permit.