Ama Dablam 2013 by numbers (if you are interested)

A quick breakdown in figures about the recent Ama Dablam expedition that you may, or may not, have been following:

Time planning - 18 months

E mails - in excess of 1,000

Duration of trip - 28 days KTM to KTM

Including:

Trekking - 5 days in, 3 days out

Stay at Base Camp or above - 17 nights

Including:

ABC - 3 nights

Camp 1 - 3 nights

Camp 2 - 1 or 2 nights depending on whether people slept there on the way down or continued on down to C1 or BC

Camp 2.9 - 0 nights as there wasn't anywhere to pitch tents this year

Camp 3 - 0 nights this year due to the excessive snowfall in October

Freight from the UK - 175kg

Including:

Haglofs clothing for the Sherpas - 30kg

Meaning - they all got a pair of approach shoes and 2 items of clothing

Plus:

Fudge bars - 1 box of 60

Which lasted - 11 hours

as well as :

Tunnock’s bars (more than 5,000,000 are made and sold every week) - 48

Jelly babies, Licquorice Allsorts, Tangfastics etc - 108 packets

Beef jerky - 40 packs

Fizzy cola bottles, tangy strawberries etc - 6 boxes

Tuna sachets - 42

Beef jerky - 35 packets

Swiss Roll / Golden Syrup cake / Soreen Malt Loaf - 55

Boil in the tub jam sponge pudding – 32

and

Cheese from the UK:

Babybel- 48

Mini cheddar portions – 60

Vache Qui Ri - 72 triangles

Primula squeezy cheese - 30 tubes

Mature Cheddar - 7kg

Immature cheddar - 'knickers'

Excess baggage KTM to Lukla - 640kg

Total loads Lukla to Base Camp - 33

Carried by - 12 yaks & 15 porters

Including:

Full (to overflowing) super market trolleys in KTM - 5 (trolleys left in KTM as the trail is a bit uneven)

Consisting of (amongst other items):

Gherkins / olives - 17 large jars

Dried fruit - 104 packets

Biscuits - 254 packets

Nuts (peanuts, cashews & pistachios) - 112 packets

Pate - 45 tins

Chocolate - 220 bars

AAA batteries - 120

AA batteries - 80

Ground coffee - 5kg

Cafetieres - 3

Total loads to Base Camp from Pangboche - 17

Including:

Kitchen tent - 1

Store tents - 2

Toilet tents - 2

Shower tent - 1

Other Base Camp tents - 27

Mountain tents - 18

Cookers - 17

Pan sets - 15

Rope - 600m

Gas cylinders - 115

Toilet rolls - 120

Blue barrels - 7 (my personal gear)

Blue barrels - 10 (expedition gear)

Kitbags - 8 (misc items)

1st aid supplies – 1 kitbag (weighing 17kg)

Walkie talkies - 30

Playing cards - 3 decks

Connect - 4

Estimate of eggs consumed - in excess of 450

Medication administered:

Paracetamol - 57 strips

Strepsils - 28 strips

Diamox - 9 strips

Amoxycillin - 7 strips

Cipro - 3 strips

Sudafed - 5 strips

Dressings - 2

Plasters - 3

O2 sats measured - 11 times

Stethoscope used - 3 times

Dex, Nifedipine, Oxygen - 0

Number of expedition members - 18

Plus - 2 leaders

From - 6 different countries

From - 6'5" down to 5'2.5"

Number of Climbing Sherpas - 7

With - 59 Everest summits between them (& over 70 ascents of Ama Dablam)

Successful summits - 18 Western & 12 Sherpa summits

Meaning that - Jon Gupta and 5 of the Climbing Sherpas summited twice in the season

And also meaning that - The Climbing Sherpas now have over 80 summits under their collective belts

Quickest ascent from Camp 2 - 5 hours

Sirdar -1

Who I have known for - 10 years

And we have worked together on - 14 expeditions

Cook - 1 (Pasang Temba) who has cooked at Camp 2 on Everest for 19 years running)

Cook crew - 3

With – Kumar based at Camp 1 for the majority of the summit wave providing endless amounts of very welcome hot water

Tips for the crew - in excess of £1,350

Sherpa summit bonuses - over £1,500

Liaison Officers - 2

Seen - Nonce

Friends I met whilst here:

Nepali / Sherpa friends - 48

Westerner friends - 19

Not including - the group of 18 clients who I now consider to be friends (of a fashion - using the word friend in the widest possible context)

Temperature range:

Low - minus 20 (first night at Base Camp)

High - plus 27

Wind chill - down to -30

Movies watched:

Now you see me

Lucky number Slevin

And something else that I missed as I was busy

Time to get to the reception for texting and calling area - around 20 minutes (down) and 30 (back again)

Average number of showers per person - 2

Average items laundered - 7

Most memorable conversation:

Dave - 'These binoculars are work issue.'

Carl - 'What are they for?'

Dave - 'Looking at things that are far away.'

Most memorable view - watching the full moon rise behind Ama Dablam

Altitudes :

Lukla - 2,850m (top of the runway)

Base Camp - 4,660m (when the tide is in)

ABC - 5,450m (middle row of tents)

Camp 1 - 5,850m (our pitch around the corner)

Camp 2 - 6,050m (it's not big enough to differentiate between different tents really)

Summit - 6,856m

Seito on the summit - 6,858m

Summit panorama - uninterrupted for 360 degrees

Fun factor - Type 2 fun

Achievement factor 100%

N.B.

Number of people signed up for Ama Dablam 2014 - 7

Meaning - there are limited places available

So - get in touch if you are interested

On - climb@timmosedale.co.uk

Or - +44 (0) 7980 521079

Or - +44 (0) 17687 71050

In the meantime - the next expedition is Everest Spring 2014.

With updates available on - twitter.com/timmosedale

And - www.facebook.com/tim.mosedale

So - stay tuned

And - I hope that you enjoy the show.

Yours - Tim