During our expedition of 2021,
there were no deaths but there were a few helicopter evacuations due to
snow-blindness or altitude sickness/edema. Due to being on fixed lines for
almost the entire climb, I would classify the actual route as relatively safe compared
to mountains with greater exposure when not fixed with ropes. The main cause
for concern on Ama Dablam is the hanging serac above Camp Three. Climbers
generally avoid climbing and camping below this serac although we camped there
before our summit push. In 2006, a piece of serac fell and killed six of the
climbers in Camp Three. Three more climbers were also killed below the serac in
2014. Nepali climber Thundu Sherpa was killed when an earthquake in 2016
triggered an avalanche on the face.
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