 
              
                    On 13 March 1961, Mike Gill, Barry Bishop, Mike Ward and Wally Romanes, members of an expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary, reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6856m) along the south-west ridge for the first time: a respectable ascent (VI 5.9 60° 1500m...
                    
      On 13 March 1961, Mike Gill, Barry Bishop, Mike Ward and Wally Romanes, members of an expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary, reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6856m) along the south-west ridge for the first time: a respectable ascent (VI 5.9 60° 1500m).
