September 6, 2013 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports that the weather was cold, clear, and windy today and that the team is doing well with only a few slight headaches. They had a good acclimatization hike today, climbing over 1000 feet to the west of BC and getting some great views of Cho Oyu and […]
September 5, 2013 The IMG Cho Oyu climbers and Tibet Trekkers have now reached Base Camp (about 15000 ft) after driving up the Ra Chu Valley from Tingri. Everyone is doing well and the team is excited to finally be getting close to their objective. Phunuru and the Sherpa team have been busy getting a […]
September 4, 2013 The ancient village of Tingri is at the north end of the trade route between Tibet and the Khumbu area of Nepal, and even today, long strings of yaks carry trading goods over the Nangpa La pass to the market in Namche. IMG leader Mike Hamill reports that the Sherpas are now […]
September 2, 2013 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports that the team moved up the steep winding road along the Bhote Kosi canyon from Zhangmu to Nyalam yesterday, reaching this key town (a little over 12,000 feet) on the way to Cho Oyu. Today they took an acclimatization hike, climbing the grassy hillsides above the town. […]
August 30, 2013 Ang Jangbu reports that the IMG Cho Oyu team departed Kathmandu at 6am. They have about 4 hours of driving to Kodari, where they depart Nepal. Then, they walk across the Friendship Bridge (over the Bhote Kosi River) where they meet their CMA Chinese Liaison Officer, Li Chengxian. After clearing the Chinese […]
August 30, 2013 From: Ang Jangbu Sherpa Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 To: Eric Simonson Subject: Cho Oyu Update Eric, It’s all good news. Everyone is here will all their bags. Hamill and Peter finished doing the gear check yesterday. We have collected base camp duffels from hotel this morning and sherpas have loaded the […]
August 23, 2012 IMG guides Mike Hamill and Peter Anderson are somewhere over the Pacific now, heading for Nepal. Just one change of plan—they have a different objective! Recent problems with the visas and permits for Tibet for this upcoming post-monsoon 2012 season has prompted IMG to switch our autumn Cho Oyu team over to […]
April 27, 2012 Everything is going well in Nepal for our IMG teams. Greg Vernovage reports that the Everest and Lhotse Sherpa teams have now established the route to Camp 3, and the IMG climbers have all been up to Camp 2 now for acclimatization. The Hybrid team will be starting their second rotation tomorrow, […]
October 12, 2011 Congrats to IMG Leader Mike Hamill, Vanessa, Al, Danuru, and Karma Rita for a successful Cho Oyu climb. They are the last team on the hill, literally, as all other expeditions have now departed the mountain. Mike said the climbers were super strong and acclimatized after previously climbing Shishapangma, and they decided […]
October 10, 2011 IMG leader Mike Hamill, along with Vanessa, Al, Danuru and Karma Rita, left for Camp 1 this morning. Their plan is to go to Camp 2 tomorrow and try for the summit on the 12th.  We are watching the jet stream closely; right now it is holding just to the north of […]
