September 27, 2012 The Manaslu team flew back to Kathmandu by helicopter today, and the sherpa team are on their way out to Arughat with the porters. Great to know everyone is safe and sound. Manaslu was tough expedition, but by all accounts Mike, Peter, and the IMG climbers and sherpas did a heroic job […]
September 25, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports from Base Camp: Â “The team is doing well and in good spirits considering the events of the past few days. We had a lengthy team meeting today and have decided to leave the mountain for several reasons including continued unstable conditions high on the mountain. Â The Sherpa […]
September 23, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports that the team has now descended from Camp 2 to Base Camp.  Sounds like it was starting to get windy up high, this morning, with blowing snow. Now that the team is all down, we will discuss their options, and make a final decision about the expedition […]
September 23, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill made it back to Camp 2 and rejoined the IMG Team, after helping with the response to the avalanche at Camp 3. The IMG team is all doing well at Camp 2 and will spend another night there. Their plan is to descend to Base Camp in the […]
September 22, 2012 IMG Manaslu leader Mike Hamill reports that about 4:30am (local time) a serac fell triggering a slide that hit Camp 3. The IMG team is at Camp 2 and they are all safe and sound. Mike and several other guides are now responding to Camp 3 to assist.   We’ll be waiting for […]
September 22, 2012 Mike just called from Camp 2 to report that they pulled into camp between 11:00-11.30AM and that the team is doing well and the route conditions were good. Â He estimates that 150 people have now been up and down this section now, so it is well kicked-in. Â Sherpas carried oxygen from Base […]
September 20, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill reported by sat phone that the team took a good hike today to get the cobwebs worked out from their storm days. Â A number of teams did move up to Camp 1 today, and some sherpas from another team reached Camp 2 and report that the tents and […]
September 19, 2012 IMG’s weather forecaster Michael Fagin reports that the monsoon is starting to retreat from the Indian subcontinent. Good news! Ang Jangbu reported it rained hard for 50 straight hours in Kathmandu, but that now it is sunny and drying out. The satellite photo shows the moisture starting to move out of the […]
September 18, 2012 We took another rest day today while the Sherpa team went up to Camp 1 to dig out the tents and pull the fixed lines out of the snow. There’s 6 inches of fresh snow here at Base Camp but the Sherpa reported a meter at Camp 1. The good news is […]
September 17, 2012 We are waiting at Base Camp for the weather to improve before heading up the mountain for our second rotation. We have had several days of rain and snow now, so hopefully it will start drying out soon! Our goal for this next rotation is to spend 4 nights on the mountain […]
