September 29, 2019 The Cho Oyu Team is now at the Kyirong border and will be up early to cross out of Tibet and continue to Kathmandu in the morning. Once in Kathmandu, the team will start making plans to return home. Since this was the last night with our liaison officer and Sherpa […]
September 28, 2019 Mingma Dorje called from base camp on Putha Hiunchuli to let us know that the weather is clearing up and the climbers are all doing well. There are only a couple other teams arriving at base camp. The team will continue to acclimatize around base camp and do some training for […]
September 27, 2019 We heard from the teams on Cho Oyu and Putha Hiunchuli overnight. IMG Senior Guide, Phunuru Sherpa, reported that the mountain is clear and everything is packed at ABC. The Yaks will arrive early tomorrow morning and the team will pack and descend to Tingri before continuing onto Kyirong. From there, the […]
September 26, 2019 Karma Rita just called from base camp on Putha Hiunchuli (16,076’/4900m) to let us know the team has made it with all of their gear. The trek to base camp took the team just over four hours and the team pulled in just as a little rain began to fall. The rain […]
September 25, 2019 IMG Senior Guide Karma Rita Sherpa checked in from Panjing (14,763’/4500m) to let us know the team is doing well. The team had a good day on the trail and were happy to report that the trail was in much better condition than the last time we made the trek. All mules […]
September 24, 2019 The Putha Hiunchuli Team found a cell phone signal in Kagkot and were able to get a few photos out. IMG Guide Pega Sherpa sent a message letting us know the team is doing well: “We arrived at Kagkot on schedule with all of our luggage. Some parts of the trail […]
September 23, 2019 Karma Rita checked in overnight to let us know the team is doing well in Kagkot (10,500’/3200m). The team had a good trek into Kagkot and were pleasantly surprised to find out the trail had been repaired and the mules were able to make it all the way into Kagkot without needing […]
September 21, 2019 Karma Rita called to let us know the Putha Hiunchuli Team has made it to Mosi Khola today. There were a few areas that were slightly washed out from the rain this summer but the mules were able to get across those sections without unloading. The team enjoyed more excellent weather […]
September 20, 2019 IMG Senior Guide, Karma Rita, checked in this morning to let us know the team had a beautiful day trekking to Tarakot. Our entire team of Sherpa and Climbers are now together after our advanced Sherpa Team collected the remaining duffels and gear from the last flight. We have 13 mules and […]
September 19, 2019 IMG Senior Guides, Karma Rita and Pega, checked in from Dunai (7,020’/2140m) to let us know the team is doing great. The team has been quite fortunate with the weather so far. With the monsoon yet to retreat from Nepal, the various flights needed to get to Juphal have been few and […]
