Septemeber 19, 2022 IMG Senior Guide Phunuru Sherpa and Max Bond checked in from Manaslu Basecamp. The team has completed their Camp 2 rotation and is doing well. Unfortunately, a storm system has rolled in keeping the team at Base Camp to wait it out until the weather clears. To pass the time, they […]
September 16, 2022 The IMG Manaslu Team currently acclimatizing at Camp 2 (21,000ft). They passed through some steep and technical terrain on fixed ropes to get to Camp 2. They plan to spend tonight and tomorrow night at Camp 2 and will go to Camp 3 during the day tomorrow, before descending to basecamp […]
September 12, 2022 IMG Guide Max Bond checked in this morning from Manaslu Base Camp. The team has finished their first rotation, and is resting. Tomorrow they plan to pack and prepare for their second rotation. All is going well! Audrey Simonson
September 11, 2022 Our Manaslu Team has retuned to Basecamp after their first rotation. IMG Senior Guide Max Bond reports that yesterday the team climbed to 19,400ft and everyone performed well. Light new snow during the night at Camp 1 provided stunning views for the team when they woke the following morning. Some team members […]
September 10, 2022 Today our Manaslu team is headed above Camp 1 for their first acclimatization rotation. They will sleep at Camp 1 tonight and tomorrow they climb climb above Camp 1 and then spend a second night at Camp 1 before descending the following day. Everything is going well in Nepal!
September 5, 2022 IMG Senior Guides Max Bond and Phunuru Sherpa checked in this morning from Samagaon. The IMG Manaslu team had a successful puja ceremony today, and went for an acclimatization hike to Birendra Tal. Soon the team will depart Samagaon for Manaslu Base Camp. All is well! Audrey Simonson
September 3, 2022 Yesterday Senior Guide Max Bond drove to Soti Khola with the climber’s duffel bags, about a 4 hour drive west of Kathmandu in the Gorka District. The plan was for him to spend the night there, and fly the next day, but the weather was improving and the helicopter company decided to […]
September 1, 2022 Today was a free day for the team, some chose to go sight seeing at Bhaktipur. Then the Manaslu Team got dinner in the evening, joined by IMG Owner Eric Simonson and IMG Senior Guide Nicole Sims. In the morning IMG Guide Max Bond is leaving for Soti Khola with the Base […]
