March 1st, 2024–
Everest BC before the 2024 season starts (Ang Karma)
The IMG climbers and trekkers will be arriving to Kathmandu at the end of March, but our team in Nepal are well underway with preparations. Up in the Khumbu, IMG senior sherpa guide Ang Karma went to Base Camp in mid-January and claimed our camp site. In the coming days we’ll be sending a team up there to start making tent platforms, which is always a big job since the glacier continually moves and wipes out all the old platforms, and new ones need to be chopped into the ice, and all the rocky morainal debris moved.
Heli with sling load and Thamserku Peak (Sonam Dorje)
Sling load arriving at Shyangboche (Sonam Dorje)
Recently we sent several sling loads of gear up to Shyangboche by helicopter, which was received by longtime IMG sirdar Ang Passang. Down in Kathmandu, Jangbu and Phunuru are meeting with our cooks Nima and Kaji to finalize the food purchasing. We are looking forward to a good spring season, with IMG climbers going to Lobuche, Mera, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, and Everest. All’s well in Nepal!
Eric Simonson