IMG Everest Base Camp Site Claimed

January 14, 2016

IMG’s 2016 Everest Expedition is just around the corner and we have a good looking team shaping up.  Leader Greg Vernovage will be joined by IMG guides Justin Merle, Emily Johnston, Josh McDowell, and Mike Hamill for our annual expedition.  Ang Jangbu reports from Nepal that he sent IMG sherpas Chewang Lendu and Nuru Gyalzyn up to Base Camp today to claim our campsite.  They went to Gorakshep on Wednesday, spent the night, and then on Thursday they went to Base Camp, claimed our campsite and marked it with flags and cairns, then hiked (ran!) all the way back to Phortse that afternoon.  They report that we have the exact same site that we were in last season, and that everything looked good up there.

Eric Simonson