January 4, 2017
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- IMG 2017 EBC site claimed (Chewang Lendu)
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- It looks like a gravel pit now, but after a few months and a few thousand hours of work it will be a small village! (Chewang Lendu)
The 2017 Everest expedition is just around the corner, and in less than 3 months our trekkers and climbers will be on their way. Ang Jangbu reports that yesterday Chewang Lendu and Pasang Nima claimed our IMG base camp site. This has been our site for the last several years, but since it is on the moraine of the Khumbu Glacier (with moving ice underneath) it changes every year. The base camp looks pretty desolate now, but after a lot of work it will be a small village for our teams.  We like this place because it is some distance  away from the big BC encampment, has more space for our tents, and has water nearby. Chewang and Pasang spent the night before at Gorak Shep, then headed up to Base Camp yesterday to claim the site by leaving a marking banner on a rock. Then, they headed back home to Phortse.
Eric Simonson