October 16, 2010 Acclimatization is super important, as the team prepares to move higher up the valley. IMG guide Mark Allen reports on the second full day in Namche that the weather has turned rainy and overcast, so they are exploring the town today, before moving up, tomorrow. Yesterday the team trekked north towards to […]
Ama Dablam
Nepal Trekkers & Climbers Reach Namche
October 15, 2010 Ang Jangbu and Mark Allen report that the team has successfully climbed up the “Namche Hill†from the river valley to Namche Bazaar, the main town of the Khumbu. Now they are at 11,000 feet, so it’s time to hang out for a few days while allowing the body to catch up […]
Trekkers, Lobuche & Ama Dablam Climbers En Route
October 14, 2010 IMG Senior guide Mark Allen reports from Nepal that everything has gone smoothly for the autumn IMG team which consists of some Everest Base Camp trekkers, Lobuche (20,075ft) climbers and some Ama Dablam (22,494ft) climbers. This morning everyone flew successfully to Lukla (about 9400’) and all their duffels made it in too, […]
IMG Team Summits Ama Dablam and Returns to BC
October 27, 2009 IMG guide Justin Merle reports that everyone is safe and sound after a very successful summit day. Congrats to the climbers! They left Camp 2 at 4am and reached the summit a bit after 10am. Then they descended to Camp 2 by about 2pm, and were feeling good, so they kept moving […]
Ama Dablam Climbers at C2 Positioned for Summit Bid
October 26, 2009 Justin Merle called on the sat phone to say that today they were able to move up to Camp 2. The weather and conditions remain good and the ridge was in good shape for climbing. Their plan is to make an alpine start tomorrow morning and try to go for the summit […]
Ama Dablam Climbers Move Up
October 26, 2009 Justin Merle called on the sat phone from Camp 1 to report that the team moved up to there today. The weather and conditions are good and if all goes well, they will move up to Camp 2 tomorrow. —Eric
Ama Dablam Climbers Reach Base Camp
October 22, 2009 IMG leader Justin Merle reports that the Ama Dablam team is now at the base camp. After hiking to Everest BC and climbing Lobuche Peak for acclimatization, and a couple days of rest in Dingboche, they are all set and ready to start climbing. Ang Pasang and Ang Tshering have the Ama […]
IMG Climbers Summit Lobuche Peak, Nepal
October 19, 2009 Justin Merle called on the sat phone to say the climbers successfully climbed Lobuche. He reports that the snow conditions were excellent up high and the weather has been good. They used about 400m of fixed rope going up to the ridge and had a nice summit day. Now they have now […]
IMG Himalayan Team in Dingboche, Nepal
October 13, 2009 IMG Leader Justin Merle reports from Dingboche that the team is doing well. Today they are enjoying a rest day, with some day hikes, the last internet contact for a few days, and hot showers. The weather has been normal for the autumn trekking season, with sunny mornings for the most part, […]
Ama Dablam Update
October 10, 2009 IMG Leader Justin Merle reports from Namche Bazaar that everyone arrived yesterday in good shape. Today they visited the weekly market and did some acclimatization hiking. Everything is going well and the team expects to move up the valley tomorrow to Tengboche monastery. Eric Simonson