October 10, 2012 IMG senior guide Justin Merle reports from Nepal that the team headed out from Kathmandu early this morning. After traveling halfway around the world, surviving a 4:30am wake up call, early breakfast, bus loading, then several hours of driving west to Besisahar, it was great to finally hit the trail. They start […]
November 2, 2011 Eben Reckord shot us a call and a team photo to say everyone was now back safe and sound to Kathmandu. Yesterday the team flew from Jomsom to Pohkara, and had a fun day exploring that town, known for the great views of the Annapaurnas from the shore of Dal Lake.  Today […]
October 30, 2011 Guides Eben Reckord and Charlotte Austin reported from Muktinath, where they are taking a rest day after crossing the Thorung La Pass yesterday. Today they visited the famous temple, which is a sacred place for both Buddhists and Hindus, and the goal of many pilgrims. They had great views of Dhaulagiri, the […]
October 27, 2011 Justin Merle called last night from the summit of Lobuche Peak to report that the weather was perfect, the view fantastic, and the team 100% on the top. Way to go gang! Since that call, we later heard from Justin that the climbers were all back to Lobuche Base Camp (and the […]
October 25, 2011 IMG guide Justin Merle reports that the Lobuche team had a nice rest day today, and are moving up to high camp tomorrow. Everyone is doing well. Â Among the EBC trekkers we had Phil, Ray, and Greg fly this morning from Pheriche by helicopter to Lukla, then on to Kathmandu, while the […]
Annapurna Trekker Jacqueline found the internet in Jomson and sends this report: “the team is happy and healthy at a hotel in Jomson, right by the airport. We had a very windy stroll in, but it was a great final day of walking. We’re all hoping the climbers are having similar success up on Chulu. […]
October 22, 2011 Eben Reckord reports by sat phone that the weather today was greatly improved after the snowstorm that came through yesterday. The Annapurna Trekkers were able to successfully cross east to west over the famous Thorung La pass (17,769 ft / 5416m) which links the Manang area with Muktinath. The trekkers started before […]
October 21, 2011 We heard overnight from Justin Merle and the Everest/Lobuche/Ama Dablam team. They all moved to Lobuche Base Camp today. Sounds like some weather has moved in and it was snowing in Khumbu today, and they have 8 inches of fresh snow on the ground. The Annapurna/Chulu team also checked in, and they […]
October 19, 2011 We heard overnight from both Justin Merle and his EBC/Lobuch/Ama Dablam team, and Eben Reckord and the Annapurna team, and it sounds like everyone is doing well! Justin says his team had a good hike today from Deboche to Pangboche, where they visited Lama Geshe at the monastery. After lunch, they pushed […]
October 18, 2011 IMG guide Eben Reckord managed to send a couple nice shots to us today, including one of Manaslu (26,759 ft, the 8th highest)  and also of Annapurna II (26,040 ft, the 16th highest) and Annapurna IV (24,688 ft). The team is doing well, and they are currently exploring the Tibetan style village […]
