August 28, 2011 IMG Leaders Craig John, Mike Hamill, and Ang Jangbu report that after two nights in Tingri (14000+ feet) and a good day of acclimatization hiking yesterday to over 15000 feet, the two IMG teams have now officially split and headed for their Base Camps! For Mike Hamill and the Shishapangma climbers, they […]
August 26, 2011 Eric, We’re about to hop in the vehicles here in Nyalam, and to head to Tingri.  The teams are healthy and acclimatizing well. Yesterday we took a longer hike gaining a few thousand feet. The weather is clear and sunny; much better than this time last year, so hopefully it holds and the monsoons […]
August 24, 2011 Ang Jangbu reports that the team successfully drove up the rugged Bhote Kosi gorge and have now reached Nyalam (a little over 12000 feet). Tomorrow he will send four Shishapangma sherpas to Shishapangma BC and eight of the Cho Oyu sherpas on to Cho Oyu BC, to start getting those camps set […]
August 23, 2011 I talked with Jangbu a while ago, and he reports that all the members, Sherpas, and luggage has all reached Zhangmu! This is great news, and it means that everything is proceeding on schedule. Just getting to Tibet is no small feat, and it sounds like the team had some issues en […]
August 22, 2011 The Cho Oyu and Shishapangma teams got their visas today from the Chinese Embassy and we are all scheduled leave the hotel at 6AM tomorrow morning. There was a land slide yesterday 7 km before Kodari (on the Nepal side of the border) down near the hydro dam. They tried to clear […]
August 21, 2011 Ang Jangbu reports from Kathmandu that all of our Cho Oyu and Shishapangma climbers and their bags have arrived safely in Kathmandu—always a great way to start an expedition! The Sherpas have now finished packing all the food and equipment into yak loads. They loaded the truck this evening, which will depart […]
September 28, 2010 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports from ABC that all members and Sherpas are now down, and the equipment has all been carried down. They are packing up and leaving on the 30th, and expecting to be back to Kathmandu on the 1st. Mike gave some more details on the turnaround decision. It […]
September 27, 2010 IMG leader Mike Hamill called on the sat phone to report that the weather is good and the team made it up to C1 in fine shape. Yesterday the fixing sherpas made it up to C2 and today they climbed to C3 to check the snow conditions higher up and fix the […]
September 25, 2010 Mike Hamill reports that they have had several days of improved weather now, so the team is hopeful that the snow conditions are stabilizing up higher. Â We have now extended the expedition past the planned itinerary, and unfortunately some members have been forced to depart due to previous commitments. The remaining climbers […]
September 23, 2010 Mike Hamill checked in late yesterday to report that the team turned back short of C1 and they have how returned back to ABC. They were hoping the snowfall was going to let up, but it kept coming down harder, and they decided to spin and wait for more improvement before heading […]
