October 20, 2017 Our final team of the autumn trekking season in Nepal all safely arrived in Lukla (9300ft.) with all of their duffel bags. A great start to an Everest Base Camp + Gokyo Loop Trek! After a cup of tea in Lukla, they hit the trail and are now in Phakding (8500ft.). […]
August 7, 2017 From: Vishali Karnik Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 8:37 AM To: Greg Vernovage Cc: Bhushan Karnik Subject: EBC 2017 Trek Feedback Hi Greg and team, Me & Bhushan wanted to thank the entire IMG team for an providing us an outstanding service during our 2017 Everest Base Camp Sherpa Trek. The entire […]
July 24, 2017 You might wonder what a high altitude sherpa climber from Nepal might be doing this summer. Well, IMG Guide Phunuru Sherpa was in Yosemite Valley this past week training with the National Park Service Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) Team. He reports a lot of great climbing and training up in the […]
Things are really starting to pick up in Nepal. The first wave of Everest guides, climbers and trekkers are arriving in Kathmandu today. IMG Expedition Leader Greg Vernovage and IMG Guide Dallas Glass arrived earlier this morning (Pacific Standard Time)…with all of their duffels. Always a great way to start an expedition.  Their primary objective […]
March 10, 2017 Lead guide Craig John spent a second weekend with Justin C. doing some final training for the upcoming Everest expedition. Here you see Justin working on fixed rope technique on moderate angle ice. Just like it will be heading up the fixed ropes on the Lhotse Face! Mt Washington and the ice […]
February 27, 2017 Today is the Tibetan New Year holiday of Losar, celebrated by our Sherpas in Nepal. Now that our airfreight shipments of food, gear, and oxygen have all arrived and been packed up, our Nepal team has been packing up the food and gear which they are purchasing locally. Ang Jangbu reports that […]
February 22, 2017 Ang Jangbu reports from Kathmandu that the big oxygen shipment arrived to Nepal safely from California and has now been cleared through customs. The sherpa team has been repacking the cylinders using more foam so they are well protected for the trip to Everest Base Camp on the yaks!  Next up for […]
February 16, 2017 This week was a prep week for the 2017 Everest Expedition.  Let’s take a peek behind the curtain: Phase 1: Gather Materials Over the past few months we’ve been putting together all the gear needed for the expedition. We’re talking tents, gear for the sherpas, guide duffle bags, upgrades to existing equipment, […]
January 4, 2017 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 […]
November 29, 2016 Ang Jangbu checked in from Kathmandu a couple of days ago to let us know that Ang Pasang and Nuru Gyalzen trekked up the valley to our gear storage room in Gorakshep to give our big batteries a charge. They fired up a couple of our Honda generators to top up the […]
