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 […]
May 24, 2016 Before IMG Everest Expedition Leader Greg Vernovage left for Nepal he left behind a box of Swedish Fish for the office to crack open should the IMG Everest Team reach the summit. We’re happy to report that we opened the box yesterday! If you’ve been hiding under a rock and missed […]
March 26, 2016 We had a great day in Kathmandu. It started off with a cup of early morning coffee with a few of the gang downstairs at the Hotel Tibet working through our jet lag. Then, we sent all the climbers’ Base Camp duffels out the door after breakfast to start their journey to […]
January 14, 2016 IMG’s 2016 Everest Expedition is just around the corner and we have a good looking team shaping up. Leader Greg Vernovage will be joined by IMG guides Justin Merle, Emily Johnston, Josh McDowell, and Mike Hamill for our annual expedition. Ang Jangbu reports from Nepal that he sent IMG sherpas Chewang Lendu […]
