October 14, 2015 The 3 x 3 Trek with Lobuche Climb started their adventure up the Khumbu Valley today. All members and gear made it to Lukla. It is not an incredibly long day on the trail but for a first day, the scenery is amazing. The team is doing fantastic and are very excited […]
October 10, 2015 Eric and the Mera Team are back in Kathmandu after a great trek and climb. Up the Hinku Valley to Mera La and then turn and get the summit. Summit day was a long one for the team as they decided to bypass High Camp and go straight to the summit and […]
October 5, 2015 The Dolpo Trek and the Mera peak trek are both doing great! Reports from Dolpo are that is feels like the Monsoon has moved completely out of the area. This is great news! The team camped at over 15,500 feet and are gearing up for a long day of high pass trekking […]
September 30, 2015 Eric checked in from the village of Khote. “This was a wild day on the trail! We lost about 3000 feet and then gained it all back on our way up to Khote.†This was an awesome trekking day for the team. Khote is a regular village on the map… basically, […]
September 29, 2015 Great conversation with Eric Simonson on the trail. All is well as the team heads towards Mera Peak. The weather cleared up for them a bit yesterday and they could see up the Valley. Eric said the “trail†is challenging. “There just does not seem to be a ton of traffic […]
September 28, 2015 IMG Partner Eric Simonson checked in last night from just above Pangom (9,000 feet) in the Hinku Valley. That’s right, IMG Himalayan Program Director Eric Simonson is in Nepal and looking forward to climbing Mera Peak in the next couple weeks. Mera Peak is a moderate climb by Himalayan standards (21,000ft / […]
August 31, 2015 We are pleased to report that the rebuilding in Nepal is proceeding at a good pace. Phunuru says that almost all the lodges in Khumbu have now been fixed and are ready for the autumn trekking season. Many homes in the various Khumbu villages have also now been rebuilt, but there is […]
May 12, 2015 Just when I was starting to think that there was a light at the end of the tunnel, Nepal has today been rocked by another earthquake. Â This one was focused to the east of Kathmandu, about halfway to Mt Everest. Â Ang Jangbu, Pasang, and our staff in Kathmandu report that it was […]
May 1, 2015 Many of you have asked “How can we help in Nepal?â€Â We appreciate your concern. There are a lot of good charities doing fine work over there, so that is certainly an option for you to consider. A lot of homes in the Khumbu area have been destroyed, including those belonging […]
April 3, 2014 IMG has worked with the Chinese Mountaineering Association (CMA) since the 1980’s so it was no surprise that they got in touch recently to see if we could send over a couple of our IMG guides for a mountaineering safety seminar. Every year CMA hosts this meeting, and for 2015 it was […]
