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 […]
March 26, 2015 The IMG team members and guides have begun arriving in Kathmandu. Yesterday the first group of trekkers and Hybrid team climbers did gear checks and finished packing, followed by their first team dinner. This morning everyone was up early to fly to Lukla. The weather up in Lukla is good, but in […]
March 3, 2015 With a nod to the old time weather report on Radio Nepal (and Ed Webster’s Everest book), we can report that we had a big dose of snow in Khumbu the last few days. Thanks to IMG climber Warren Wilhide’s support, Phunuru and Nima Karma had a great time at the American […]
December 10, 2014 There have been some recent assertions in the media that many Everest climbers are all jacked up on performance enhancing drugs. Speaking on behalf of the guides here at IMG who go to Everest every year, our experience is the exact opposite. Other than maybe using some Diamox on the first few […]
November 10, 2014 Elizabeth Hawley, Nepal’s iconic reporter, sets the record straight on the most tumultuous decades in Nepal’s political history. Ask any accomplished Himalayan mountaineer, “Who is the preeminent keeper of summit facts?†and they will answer, “Elizabeth Hawleyâ€. Since the early 1960s, Hawley has filed detailed reports on some 80,000 ascents – a […]
