April 3, 2024 Ang Jangbu reports that Team 1 had a great acclimatization day in Pheriche. Most of the team members went up Ngartsang Ri for an acclimatization hike while a few took it easy and did shorter walks around town. The team also had a chance to visit the HRA clinic, which does a […]
April 2nd, 2024– The weather has been good the last couple days and our Sherpas at Everest BC are almost finished with building our Camp. They report that the Icefall doctors working on the route in the Khumbu Icefall have now reached above the Football Field and will have the route open to Camp 1 […]
March 30, 2024 Happy Easter from Team 1 & 2! Team 1 had a lovely hike from Khunde to Phortse today where they will spend the rest of the day and night. They were able to visit the Khumbu Climbing Center where many of our Sherpa team train year-round when not on expeditions. The team […]
March 30, 2024 – The weather cleared up today and Team 1 got the big view of Everest that they were hoping for, from Shyangboche (above Namche). From there they continued on to Khunde village where they were hosted for tea at the home of our longtime IMG trek guide Sonam. After that they visited […]
March 29th, 2024– Phunuru Sherpa reports from Kathmandu that the Team 2 had a good day today. They did the gear checks and got packed up, with the climber’s base camp duffels getting sent on ahead direct to Base Camp. This evening they had a nice welcome dinner at the Hotel, and are all set […]
March 28th, 2024– Ang Jangbu reports from Namche that Team 1 had a nice hike today, with fine weather and rhododendrons blooming along the trail. The team departed Phakding and hiked for a couple hours up to Monjo, which is the official Sagarmatha Park entrance. After going through the formalities associated with entering the Park, […]
March 27th, 2024– Ang Jangbu reports that Team 1 flew by helicopters this morning to Lukla (about 9300 ft), then had a nice hike today to Phakding (about 8500 ft) which is located down in the valley on the bank of the Dudh Kosi River. It’s always great to get to Phakding, after traveling halfway […]
March 26th, 2024– Great news, Ang Jangbu and Phunuru report from Kathmandu that Everest Team 1 have all arrived with their luggage and are doing well. This morning they all got together at the hotel for their pre-trek briefing. They will spend the remainder of the day doing some sightseeing and getting packed up. This […]
March 14th, 2024– Our second load of food and equipment is heading for Khumbu! Today the Kathmandu team shuttled gear to the outskirts of Kathmandu, where they loaded up a big truck (only smaller trucks are allowed inside the city). This gear is heading for Taksindu, the town at the end of the road, and […]
March 11, 2024 Ang Jangbu Sherpa reports that we got our big food order delivered in Kathmandu and our cooks, Kaji and Nima, with help of other trek Sherpas, started packing. The plan is to send the loads by truck to Thaksindu (the end of the road, down the valley from Lukla), and then from […]
