April 16, 2021 Up and down the Khumbu Valley, our IMG Teams woke up to snowfall this morning.  Up on Everest the Carry Team were heading for Camp 2, but decided to drop their loads at Camp 1 and returned to EBC for the day. The Camp 2 Staff were also heading up, but decided […]
April 15, 2021 Team 2 started the day with another Puja under beautiful skies. Team Leader Kevin Kayl reports the team is doing great after a couple days of good training and a few nights of good sleep at Everest Base Camp. After the Puja, the team headed down valley to Lobuche Base Camp to […]
April 4, 2021 Ang Jangbu reports from Everest Base Camp that our Teams are enjoying perfect weather for climbing and training! Down at Lobuche Peak we had 100% Team 1 success this morning with all climbers and guides standing on top, enjoying a fantastic view of Everest. They said that there is now only room […]
April 12, 2021 It has been busy over the weekend at Everest Base Camp. Expedition Leader Jonathan Schrock reports that Team 1 did some excellent training on the Lower Khumbu Glacier to fine tune their crampon and fixed rope skills, before heading back down to Lobuche Base Camp for their acclimatization climb of Lobuche Peak. […]
April 9, 2021 IMG Expedition Leader Jonathan Schrock checked in with great news from Everest Base Camp. Team 1 pulled into EBC at the six hour mark. Everyone is happy to be at Base Camp with a full belly from Kaji’s cooking. All members of the IMG Team, including climbers, trekkers and Nepalese staff have […]
April 4, 2021 The IMG Teams are doing great in Pheriche, Lobuche Base Camp and Everest Base Camp. Team 2 took a hike up the hill behind Pheriche and are planning on moving up hill to Lobuche BC in the morning. Team 1 also hiked back up towards high camp and are feeling great. They […]
April 4, 2021 Ang Jangbu got a call through this morning from Everest Base Camp to let us know the internet is up and running and all is well up and down the valley. Dawa Tenzing and Sherpa Fura had a great day climbing to Camp 2 yesterday to secure our campsites and recon the […]
April 6, 2021 We received welcome news overnight that Sherpas Fura and Dawa Tenzing successfully reached Camp 2 yesterday and returned back to Base Camp. They report the route up the Khumbu Icefall is in good shape and that our Camps 1 and 2 are secured. Well done! Lower down both our IMG Teams were […]
April 4, 2021 IMG Expedition Leader Jonathan Schrock checked in this morning to let us know that all is well up and down the Khumbu Valley with our IMG Teams. Yesterday, Team 1 followed the Sherpa tradition of meeting with Lama Ngawang Paljur at the Pangboche monastery for a blessing, before heading on up to […]
April 1, 2021 We received  welcome updates overnight from both of the IMG Teams.  Down in Phaplu the Team 2 was up early looking at the weather and standing by for their helicopter flights to Lukla.  The team made a great decision to head out of KTM by vehicle in order to get to higher […]
