April, 10th 2025 The team’s acclimatization schedule, by first trekking up to Everest Base Camp, paid off for them and they had a sweet climb this morning to the true summit of Lobuche East Peak (6119m; 20,075ft). Phunuru reports the team started yesterday down at Lobuche village, from where they ascended to the high camp. […]
April 3rd, 2025 The team had an active rest day in Pheriche yesterday, with both some hiking and resting! Today the team trekked higher up the valley, to Dzongla (4800m; 15,700 ft) on the trail towards the Cho La Pass which leads to Gokyo. Kusang Tshering reports the team are now all tucked into a […]
April 1st, 2025 The Lobuche team overnighted in Phortse, before moving up to Pangboche via the high trail on the west side of the Khumbu valley. This is a more rugged trail with great views along the way. Everyone is doing well, and today they continued their ascent to Pheriche (4,371 m;14,340 ft) where they […]
March 25, 2025 Good news, the weather cleared up and Sonam Dorje received our three sling loads of gear flown up from Thaksindu to Shyangboche. This is located above Namche Bazaar at 12,402 ft / 3,780 m. The loads were flown in by an AS350 B3 helicopter, which is commonly used in Nepal for flying to high […]
9 March, 2023 An Everest expedition starts long before the climbers and trekkers show up in Nepal, and our Sherpa team have now been working for several months on the preparations. In Kathmandu Ang Jangbu reports that they have now received our big initial food shipment. These items are now being repacked into loads and […]
