{"id":24422,"date":"2020-04-01T14:09:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24422"},"modified":"2020-04-01T14:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:09:13","slug":"please-help-the-img-sherpas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2020\/04\/01\/img-news\/please-help-the-img-sherpas\/","title":{"rendered":"Please help the IMG Sherpas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We sincerely hope that all members of the IMG family are safe and healthy during this very trying time throughout the world.\u00c2\u00a0 This family is no stranger to adversity, as we learned in 2014 and then again in 2015 when Everest climbers and Sherpa were involved in the avalanches and earthquake. \u00c2\u00a0It was a terrible time for Nepal and the Sherpa villages in the Khumbu.\u00c2\u00a0 Through the generosity of our IMG customers and friends we received contributions from nearly 300 individuals, totaling over $100,000, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-south15.shtml\">100% of this money was sent to Nepal<\/a> to provide support to over 90 IMG Sherpa families for their rebuilding efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are reaching out again to help our Sherpa friends in Nepal.\u00c2\u00a0 Their local economy has been totally wiped out by the Covid-19 shutdown of the entire country, and many families are in great need.\u00c2\u00a0 IMG is making a big effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-south20.shtml\">support our Sherpa Team in Nepal<\/a>, including paying salary to Sherpas who had committed to climbing with IMG this spring.\u00c2\u00a0 Your generosity will enable us to push our support further down the chain to the many unsung people who make such a difference.\u00c2\u00a0 This Sherpa Team means a great deal to me, and until we are able to return to the great mountains of the Himalaya, they need some help from us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24423\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24422]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24423\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Greg-with-Sherpa-Team-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMG Sherpa Team 2017 (Greg Vernovage)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Please join our other Heroes and consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-south20.shtml\">donating to our Sherpa Fund<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We sincerely hope that all members of the IMG family are safe and healthy during this very trying time throughout the world.\u00c2\u00a0 This family is no stranger to adversity, as we learned in 2014 and then again in 2015 when Everest climbers and Sherpa were involved in the avalanches and earthquake. \u00c2\u00a0It was a terrible 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