August 31, 2010 IMG Guide Justin Merle On August 16th I met Ari and Brook in the town of Marblemount to prepare for 4 days of challenging alpine climbing. Looking at the great weather forecast, we pared down our gear to make our packs as light as possible. Our objective was to climb Mount Torment, […]
August 31, 2010 Mike Hamill reports from Cho Oyu BC at about 15,500 feet that everyone is doing very well. Today the team took another acclimatization hike and the Sherpas continued to pack up yak loads and get ready to move to Advanced Base Camp (ABC). Later in the afternoon they had some rain with […]
August 30, 2010 IMG Cho Oyu team leader Mike Hamill reports by sat phone from Cho Oyu Base Camp that the team is doing well and the base camp is looking good after the Sherpas went ahead and got it established. After travelling halfway around the world the team is all looking forward to spending […]
August 28, 2010 Tingri with Cho Oyu in the background. Mike Hamill reports that the team had two good acclimatization nights in Nyalam with a nice hike yesterday. Weather is good. Today the climbers reached Tingri (over 14,000 feet) and the Sherpas continued on and have now established the Base Camp. Other than a few […]
August 27, 2010 Our IMG Cho Oyu Sirdar, Ang Passang, called at 07:30 Nepal time this morning to inform everyone is doing well and that they have now reached Nyalam (12,300 feet) where the members will spend two nights to acclimatize. Tomorrow the Sherpas will push on to Tingri, to get in position to start […]
August, 26, 2010 Guest Blogger Rick Saez from JanSport dropped us a line this morning with a sweet photo taken inside Mt. Rainier National Park earlier this week so we asked him to crank out a blog post for us… Mt. Rainier moonset and spectacular wildflowers (Photo by Rick Saez- JanSport) Derrick and I had […]
August 26, 2010 Phil called via sat phone from Agua Calientes, where the team enjoyed the night cleaning up after their successful trek. After some last minute shopping this morning, they will hop a two-hour train heading towards Cusco, then connect with their private bus to finish the trip. A great end to a great […]
August 25, 2010 Ang Passang called at 07:30 Nepal time this morning to inform everyone is doing well and they are on their way to Nyalam where the members will spend two nights to acclimatize. Ang Jangbu
August 25, 2010 Phil called in to report all is well in Peru. Today the walk on the trail came to a narrow flight of stone steps leading upwards into a small stone structure. This is Intipunku, and through the rectangular doorway, they could see the ruins of Machu Picchu. From Intipunku, a pathway led […]
Ang Jangbu reports that the team reached Kodari border OK this morning. They had some delay between Barabise and Kodari due to a landslide overnight but managed to get through and did not have to switch to different bus on the other side. The team had lunch in Kodari while Raju and CMA staff did […]
