September 22, 2010 Mike Hamill reported in yesterday evening: “We’re pulling the trigger. We just finished breakfast and are headed to C1 in a few minutes. It’s snowing a bit this morning as predicted, but it should be a lot drier for the rest of the week. We’re shooting for the 25th as our summit day. The […]
Archive: September, 2010
Kili Team Down Safely
September 21, 2010 Phil called in at 9:30 am (PDT) The group is down off Kili, it was a beautiful day for descending the mountain and now they are enjoying a beautiful sunset view of Kili from the Hotel. All are well and they are looking forward to departing on safari in the morning. Phil
Cho Oyu Rope Fixing Update
September 20, 2010 IMG Leader Mike Hamill reports from ABC that “the weather has improved and the IMG team is still resting at ABC.  Our plan is to summit on the 25th, so another rest day tomorrow and then we’ll head up. We had a rope fixing meeting with all the other teams at the TMA [Tibet […]
Kili Team Summits
September 20, 2010 Phil called in at 8:30 a.m. (PDT) All are well after a successful summit, and they are back down off the upper mountain resting at Mweka Camp. Everyone who departed high camp summitted, with 10 customers standing on the top of Uhuru Peak at 19,340’. It was a great day on top, […]
Kili Team Going For Summit Tomorrow
September 19, 2010 Phil called in to report that the team made it to High Camp in good form! The weather has been just shy of perfect so they’re set up for success tonight & tomorrow as they head for the summit. “Kind of a boring report, but that’s a good thing!” Tye Chapman
Cho Oyu Weather Update
September 18, 2010 IMG Leader Mike Hamill reports that the weather has improved a bit and the TMA team got the injured Tibetan climber out last night and he is stable with just a broken rib. We are hoping to get some climbers back up to finish the fixing above C3 once the slopes have stabilized […]
Perfect Weather As Kili Team Reaches Barranco
September 17, 2010 Phil called in at 8:30am (PST) More of the same, another good day today and the weather is still great! We’re at Barranco at 13,000’ the group is all doing well. Today was a 6 ½ hour day; a bit of up and down. Tomorrow we’ll cross the Breach Wall, a fun […]
Cho Oyu Update – Snowy Conditions
September 17, 2010 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports from ABC that the weather at Cho Oyu is bad today, with wind and snowfall. Our team members are at ABC hanging out, where there has not been too much accumulation of snow.  Mike reports that several of the TMA climbers were trying to fix in the […]
Cho Oyu Climbers Finish Camp 2 Rotation
September 16, 2010 Mike Hamill reports: “The team has now returned to ABC from a successful acclimatization rotation to C2. The weather has been excellent but after returning the wind picked up and we’ve had snow since.  We are now hoping to head up on a summit bid after 4 days of rest, weather depending. […]
Kili Team At Shira Camp
September 16, 2010 Phil called in at 6:35am (PST) We had another good day today. We’re at Shira Camp at 12,500’. Weather was perfect again today, chapter two of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, not too hot, not to cold, it was just right! Today was a relatively short day and tomorrow will be a […]