September 23, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill reports that the team has now descended from Camp 2 to Base Camp.  Sounds like it was starting to get windy up high, this morning, with blowing snow. Now that the team is all down, we will discuss their options, and make a final decision about the expedition […]
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Manaslu Climbers Holding At Camp 2
September 23, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill made it back to Camp 2 and rejoined the IMG Team, after helping with the response to the avalanche at Camp 3. The IMG team is all doing well at Camp 2 and will spend another night there. Their plan is to descend to Base Camp in the […]
Avalanche Hits Camp 3; IMG Team Is All Well At C2
September 22, 2012 IMG Manaslu leader Mike Hamill reports that about 4:30am (local time) a serac fell triggering a slide that hit Camp 3. The IMG team is at Camp 2 and they are all safe and sound. Mike and several other guides are now responding to Camp 3 to assist.   We’ll be waiting for […]
Manaslu Climbers At Camp 2
September 22, 2012 Mike just called from Camp 2 to report that they pulled into camp between 11:00-11.30AM and that the team is doing well and the route conditions were good. Â He estimates that 150 people have now been up and down this section now, so it is well kicked-in. Â Sherpas carried oxygen from Base […]
Manaslu Climbers Heading Up
September 20, 2012 IMG leader Mike Hamill reported by sat phone that the team took a good hike today to get the cobwebs worked out from their storm days. Â A number of teams did move up to Camp 1 today, and some sherpas from another team reached Camp 2 and report that the tents and […]
Manaslu Weather Improving
September 19, 2012 IMG’s weather forecaster Michael Fagin reports that the monsoon is starting to retreat from the Indian subcontinent. Good news! Ang Jangbu reported it rained hard for 50 straight hours in Kathmandu, but that now it is sunny and drying out. The satellite photo shows the moisture starting to move out of the […]
The Big Dig At Camp 1
September 18, 2012 We took another rest day today while the Sherpa team went up to Camp 1 to dig out the tents and pull the fixed lines out of the snow. There’s 6 inches of fresh snow here at Base Camp but the Sherpa reported a meter at Camp 1. The good news is […]
Manaslu Climbers Waiting At Base Camp
September 17, 2012 We are waiting at Base Camp for the weather to improve before heading up the mountain for our second rotation. We have had several days of rain and snow now, so hopefully it will start drying out soon! Our goal for this next rotation is to spend 4 nights on the mountain […]
Manaslu Climbers Back To Base Camp
September 14, 2012 Mike Hamill reports that the team all made it back to Base Camp after their trip up to Camp 2. Now they have a couple well-earned rest days to look forward to. Timing is good, because we may have a bit of bad weather coming. The plan for the second acclimatization is […]
Manaslu Climbers Tag Camp 2
September 12, 2012 The Manaslu team made it up to Camp 2 today for acclimatization, and then returned to Camp 1 for sleeping tonight. Mingma Tenzing and Chewang carried up another ladder to help fix the route below Camp 2. Sounds like the weather is OK, but we are keeping out eye on the forecast…there […]