October 4, 2011 Just talked to Mike Hamill on the sat phone. Everyone summited the 8008m Central Summit of Shishapangma and are back to C3. Now they are breaking down the camp and will continue descending today to one of the lower camps. He said the conditions today were difficult with lots of trailbreaking. Congrats to […]
October 3, 2011 Mike Hamill reports by sat phone from Shishapangma that the weather is looking better and that the team is moving up to Camp 3 today, and the sherpas are also doing some fixing above Camp 3. Hopefully tomorrow is decent weather and conditions, in which case they will take a shot at […]
September 30, 2011 Ang Jangbu reports that a number of teams attempted to summit today on Cho Oyu, but they hit deep snow above the Yellow Band, and turned back. Max and the IMG climbers were at Camp 2 ready to go to Camp 3, but they have decided not to push their luck with […]
September 29, 2011 Ang Jangbu reports that the teams are moving up now on Cho Oyu and Shishapangma. On Cho Oyu, the IMG climbers moved up to Camp 2 today and so far everything is going well for them. On Shishapangma, the Sherpas went to Camp 1 today to get that camp dug out, and […]
September 27, 2011 I spoke to IMG guides Mike Hamill on Shishapangma and Max Bunce on Cho Oyu. The big snowstorm has ended, but it remains windy, so there is lots of snow getting scoured from the upper slopes. The team members are waiting to see if the conditions improve. Our forecast has the jet […]
September 25, 2011 The pesky low pressure that was supposed to move east has stalled just south of the Himalayas, causing more wind and snowfall. I spoke on the sat phone to both the Cho Oyu and Shishapangma teams, and both groups have pulled back down to ABC — after moving up to Camp 1. […]
September 23, 2011 Ang Jangbu reports that the Korean team fixed above Camp 3 today and went on to reach the summit of Cho Oyu, so that is good news, the route is open to the top! Five IMG sherpas slept at Camp 1 last night and are carrying to Camp 3 today. Walter, […]
September 20, 2011 IMG guide Mike Hamill reports that IMG’s Kami Sherpa and a couple Sherpas from another team, have managed to fix ropes up to Camp 3 and they are now on their way down for a rest. Mike and the IMG team are all doing well back down at Base Camp, where they […]
September 17, 2011 Max, Lisa, Markus, Dan and Danuru are sleeping at Camp 2. They will sleep in a bit in the morning and come back down to ABC tomorrow. Walter, Alois, Heidi and Ang Pasang are at Camp 1. Karma Rita will leave ABC early and meet Walter’s team and climb to Camp 2 […]
September 15, 2011 IMG guide Mike Hamill reports by sat phone that the Shishapangma team are all safely back down to ABC, after their Camp 2 rotation. Camp 2 is now well established at 22,800 feet. Starting tomorrow, the sherpas are heading back up to start working on the route to Camp 3 (about 24,500 […]
