November 3, 2011 Justin Merle reports by sat phone that the Ama Dablam climbers all moved up higher today, and the weather is hanging in there. Down lower it has been all socked in, with no Lukla flights for three days (the Lobuche climbers got out to KTM on the last flight before the weather […]
Ama Dablam
Ama Dablam Climbers Move To Camp 2
November 2, 2011 Justin Merle reports by sat phone that Peter, Doug, Billy, Chewang, and Nima Karma moved up to Camp 2 today, while Justin and Mark moved up to Camp 1. The route to Camp 2 is mainly rock climbing, along the ridge, punctuated but the “Yellow Tower†which requires a short near vertical […]
Ama Dablam Climbers Reach Camp 1
November 1, 2011 Justin Merle reports by sat phone that Peter, Doug, Roger, Billy, Chewang Lendu, Nima Karma, and Kami all made it up to Camp 1 today (19350 ft / 5900m).  They will see how they are feeling tomorrow—they may go to Camp 2 or take a rest day. Justin is at BC with […]
Annapurna Crew In Muktinath, Ama Dablam Climbers To Base Camp
October 30, 2011 Guides Eben Reckord and Charlotte Austin reported from Muktinath, where they are taking a rest day after crossing the Thorung La Pass yesterday. Today they visited the famous temple, which is a sacred place for both Buddhists and Hindus, and the goal of many pilgrims. They had great views of Dhaulagiri, the […]
Summits!
October 27, 2011 Justin Merle called last night from the summit of Lobuche Peak to report that the weather was perfect, the view fantastic, and the team 100% on the top. Way to go gang! Since that call, we later heard from Justin that the climbers were all back to Lobuche Base Camp (and the […]
Nepal Trekkers Heading For Kathmandu; Climbers Moving Up
October 25, 2011 IMG guide Justin Merle reports that the Lobuche team had a nice rest day today, and are moving up to high camp tomorrow. Everyone is doing well. Â Among the EBC trekkers we had Phil, Ray, and Greg fly this morning from Pheriche by helicopter to Lukla, then on to Kathmandu, while the […]
Weather Improves, Annapurna Team Over Thorung La
October 22, 2011 Eben Reckord reports by sat phone that the weather today was greatly improved after the snowstorm that came through yesterday. The Annapurna Trekkers were able to successfully cross east to west over the famous Thorung La pass (17,769 ft / 5416m) which links the Manang area with Muktinath. The trekkers started before […]
Snow Day In Nepal
October 21, 2011 We heard overnight from Justin Merle and the Everest/Lobuche/Ama Dablam team. They all moved to Lobuche Base Camp today. Sounds like some weather has moved in and it was snowing in Khumbu today, and they have 8 inches of fresh snow on the ground. The Annapurna/Chulu team also checked in, and they […]
Ama Dablam Up Close
October 20, 2011
Nepal Teams Making Good Progress
October 19, 2011 We heard overnight from both Justin Merle and his EBC/Lobuch/Ama Dablam team, and Eben Reckord and the Annapurna team, and it sounds like everyone is doing well! Justin says his team had a good hike today from Deboche to Pangboche, where they visited Lama Geshe at the monastery. After lunch, they pushed […]