May 4, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Pfafman reports that her team started the day in Chomrong and finished up in Landruk. She says they “had a great day of trekking, with hot springs in the morning, lunch and a nice walk”. Tomorrow they will trek a short distance, then hit the road that is now […]
May 2, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Pfafman reports that her team successfully reached Annapurna Base Camp this morning. They had rain overnight, but the weather cleared for them and they were able to get the big views that they were hoping for. Annapurna is the world’s tenth highest mountain and was the first 8000m peak […]
May 1, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Fogle reports that today the team trekked up the narrowing valley past Hinku Cave and Deurali (where the climbing route for Hiunchuli starts). Now, for the night, they are at the “Machapuchare Base Camp” site at over 12,000 feet, ensconced in a small lodge. This is the point […]
April 30, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Pfafman was able to send some team pictures from Chomrong before they entered the deep Modi Khola valley leading to Annapurna Base Camp. It is unlikely that they will be able to send more photos after this, as the cell phone/internet service ends (they have the sat phone for […]
April 29, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Pfafman reports that the Annapurna trekkers reached Chomrong today, a beautiful little Gurung village perched high above the Modi Khola river valley. The “trail” that they are following is comprised of tens of thousands of stone steps, which have been installed over the centuries by the local people to […]
April 28, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Pfafman reports that the team had a good first day on the trail yesterday, climbing up through the hardwood forests to Dhampus. Today, the team crossed the ridge into the Modi Khola river valley, and continued on through the forests and terraced hill-country to the village of Landrung, at […]
April 27, 2014 IMG guide Jenni Pfafman, fresh from leading our EBC Trek and Lobuche climb, is back in Kathmandu preparing for another trekking assignment. Yesterday her next group arrived, a private team that has trekked with IMG on several previous occasions. This time they will be going into the super scenic Annapurna Sanctuary area, […]
October 29, 2012 IMG guide Justin Merle reports that the team made a 4AM start from their camp above Phedi and were able to get across the Thorung La (17,769 feet / 5,416 m) in good shape. Weather was good and they enjoyed great views north towards Tibet, south toward the Annapurnas, and east toward […]
October 25, 2012 IMG guide Justin Merle reports by sat phone from Chulu Base Camp that the team had another good day of climbing today, reaching the summit of Chulu Near East on the shoulder of Chulu East. The weather was excellent, and they had incredible views of the Annapurna Himal and the other peaks […]
October 23, 2012 The Annapurna trekkers made it out of Jomsom today via small plane, and are now enjoying some fine living down by the lake in Pohkara. Tomorrow, they head back to Kathmandu. Over at Chulu, IMG guide Justin Merle and his team will head back up to High Camp in the morning for […]
