Science and Exploration

IMG Update: First IMG Team Resting for a Summit Bid Tonight

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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May 18, 2009 – Today was good weather, and a number of teams reached the summit. We do not have a tally yet, and there are still clilmbers coming back down, but it looks like it was a successful day for many groups, though a bit of a traffic jam up high. We are wishing them all good luck, and hoping they get down safe and sound.

Our IMG team members left C3 between 5am and 6am and everyone was up on the South Col before noon, so plenty of time this afternoon for a good rest. They are planning to leave this evening for the top, with summits possible any time after dawn tomorrow. [More at IMG]

May 18, 2009 – Today was good weather, and a number of teams reached the summit. We do not have a tally yet, and there are still clilmbers coming back down, but it looks like it was a successful day for many groups, though a bit of a traffic jam up high. We are wishing them all good luck, and hoping they get down safe and sound.

Our IMG team members left C3 between 5am and 6am and everyone was up on the South Col before noon, so plenty of time this afternoon for a good rest. They are planning to leave this evening for the top, with summits possible any time after dawn tomorrow. [More at IMG]

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.