IMG Update: Hoping for Good Weather as Climbers Move Up

May 18, 2009 – The weather stayed windy and the teams that had gone up to the Col on the 17th ended up having to hold there for another day. Today (the 18th) a number more teams went up to the Col, so climbing tonight there are going to be at least ten teams going for the top. Good luck to them!

We had four sherpas carry to the Col today, putting the finishing touches on our IMG cache up there, ready for the first wave of our climbers. The IMG members on the first wave climbed to C3 today are all safely tucked in for the night with their sherpas and will be heading to the Col in the morning. [More at IMG]

May 18, 2009 – The weather stayed windy and the teams that had gone up to the Col on the 17th ended up having to hold there for another day. Today (the 18th) a number more teams went up to the Col, so climbing tonight there are going to be at least ten teams going for the top. Good luck to them!

We had four sherpas carry to the Col today, putting the finishing touches on our IMG cache up there, ready for the first wave of our climbers. The IMG members on the first wave climbed to C3 today are all safely tucked in for the night with their sherpas and will be heading to the Col in the morning. [More at IMG]