Hello everyone – hope you are all well back home.

News from the Khumbu.

Our IFMGA Team including our Lobuche climbers enjoyed a rest day today at Lobuche Basecamp and they’ll head up to Everest Base Camp tomorrow

Our Western Guided & International crew did an amazing job summitting Lobuche today (in an amazing time of 5hrs!) with everyone who left camp topping out and arriving back today. Congratulations all.

Speaking of summits, we also had our Cholatse Team summit Lobuche today, they’ll head into Cholatse Base Camp tomorrow.

Private client Mark W and Big Tendi headed up high today and will go for the summit tomorrow. Meanwhile, Fahad and Ossie are acclimatizing, they may have another rest day or head to high camp and Kent & Fred are continuing their acclimatization schedule at Lobuche Basecamp.

Our Trekking Team moved up from Gorak Shep and have just arrived into Everest Basecamp now. They’ll be thrilled to hit their goal and as the first CTSS arrivals into EBC, check out the new digs.

As you may have heard, there is tragic news from Lukla today with a Summit Air plane (with flight crew aboard returning to Ramechhap) crashing into a parked Manang helicopter during its takeoff roll this morning around 9am. Witnesses described the “moment as sudden, with the rudder looking like it locked leading to the collision”  We are sending our deepest condolences and our deepest wishes to the families and loved ones of those 2 who were killed (Summit Air’s co-pilot Sujit Dhungana and Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Ram Bahadur Khadka who was stationed in Lukla for airport security) and the 5 injured (including Manang Air Pilot CB Gurung) who are currently being treated in Kathmandu Grande Hospital. None of our team were directly affected by the accident as we are much higher in the valley but obviously deeply saddened by the news and sending their wishes and prayers.

I’ll keep you up to date with their progress.

Best wishes,
Caroline

Photo by Wayne Morris on the Lobuche climb