Basanta, Debasish, Pemba, Passang and Tashi started to climb toward summit but due to high wind and snowfall they had to return back to summit camp. They may try again tomorrow.
May 18, 2011
May 17, 2011
NAR PHU TO JOMSOM VIA KHANGLA AND MESHOKANTHA PASS
Loben Expeditions - Khangla pass and Meshokanta pass team successful cross Khangla pass besides heavy snowfall along with 13 team members from Ukraine, 10 staff and 25 porters. The team is the first one in the season to successful cross the pass, the team however has to alter the idea of crossing Meshokanta pass via Tilicho lake toward Thorong la due to heavy snowfall. Kangla pass is the only pass that access to Nar region via Manang. Nar phu is still very remote region within the close proximity of world famous Annapurna trek.The region of Nar Phu falls between the Annapurna and Larkya pass.
LOBEN EXPEDITIONS - EVEREST NORTH (TIBET) UPDATE
Loben Expeditions Everest North expeditions: Anny and Sherpas climbed up to 7500m as acclimatization trip two weeks ago and now waiting for route fixed up to summit. Route fixing is under the contract of Tibet Association of mountaineering. Due to heavy snow and strong wind it is still incomplete. Hopefully all the expeditions sherpa will have join effort to complete this job in next couple of days before the clients start summiting Mt. Everest from North side. Anna, was stuck for two days at Tingri in the middle of nowhere as Everest Base camp was suddenly closed for couple of days, she however manage to get back to Base camp.
Mt. Everest expedition update- 16 May 2011
Loben Expeditions Bengal Everest team - Dipankar and Rajiv heading for Camp I tomorrow i.e. 17 May along with Furba and Karma. They will be sleeping in camp I on 17th May and heading for Camp II on 18 May. They are planned to summit Mount Everest on the morning of 21th May 2011. The team had to retreat back to base camp on May 14 from Camp III after strong wind at Camp III and above. "Message from Base camp said : we are fine and back to base camp due to strong wind we are heading back on May 18 to get to top on the morning of May 21".
KANCHENJUNGA EXPEDITON UPDATE -16 MAY 2011
A quick from Mt. Kanchenjunga BC- all the our team (Loben Expeditions Bengal Kanchenjunga Expedition) heading for Camp II with a target to reach the summit on the 20th of May. Lila said over phone : sabai thik cha yeaha, sabai team haru May 20 ko summit plan gara ra, camp II ga ko cha. (Everthing is fine here, all team has moved to camp with a plan to summit on May 20.
May 11, 2011
LOBEN EXPEDITIONS EVEREST UPDATE
Dipankar, Rajiv and Karma left for camp III this morning from Camp II. They will sleep at Camp III today and will continue for South Col. tomorrow morning. Furbar will go directly from Camp II to Camp IV tomorrow. Four of them are planned to start for summit tomorrow evening from South Col.
May 10, 2011
KANCHENJUNGA EXPEDITON UPDATE
The team members and Sherpa are back in Base camp, they had return back to Base camp after heavy wind on the mountain. The team next plan is to climb from Base camp to Camp III all together with Sherpas (Pemba Chotti, Passang Futar and Tashi) set up summit camp and attempt the summit...... follow more update
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