IMG leaders Greg and Jangbu report from Kathmandu that the first wave of IMG climbers flew in to Lukla today, on schedule. However, the weather has been marginal the last four days, so a lot of the Lukla flights have been cancelled. The result is a massive backlog of cargo in Kathmandu waiting to fly to Lukla (this is why we started flying team supplies in to Khumbu many weeks ago). To mitigate the current situation, Jangbu reports that today they sent Kaji Sherpa with a smaller truck filled with base camp duffels to Manthali (a small airstrip south of Jiri). There is a better chance to get cargo flights tomorrow into Lukla from Manthali than from Kathmandu.
The second wave of IMG climbers have arrived to Kathmandu, and they have now had their team meetings, followed by the mandatory visit to the Ministry. They are now all packed up and ready to go for their Lukla flights tomorrow morning.
—Originally posted by Eric Simonson, International Mountain Guides Partner