We’ve survived Imja Lake with all members intact, and safely arrived in Kathmandu. Over the course of our expedition, 35 people of varying levels of fitness and experience traversed over 12 vertical miles in 18 days. Scientists from 13 countries came together to learn from one another about managing glacial lakes. Our workshop over the next 4 days will focus on where we go from here.
A chorten beneath the Himalayas (Photo by Daniel Byers)
One thing we emphasized the the Nepali press yesterday and remains as essential part of this process: we’re working to capture priority recommendations from our experts in order to take action. We have funding available through the adaptation partnership for that express purpose – the goal now is to create and develop the projects that should be pursued.
The field expedition team. The 'tangerine' Summit Series jackets were generously supplied by The North Face. (Photo by Daniel Byers)
All outputs from the workshop including proceedings, powerpoint presentations given by our experts during the field expedition, priority recommendations for action plans, films, the glacial lake management handbook, etc. can be accessed at adaptationpartnership.org
“12 vertical miles”..? You may wish to recalculate that figure!
Oh, or is that counting all the ups and downs?