March 31, 2009 Expedition Leader Eric Simonson called in a few minutes ago (roughly 6am Nepal time) to relay that the group was in Pangboche (3930m) and will make the move to Pheriche (4240m) today. A scheduled rest day tomorrow will give the team the opportunity to take a small hike and check out the […]
March 30, 2009 IMG Partner & Whitney Program Director George Dunn called in today to let us know that the his team summitted yesterday… 8 for 8 on top! The weather was warm down low but some strong winds (40-50mph) higher up on the mountain made for a COLD summit day…. The good news is […]
March 25, 2009 The entire IMG team has now reached Kathmandu and everyone is doing fine. Last night we had a big team meeting and welcome dinner which was a great chance to finally meet everyone in person. On March 23rd IMG guides Justin Merle and Mike Hamill spent 5 hours at the Ministry of […]
Monday, March 23 2009 Eric Simonson writes: I wanted to take a minute to summarize where we ended up on the spring Cho Oyu climb: We waited as long as we could for confirmation from the Chinese that the Cho Oyu permit and visa would be available, but were unable to get this nailed down, […]
Friday, March 20 IMG Guides Mark Tucker, Justin Merle and Mike Hamill are en route to Kathmandu (KTM)… IMG Partner and Everest Program Director Eric Simonson will join them a day later. Our climbers and trekkers will begin arriving in KTM on March 24th, after a layover day in KTM and a short flight to […]
Tuesday, March 17 2009 View other IMG videos in our Video Gallery. If you have video of other IMG climbs send them our way… Send links to office@mountainguides.com Or send your CD’s to: International Mountain Guides PO Box 246 Ashford, WA 98304
Friday, March 13 2009 IMG Himalayan Director Eric Simonson and IMG Guides Mark Tucker (Everest), Mike Hamill (Everest), and Greg Vernovage (Cho Oyu) packed some last minute expedition food and snacks yesterday. After a huge shopping trip to Costco, they spent the rest of the day removing all the extra cardboard and packaging just to […]
Thursday, March 12 2009 From time to time I’ll bring you a feature on one of our guides. Today’s feature: Justin Merle (pronounced Mer-lee). Justin will be heading back to guide Everest for us this year. “Merle”, as he’s called, has been spending a lot of time in Nepal these days. Last spring he successfully […]
Tuesday, March 10 2009 Things are starting to ramp up around IMG Headquarters these days… Preparations for the Mt. Rainier season are well underway. Our new rental gear is coming in and looks great! The Eureka N!ergy Tents are in and will be a great value to our Rainier climbers this year. A $30 tent […]
On most of our climbs we take care of your breakfast and dinners so all you’re in charge of is providing your lunch snacks throughout the day. Keep in mind that there is typically no actual sit-down lunch hour, unless you’re on one of our treks where lunch is incorporated into the daily schedule. On […]
