May 31, 2012 Mark called in with an update on the Logan team. After a rest day to recover from their previous efforts on the upper mountain, they started the descent from Camp 4 at 10am on Thursday May 29, heading down to Camp 3 and their cache of supplies there. Conditions were not great, […]
Archive: May, 2012
Smooth Sailing On Mt. Rainier
May 29, 2012 IMG lead guide Jenni Fogle called in from the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning at 9:30am as they started back down from the summit. The team topped out earlier in the morning, with 100% success! The weather isn’t absolutely perfect but it is good enough to summit. Jenni reported high cirrus […]
Stormy Weather On Mt. Logan
May 29, 2012 Lead guide Mark Allen called in at 1:30 p.m. PDT with a report on the team’s progress today. Unfortunately, it looks like the team will start their descent tomorrow without tagging the summit. The team established a high camp over Prospector’s Col on the summit plateau two days ago. They were one […]
Success On Mt. Bona!
May 29, 2012 After 100% success to the top of Mt. Bona on May 26, the entire team descended the mountain on May 27. They had hoped to summit nearby Mt. Churchill before descending, but whiteout conditions prevented them from an attempt. Instead, they descended to their base camp and were flown off the mountain […]
The Upper Mountain On Mt. Rainier Is Open…Again
May 28, 2012 We’ve seen some ups and downs (no pun intended) on Mt. Rainier this season! May started out with some mid-August type weather putting everybody is a great mood! But, that weather was quickly followed up with 3 feet of snow and some high winds reminding us that it was in fact May, […]
Updates From The Great White North II
May 27, 2012 Good news from Mt. Bona! IMG Guide Sheldon Kerr reports 100% on top of Mt. Bona yesterday. Today, some of the folks are off climbing Mt. Churchill – a neighboring peak. They’ll head on down to Base Camp today and will hopefully be off the mountain in just a couple days – […]
Updates From The Great White North
May 25, 2012 IMG Guide Sheldon Kerr called in yesterday from Mt. Bona to report that all is well. They were in camp at 14,oooft. anticipating a rest day today given a marginal forecast. No report today so we’re assuming they’re hanging tight at camp waiting things out. A few hundred miles away on Mt […]
Mt. Bona Team Right On Track
May 24, 2012 *7:30 pm PDT, May 23 -Â Lead guide Sheldon Kerr called in for a brief check-in yesterday evening to let us know the team was continuing right on schedule as they moved up the mountain. They made a carry to high camp at 14,000 yesterday, and were planning to either take a rest […]
Q & A With IMG Guide & Author Mike Hamill
May 23, 2012 How long have you been guiding? I’ve been guiding for 12 years. After climbing rock and ice throughout New England and New York during college, I applied for a summer job guiding on Rainier shortly after graduating. One thing led to another and I began guiding year round leading both domestic and […]
IMG Guide Mike Hamill Releases New Book
May 23, 2012 Climbing the Seven Summits: A Comprehensive Guide to the Continents’ Highest Peaks By Mike Hamill, Foreword by Phil Ershler A lot of people have climbed with IMG Guide Mike Hamill over the years, so naturally most people see him as a guide, climber and mountaineer, but he’s got one more title to […]