September 16, 2012 Good news last evening (Seattle time) from Africa. IMG Senior Guide, Chris Meder, called me from the top of Africa. The group was standing on the summit! Obviously, great news. Summit day on Kilimanjaro is tough. It’s an early morning start and a long, steady pull to the crater. It takes guts […]
September 14, 2012 Mike Hamill reports that the team all made it back to Base Camp after their trip up to Camp 2. Now they have a couple well-earned rest days to look forward to. Timing is good, because we may have a bit of bad weather coming. The plan for the second acclimatization is […]
September 13, 2012 IMG Senior Guide, Chris Meder, “emailed†from the Machame Camp at 10000 ft on the side of Kilimanjaro yesterday. First day on the trail is now complete. A bit of light rain but so light they didn’t even need their Gore-tex. Today, they break out of the forest and head for the […]
It’s official, our 2013 dates have been released and with just 8 climbers and 4 guides on each climb, the spots go fast! Let’s cut to the chase: Winter & Denali Prep Seminars: Literally a prerequisite for Denali. 4 experienced guides, 8 climbers, 6.5 days of learning/training/climbing and generally getting your butt kicked by the […]
September 12, 2012 The Manaslu team made it up to Camp 2 today for acclimatization, and then returned to Camp 1 for sleeping tonight. Mingma Tenzing and Chewang carried up another ladder to help fix the route below Camp 2. Sounds like the weather is OK, but we are keeping out eye on the forecast…there […]
September 10, 2012 Chris Meder, IMG Senior Guide, sent us a quick email from Africa. It’s late there, his time. Just wanted to let everyone know that all his team has arrived in Africa and with all their luggage. They transferred to the Keys Hotel, had a late dinner and went straight to bed. Lots […]
September 9, 2012 From: Joseph Manning Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:35 AM To: Tye Chapman Subject: Thank you! Hey IMG, I am sitting in Seattle now, with clean clothes, and am a couple of showers post my incredible week on Rainier with IMG and the Glacier Skills Seminar. I am beginning to reflect on […]
September 9, 2012 IMG guide Mike Hamill reports that the team is doing well. Yesterday they climbed to lower Camp 1 (5700m/19695ft) for acclimatization, then returned to Base Camp for a rest day today. Tomorrow they are all moving up to Camp 1 to sleep, do a recon to Camp 2 (6400m/20992ft), and then move […]
Septemeber 6, 2012 We had our Puja this morning and all the sherpas and climbers enjoyed it.  We had a lama come up from Sama Gaon and had a very good ceremony followed by some sherpa dance. Phunuru and I have worked out a tentative schedule for climbers and sherpas. Tomorrow we plan to take a […]
September 5, 2012 IMG guide Mike Hamill called to report they made it to Base Camp (4,800m/15,744ft) at around 12:30 this afternoon, just in time for lunch. Mike says the sherpa crew have done a great job setting up a very nice camp. The team have been relaxing after lunch and everyone is doing really […]
