January 9, 2016 BUSY season for IMG teams in South America and Antarctica.  Let’s starts with our Vinson teams first. As you know, Greg Vernovage, Austin Shannon and their team all stood together on the summit of Vinson a couple of days ago. They flew off the Ice this morning, exactly on schedule. One night […]
Ecuador Volcanoes
The Adventure Continues In Ecuador
November 23, 2015 After a long day attempting Antisana, breaking camp and heading out, the team enjoyed a nice evening at Hacienda La Cienega Saturday. Got up yesterday, had breakfast at La Cienega and then visited the Sunday market in Machachi. Romulo’s wife, Patricia, had prepared typical Ecuadorian cuy for the team. They then visited […]
Update From Ecuador Team
November 21, 2015 Close, so close, but the team had to turn just short of the summit. Good weather, team was climbing strong but simply could not find a way around a very big schrund which sits just below the summit. Several other teams were trying to find a way, too, but all came up […]
Mexico & Ecuador Teams Summit
November 18, 2015 The news from Mexico was good this morning. Austin called about 7 am Seattle time to let me know that everyone summited Ixta this morning under clear skies and that they were already back at high camp. They’ll finish packing up and head down to the vehicles and continue on to the […]
Mexico & Ecuador Planning Summit Attempts Tomorrow
November 17, 2015 Let’s kill two birds with one stone because the news is about the same. Ecuador and Mexico had very productive days on Monday. Austin/Dallas and their Mexico crew had a good carry up to their high camp on Ixta, came back down and spent the night at a place called the Altzimoni […]
Ecuador Team Headed To Cayambe
November 16, 2015 We think the team is Ecuador is having just too much fun. After their hike over the weekend on Fuya Fuya and Imbabura, the crew headed to a new hacienda called Papa Gayo. Very nice! Today, they’re getting serious as they head up to the hut on Cayambe. Plan is for two […]
Mexico & Ecuador Teams Off To A Good Start
November 15, 2015 It’s been a good “IMG weekend†in Mexico and Ecuador. Austin Shannon and Dallas Glass met their crew, without issue, in Mexico City on Saturday. They headed out of town this morning for their first objection – Ixtaccihuatl. Went for an acclimatization hike today above Cortez Pass and the guides report […]
Ecuador Team Summits Chimborazo
January 21, 2015 The good news continues. Aaron Mainer called from the Ice early this morning. The IL 76 was able to make it to Union Glacier. Super news. Aaron and team will be back in Punta later today and ready to start working their way home on the 22nd. That ends a truly great […]
Weekend Update From IMG Teams
January 19, 2015 Here we go – Aaron Mainer and his successful Vinson team are at the Union Glacier – eating, drinking and generally celebrating their success. Earliest they can fly off is tomorrow but mother nature controls all. On Aconcagua, our third team of the season is ready to move to C1 tomorrow. The […]
Cotopaxi Summit Shots
January 15, 2015 One of our climbers, Nic Dumesnil, was able to send out a couple of sweet photographs from their Cotopaxi climb yesterday. Let’s call them Summit and Shadow. Funny how the view seems to get better the higher you climb! Phil Ershler