August 9, 2024 It’s been a busy two days for the Huayhuash trekkers in Peru. IMG guide Tyler Nachand and the team are doing well, and are now “off the grid” and checking in by satellite phone. On Wednesday the team departed Huaraz and drove to the town of Llamac, and then continued to Cuartelwayin, […]
IMG leader Tyler Nachand reports from the trailhead at Chiquian that the team are all ready to go and begin the trek. The mule arrieros will be meeting them in the morning to load up the bags and camping gear for the circumnavigation of the Huayhuash Range. Well done team, putting yourselves in position. Now […]
IMG guide Tyler Nachand reports from Peru that the team had a second day of acclimatization hiking today with a trip up to Laguna Churup: “Following our delicious breakfast at Hotel Morales, we made our way up the windy mountain roads above Huaraz to Pitec, where our trek to Laguna Churup began. Starting at 12,600ft, […]
July 30, 2024 Defying all odds with crummy weather the past few days, our 3.5 Day DC Climb led by Brad Swanson summited this morning via the DC! Congrats to this crew! With our last Kautz and Emmons launching in the next week or so, our big summer rush is starting to come to an […]
July 16, 2024 Our guide team worked tirelessly over the past five days to reestablish a climbing route on the DC, and the fruits of their labor has delivered! Our DC summit climb this morning, led by Max Bond, reached the summit with the team. We’re full steam ahead in the Cascades!
July 16, 2024 The team had a nice hike down through the forest today to the Mweka Gate, where they paid off their porters and camp staff and said goodbye to them. Then, it was time to get in the vehicles and head down through the tea, coffee and banana farms on the slopes of […]
July, 13th 2024 Ang Jangbu reports that the team had a nice day, with good weather and everyone doing well. This is one of our favorite days of the trip, first climbing the steep trail up the Barranco Wall, and then traversing for several hours below the Southern Glaciers (or what is left of them) […]
July 12th, 2024 Ang Jangbu reports that team had a good hike today, ascending to 15000 feet at Lava Tower (where they took their lunch break) and then descending down to 13000 at Barranco Camp. This is the perfect acclimatization profile: “climb high, sleep low”. The day started clear as a bell, but on the […]
July 11, 2024 Ang Jangbu reports that the weather was great today for the team to continue climbing to the Shira Camp, located on the edge of the Shira Plateau. After leaving the forest at Machame Camp they ascended through a “forest” of giant heather bushes, and along the way got their first views of […]
July 10, 1974 Fifty years ago today I made my first ascent of Denali, the culmination of a successful 41 day “Denali Traverse 1974” expedition. I was 19 years old with over 20 Rainier ascents and one season as an RMI guide under my belt, but was already very experienced at suffering. We started in […]
