September 25, 2022 IMG Senior Guide Sasha Sak checked in this morning from Barafu Camp. The team is doing well and is excited to keep climbing. They are planning to start their summit attempt at midnight tonight! Audrey Simonson Photo: View from Katanga Camp (Sasha Sak) Photo: An IMG Climber on Barranco […]
September 23, 2022 IMG Senior Guides Phunuru Sherpa and Max Bond checked in again this morning from Manaslu. The team is still at Base Camp waiting out the current storm cycle and is doing well. They are spending their time practicing with gear and resting in anticipation for their upcoming summit rotation when the weather […]
September 10, 2022 Today our Manaslu team is headed above Camp 1 for their first acclimatization rotation. They will sleep at Camp 1 tonight and tomorrow they climb climb above Camp 1 and then spend a second night at Camp 1 before descending the following day. Everything is going well in Nepal!
September 5, 2022 IMG Senior Guides Max Bond and Phunuru Sherpa checked in this morning from Samagaon. The IMG Manaslu team had a successful puja ceremony today, and went for an acclimatization hike to Birendra Tal. Soon the team will depart Samagaon for Manaslu Base Camp. All is well! Audrey Simonson
September 1, 2022 Today was a free day for the team, some chose to go sight seeing at Bhaktipur. Then the Manaslu Team got dinner in the evening, joined by IMG Owner Eric Simonson and IMG Senior Guide Nicole Sims. In the morning IMG Guide Max Bond is leaving for Soti Khola with the Base […]
August 25, 2022 Ang Jangbu reports from Kathmandu that our Sherpas Gyalzen Dorje and Dawa Tenzing went ahead of the mule team, directly to Manaslu BC , secured our camp site, and set up a few tents. Then, they dropped back down to Samagaon.   Ang Karma, Dendi, and Devraj and the mule team stopped for […]
Which pair of boots to buy, or bring, for a specific trip, can be very confusing. This blog post is aimed at simplifying the process and providing more clarity about when it comes to mountaineering boots for your upcoming IMG trips! 8000m Boots: Sometimes referred to as triple boots or Everest boots, 8000m boots are […]
August 7, 2022 IMG’s Chief Guide Justin Merle just made his 200th successful summit of Mt Rainier on our recent 3.5 day Camp Muir climb via Disappointment Cleaver, joining a very small number of climbers who have reached that milestone. Justin has been climbing for IMG since the early 2000’s and has logged dozens of […]
August 2, 2022, After several weeks in Bolivia, IMG Guide Justin Sackett checked in this morning from the summit of Illimani (21,122ft) with the team. This marks the final climb of their trip and now the team will head back to La Paz before heading home. IMG will be running another trip to Bolivia October […]
August 1, 2022 With summer in full swing here in the PNW we are seeing summits from our teams all over the North Cascades. In the past few weeks we have had teams summit on Mt Baker, Forbidden Peak, and Mt Shuksan. The deeper than average snow pack has the glaciers in great shape while […]
