December 22,2016 Another good day in the Vacas River valley. Team reached Casa Piedra without issue. Sunny, warm and minimal wind. Pretty much perfect weather at this altitude. Reports are of a lot of wind up high. That won’t be a consideration for many days. Team will reach base camp, Plaza Argentina, tomorrow. Everyone’s healthy […]
December 5, 2016 This last Friday night, IMG Partners Eric, George, Phil, and Paul continued the tradition of the Annual IMG Holiday Party. Every year they treat the office staff to dinner at a nice restaurant far away from IMG Headquarters. It’s a fantastic opportunity to get the unsung heroes of IMG together in order […]
November 16, 2016 Let’s get caught up on this morning’s summit attempts. Down in Mexico, Austin and team got shut out. Weather turned for the worse last night and heavy snow kept the team in camp. Bummer. Team’s retreated and is heading now for the city of Puebla. They’ve still got another shot when […]
IMG is proud to announce two brand-new programs for the summer of 2017: an all-women’s Mount Rainier climb via the Disappointment Cleaver and an all-women’s 6-day Mount Shuksan Mountaineering Skills Seminar & Climb. Join us July 31-August 3, 2017 for our all-women’s climb of Mount Rainier. This program will be identical to our standard 3½ […]
October 3, 2016 The Cho Oyu Team is all back down at ABC after cleaning the mountain. A little celebration and packing up as they wait for the Yaks to come up the valley. It has been a great season on Cho Oyu and now they just have to make their way back to […]
September 28, We heard from Mike last night. “It is a little breezy down at ABC right now but the Team is feeling strong and ready to head up the mountain. We are going to head up to Camp 1 today.â€Â  This is great news because the weather forecast is trending in a good […]
September 19, 2016 Mike checked in from ABC and Jangbu called from BC. Everyone is doing great and the weather is absolutely perfect today. With the route fixed to Camp 2 already and perfect weather, our Sherpa Team took advantage of it all and carried to Camp 2. They are making some progress on […]
September 12, 2016 Mt. Rainier National Park News Release Announces IMG’s Rainier Permit Renewed Ten Years National Park Service Selects Three Separate Concession Contracts for Guided Mountaineering and Related Services within Mount Rainier National Park The National Park Service has selected Alpine Ascents International, Inc., International Mountain Guides, LLC, and Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. for three […]
September 11, 2016 For those who are looking at the photos and reading the blog and saying to yourself, “I see trucks, motorcycles and Yaks; Why is our Team walking? More than that, we camped at “Base Camp†and it didn’t look like we were even close to the mountain; now we are walking to […]
September 8, 2016 IMG guide Charlotte Austin reports that the group enjoyed their time at Machu Picchu today. Later, they will catch the afternoon train out of town and then meet up with private transport to take them the remaining distance back to Cusco. The team will enjoy a show and banquet dinner tonight to […]
