August 9, 2012 —–Original Message—– From: Peter Anderson Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 2:21 PM To: George Dunn Subject: Machu Picchu Update Hey Geo, Just checking in from Cusco! Our second group of Trekkers all arrived safely today and are settling into Cusco (which primarily means breathing hard and drinking plenty of coca tea to […]
August 7, 2012 All is well here, all bags and climbers accounted for. The team had a nice welcome dinner last night at Lo Comedie.  An early night to catch up on the travel and a morning of gear checks and duffel packing has us ready for Lake Titicaca and Copacabana tomorrow.  Today we went […]
July 30, 2012 30 years ago, I climbed Denali with the group shown here. How quickly time passes. Don Vandegriff, Jon Pelkey, Dennis Shields, Chris Shields, Phil Ershler, Dave Krohne, Sheryl Krohne and Jim Dallas – this was the team I took to Denali in June 1982. Eight of us landed on the Kahiltna Glacier […]
July 26, 2012 We’re excited to report that our partners at Outdoor Research have been named the 2012 recipient of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Industry Award. We’ve been working with OR for 6 years now and we couldn’t be happier – these guys do it right. From head to toe our guides are […]
July 20, 2012 Kelly Ryan called to report that all is well in Peru. A nice day of trekking today brought the team to some proverbial crossroads. Option A: Natural Hot Springs Option B: Tough hike up the next pass. It was a draw. No big deal, a few will hit the trail tomorrow while […]
July 5, 2012 IMG Senior Guide, Greg Vernovage, checked in yesterday from 14,000’ on Denali. On Tuesday, the team made the move up to this camp which is the defector advanced base camp on Denali. It’s a big basin underneath the West Buttress and West Rib. Reasonably sheltered with lots of room to move around. […]
June 28, 2012 Eben Reckord reports that the IMG Kili team has been enjoying fantastic weather. Yesterday they had a nice hike up through the forest to the Machame Camp (just below 10,000’) and today they had gorgeous day hiking up to the Shira Camp (a little over 12,000’). Everyone on the team is doing […]
May 23, 2012 How long have you been guiding? I’ve been guiding for 12 years. After climbing rock and ice throughout New England and New York during college, I applied for a summer job guiding on Rainier shortly after graduating. One thing led to another and I began guiding year round leading both domestic and […]
May 23, 2012 Climbing the Seven Summits: A Comprehensive Guide to the Continents’ Highest Peaks By Mike Hamill, Foreword by Phil Ershler A lot of people have climbed with IMG Guide Mike Hamill over the years, so naturally most people see him as a guide, climber and mountaineer, but he’s got one more title to […]
May 8, 2012 IMG guide Liam O’Sullivan reports that the Ama Dablam team is doing well. They had a nice rest day today at Camp 1 and now they are getting ready to move up to Camp 2. The weather, route, and conditions look good! Eric Simonson
