September 9, 2012 From: Joseph Manning Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:35 AM To: Tye Chapman Subject: Thank you! Hey IMG, I am sitting in Seattle now, with clean clothes, and am a couple of showers post my incredible week on Rainier with IMG and the Glacier Skills Seminar. I am beginning to reflect on […]
August 29, 2012 IMG’s association and support of the American Himalayan Foundation goes was back. Eric and I have known Norbu for years, and my wife, Susan Ershler, was so inspired by the Stop Girl Trafficking program, supported by the AHF, that a portion of every professional presentation she does goes directly to the AHF […]
August 12, 2012 IMG Guide Jenni Fogle will be having some surgery in a couple weeks…In anticipation of the surgery she and fellow IMG Guide Luke Reilly split the country for some climbing in Ecuador. How To Prepare For The Knife By Jenni Fogle Step One:Â Â Grab your favorite climbing partner Step Two:Â Â Determine how […]
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 […]
