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
May 6, 2012 Ama Dablam leader Liam O’OSullivan reports that the team headed down to Pangboche after their climb of Lobuche Peak. Then, they ascended up to Ama Dablam Base Camp where they are now established. Now they are all together with their sherpas Ang Chirring (Kami), Ang Sona, Kalden Phura, and cooks Jor […]
April 11, 2012 For the past seven years, my wife, Sue, and I have been supporting the American Himalayan Foundation’s Stop Girl Trafficking program. IMG has been working in Nepal for a couple of decades now and cares deeply about the people there. Trafficking is a huge problem.  Every year, as many as 20,000 girls […]
March 16, 2012 Yesterday, the Denali Seminar pulled out of Mt. Rainier National Park a day early thanks to a snow plow escort provided by the park. With more snow in the forecast, taking advantage of an escape route when it was presented just made sense. After drying out, they enjoyed a nice burger at […]
March 6, 2012 This image came across my desk a couple weeks ago and I couldn’t help but chuckle as I thought of all the women on our guide staff. Tough ladies who know how to sew… and by sew I mean repairing tents in the field, fixing tears in backpacks and stitching up the […]
