September 19, 2024 Max Bond reports the team had another beautiful day for their climb from Machame Camp up to the Shira Plateau (about 12,500ft). This expansive flat area extends to the west of Kilimanjaro and is actually the remnant of one of the ancient volcanos (as is the peak of Mawenzi to the east […]
September 18th, 2024 Good news, from Manaslu! Phunuru reports that the IMG climbers have descended safely to Base Camp after their acclimatization rotation. Yesterday the team tagged Camp 3, before dropping down. Well done, team! Today six members of the sherpa fixing team reached the summit of Manaslu, so now the door is open for […]
September 18, 2024 Max Bond checked in from Machame Camp to report that the team had a good first day on the trail. They departed the Hotel at 8am and drove up through the coffee, tea, and banana farms on the slopes of Kilimanjaro to the Machame village and Park entrance. While the team was […]
September 17th, 2024 IMG leader Max Bond reports from Moshi Tanzania that the Kilimanjaro team members have all arrived on schedule with their luggage. Yay! The team completed their gear checks this morning, then headed into Moshi town to check out the local scene. After a tour of the town center with a visit to […]
September 15, 2024 On Friday, IMG Guides Max Bond and Brooke Auvil headed up the the North Side of Mt. Baker for the 3rd Annual Guide Service Mt. Baker Clean Up. They teamed up with guides from several different guide services that also actively use Mt. Baker during the summer season to pick up garbage, […]
September 15, 2024 Phunuru reports that the weather was excellent today, enabling the team to climb up to 5900m for acclimatization, before returning to Camp 1 for a second night. Meanwhile, Chhiring and Mingma took loads up to Camp 2 today and dropped back to Camp 1. Tomorrow the plan is to move to Camp […]
September 14, 2024 Phunuru reports that the Sherpas and members had their team puja this morning with the local Lama for good luck, before an early lunch and starting their first acclimatization rotation. The weather cleared up in the afternoon and Phunuru, Ang Karma and the climbers headed up Camp 1, taking about 4 hours […]
September 12, 2024 Phunuru reports that our team is doing well and have been enjoying the Base Camp as they acclimatize to the 15,750 foot elevation. They are staying active with some climbing practice and hiking in preparation for their first trip up to Camp 1 (about 19,000 ft). So far so good!
September 9,2024 Join IMG’s Porter McMichael and team on Mt Vinson for an amazing trip to the top of Antarctica. We have one space available, plan to leave home the day after Christmas for the December 30 flight to the Ice. Scheduled return flight back to Punta on January 10. This is the trip of […]
September 8, 2024 Phunuru and the team departed Samagaon this morning and ascended the trail up to Manaslu Base Camp, with some great views along the way! For the history buffs out there, this trail was significantly improved by Russell Brice back in the old days before Manaslu became so popular, and now it is […]
