November 10, 2011   After a successful summit on Ixta, the team “beat feet” off that mountain, jumped into the vehicles and headed straight to the colonial city of Puebla.  It’s a big city at over 2 million but has a much smaller feel.  We stay right off the zocalo, the town square.  Hotel check […]

November 9, 2011 I always like starting a day with a call from one of our groups saying they just reached the summit of another peak somewhere in the world.  My partner, George Dunn, call in at 8 am Pacific time to let me know that his entire team, minus one climber, stood on the […]

November 8, 2011 George called in this afternoon to report that they have reached High Camp on Ixta just below the Ayoloco Glacier. The team climbed strong today without issue. They’ll wake up nice and early tomorrow (~1:30am) to start for the summit. Visibility wasn’t great as the typical afternoon clouds had rolled in, but […]

November 7, 2011 IMG Partner George Dunn called in last night from Amecameca, Mexico, to report that all team members have arrived safe and sound.  The weather is perfect, the team is perfect – all have high expectations for the coming week! The only snag to report was that of the luggage persuasion – a […]

February 23, 2011 IMG, my partner, Chris Meder and I need to congratulate, again, each of our climbing partners on the recent IMG “Orizaba Only” trip.  Comments I’ve already received included: “Great trip!  This will be one I certainly won’t forget.  This was simply a great group of people, and I am so happy to have gotten […]

February 18, 2011 We had a garbled Sat phone message from Phil this morning which he just confirmed via email, in typical Ershler fashion: “Summit. Full moon. 7 of 8 on top. Perfect day.” We’ll have some more details and photos when they get back to the States. That’s all for now. Tye

February 16, 2011 More good news from Mexico… Phil reports that the weather is holding nicely for the crew. They enjoyed a nice acclimatization hike today and some training above the hut. They’re currently hydrating, loading up with some calories and going through their gear one last time.  About 12 hours, round trip, on summit […]

February 15, 2011 Phil called from Piedra Grande on Orizaba this morning.  The team is doing well after spending a spectacular night at their camp in the forest.  The weather was perfect.  They’ll spend tonight at Piedra Grande and tomorrow they will continue to train and acclimatize.  The team is feeling great and continuing to […]

November 12, 2010 Otra vez sobre la cumbre! IMG Partner George Dunn just called in from the summit of Orizaba (~8:45am PST) reporting that the team is enjoying the best weather he’s ever seen in Mexico. They’ll head back to the hut at Piedre Grande where the jeeps will meet them this afternoon to take […]