November 11, 2010 La cumbre!! Just as we knew, the team summited yesterday morning early. Everyone who went to high camp went to the summit. Pretty sweet. Speaking of sweet, the showers much have been, too. A quick hotel night in Puebla was well earned, but today it’s off to the town of Tlachichuca and […]
November 10, 2010 We’ve been following their progress on the SPOT Tracker that George is carrying and it looks like our Mexico Team summitted this morning around 5:30am (PST). It’s not official until everybody is down safely but everything seems to be going as smoothly as George anticipated. We’ll have a full recap after they […]
November 10, 2010 We heard again last evening from IMG partner, George Dunn, leading the November Mexico expedition. Keep that good news coming, George. High camp was established, weather remained perfect and the team was doing well. One member decided he wasn’t quite up for the summit attempt and remained at the Altimoni Hut. Nice […]
November 9, 2010 Another Mexico expedition is well underway. IMG partner, George Dunn, has broken away from our Ashford office to lead another expedition to the fun and sun of Mexico. Assisting him are Austin Shannon and Fernando Posadas. The guides were down in Mexico City late last week doing a bit of last minute […]
February 19, 2010 Phil Ershler called from Puebla, Mexico after a tough run at Orizaba. He said that the team wasn’t able to make it out of the hut due to 6 inches of snow and high winds that brought visibility to zero. To make matters worse, the conditions were as such that the team […]
February 17, 2010 Phil called from Orizaba. They had a good training day today in spite of the snowy and windy weather. They hope that the weather will clear for their summit bid tomorrow. Because of these factors, this will be a close call. They plan to take a shot at the summit if the […]
February 16, 2010 Phil Ershler called from Mexico. The Orizaba team is currently settled in at the Piedre Grande Refugio (hut). It’s a little windy with gusts of about 25 mph, but not to worry the group will be staying at the hut for the next day and a half. They’ll be training tomorrow and […]
November 16, 2009 Received word over the weekend that our November Mexico team, led by Peter Anderson, had picked off another summit. Let’s see – that makes them two for two. Nice job, gang. Report had it that the weather was about as good as they were going to get. Stars a bunch, knock your […]
November 12, 2009 Peter Anderson, IMG Senior Guide, reported in last night from the city of Puebla. Safety and success was the message. In Peter’s words, “we slayed the ‘sleeping lady’â€. ‘Sleeping lady’ is a name used for Ixtacciuatl. Even though the ascent from high camp wasn’t that long, it is a long day. Up […]
