February 22, 2011 Well, we took a long weekend here at IMG too. Why not; we had great success on Kilimanjaro earlier this month, a couple teams on top of Aconcagua in February, Orizaba summits in Mexico and a great training seminar on Rainier last week, not to mention all of our ice climbers in […]
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 […]
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 […]
