November 15, 2013 I have a sage partner who has a great expression about the weather – “good weather always follows badâ€. Spot on. Just got off the sat phone with Austin. As we predicted, skies cleared and the stars sparkled last night as the team was preparing for their summit attempt on Pico de […]
November 14, 2013 Spoke with Austin this afternoon. The team and he are ensconced at the Piedre Grande hut on Orizaba, at about 14,400 ft. Skies aren’t clear yet but the winds have stopped and so has the precip. An inch or two of snow around the hut but that’s not bad. Forecast is still […]
November 13, 2013 Well, Austin, Dallas, Cato and team got their rear-ends kicked on Ixta. Storms are quite unusual for this time of year in Mexico but not unheard of. At high camp, winds were 50 plus with higher gusts. After a couple of broken tent poles and enough hours of horizontal sleet, the gang […]
November 11, 2013 IMG Senior Guide, Austin Shannon, called in a couple of times over the weekend from Mexico City. Austin and Dallas Glass have a group of 9 climbers with them and have started our first Mexico trip for the season. The guides flew down on Friday, a day early, to do some shopping […]
January 18, 2013 Austin called in this afternoon just as they rolled into Tlachichuca for the night reporting that they summited Orizaba earlier this morning. 6 of 7 touched the top in great conditions on a ‘splitter day’! They’ll stay the night with our friends, the Reyes family, tonight and then make their way to […]
January 17, 2013 Austin called in from the Piedre Grande hut on Orizaba this afternoon. All went smoothly today. The team’s short term plan was dinner by 5pm and in bed by 6pm followed all to quickly by an early wake up call for another big summit day. Austin wasn’t quite sure if all members […]
January 16, 2013 Austin called in reporting great conditions for the team on their summit day of Ixta. They’re back at High Camp now and will take a quick break, pack up camp, before heading down to their vans which will take them straight to Puebla for the night. They should pull into Puebla just […]
January 15, 2013 Austin just checked in from High Camp on Ixta, all continues to go well. They just finished up dinner (pasta, chorizo and peppers) and are heading to bed, the 1:00am wake-up call will come soon enough. The weather has been great and looks reasonable for tomorrow. Austin estimates a 4-5 hour push […]
January 15, 2013 Austin called yesterday afternoon after a successful carry up to high camp. The team enjoyed fantastic weather and an awesome sunset. The team is doing well. They plan to move up to high camp today and summit tomorrow. All is well in Mexico. Tye Chapman
January 14, 2013 Mexico Hey Tye, we had a great hike up to the hut on Ixta today to about 13,000 ft.  Fantastic (t-shirt) weather and views of Ixta and smoking Popo in the distance. Great, friendly group and really fun. Next it’s showers, gear check, dinner, margaritas, then bed. Sounds like a good plan!! Back up to the hut […]
