August 8, 2018 Eric and Jangbu checked in overnight to let us know that the Team reached the summit of Mount Malchin. Since the weather was so good at High Camp, the team did not need their contingency day for Mount Khuiten. So instead of heading home, the team decided to use their extra day […]
August 7, 2018 Great news from Eric Simonson and Ang Jangbu overnight. The team reached the summit of Peak Nairandal in Mongolia. Technically, the team climbed to the summit from Mongolia and once at the summit, the team was touching the countries of Russia, China and Mongolia! Way to go! After returning to High Camp […]
August 6, 2018 The IMG Mongolia Team, led by Eric Simonson and Ang Jangbu Sherpa, checked in last night to report that they reached the summit of Mount Khuiten with 100% on top! The team did some trail breaking on their way across the glacier and then had nice climbing with good snow up the […]
August 4, 2018 A quick update for the weekend… Our Mongolia team is at Base Camp today. The team is organizing gear and doing some training on the lower Potaniin Glacier. The plan is to move to High Camp tomorrow and put themselves in position to summit Peak Nairandal and Mount Khuiten. In Bolivia, […]
August 3, 2018 IMG Partner Eric Simonson checked in from Mount Khuiten Base Camp this morning. “Nice day, great views, excellent hike!†is what came across in the text message from Eric. The team made it to the park entrance and had a nice night by the river. Up early to pack-up camp and get […]
August 1, 2018 IMG Guides Eric Simonson and Ang Jangbu Sherpa have arrived in Ulaanbaatar along with the team. Everyone arrived on time with all of their gear. As always, that is the first goal. After getting a good night sleep, the team took a city tour. They visited the monastery, national museum and […]
July 26, 2018 The Mount Khuiten team is back in Ulaanbaatar! Charlotte managed to send off a few great photos of the climb and trip back to Bayan Olgii overnight. With photos like these, I don’t think I need to say much more. The Team had a great trip, perfect weather for climbing and […]
July 23, 2018 Charlotte checked in a few times overnight. The first call was from the summit of Mount Khuiten! “It is a perfect day with a light breeze and great climbing conditionsâ€, said Charlotte during a quick sat phone call from the summit. Charlotte then checked in from High Camp to let us know […]
July 22, 2018 Charlotte checked in after a great day climbing to the summit of Peak Nairandal. 100% on top with a perfect weather day. The climb of Peak Nairandal (13,900 ft) starts off quite mellow with glacier travel before taking a right hand turn and heading up steeper slopes. Once on the steep […]
July 21, 2018 Charlotte checked in overnight to let us know the team had a great day climbing to high camp. The climb to high camp starts up a pretty mellow trail for about an hour. From there they take a left and work their way down the rocky moraine to the Potaniin Glacier. […]
