May 24, 2010 IMG Guide Mark Allen called in from Bona base camp. The group was flown in yesterday without event, and are now spending a day or two acclimatizing and establishing a good, well protected base camp. Mark says they have switched to a nocturnal schedule and will go to bed at noon today […]
Mt. Bona
Mt. Bona Trip Getting Started
May 23, 2010 The Mt. Bona Expedition group met as a team for the first time on Saturday May 22 in Anchorage. They did a final gear check, went over group supplies and had a team meeting. They finished with a final dinner in downtown Anchorage, then called it an early night. The plan is […]
Bona Team Summits!
June 9, 2009 Below is a recap of the trip: The group arrived at Camp 1 on schedule and spent a good night there on June 3. On June 4 the guides scouted the route up to Camp 2 at 14,000 feet while the team took a well deserved rest day. On June 5 the […]
IMG Mt. Bona Update #1
IMG Guide Mark Allen called in late last night. The group met and organized on Saturday in Anchorage, then breezed through the 4-5 hour drive to Chitina on Sunday. Rather than spend the night at the bush pilot’s lodge on the Chitina River, bush pilot Paul Claus was able to fly the group directly on […]