November 22, 2011 Spoke with Mike Hamill and our Vinson crew on the afternoon of the 22nd. They’ve pulled into C1, have walls built and tents up. And weather couldn’t be better. Plan is to carry to high camp tomorrow and come back to C1 for the night. Forecast is good for tomorrow and then […]
November 21, 2011 Once they started flying, they kept on flying. Mike Hamill reported that the team made it to Vinson base camp on the 20th, got a good camp established and made a carry on the 21st to C1 at around 10,000 ft. Nice. They’ll be doing a lot of wall building when they […]
November 20, 2011 Bad news is that the team was delayed 3 days before they were able to fly onto the Ice. Good news is that they made it in Saturday evening and that the delay won’t affect their climb. They’re off and running!! IMG guides, Mike Hamill and Chris Meder and our team of […]
Aaron went to Antarctica with Phil in November to guide our first Vinson trip of the season but then stayed on the ice to help ALE for a couple weeks while waiting for our second Vinson trip. If you kept up with the blog you, saw that our second trip was stuck on the ice […]
February 2, 2011 One of our Vinson teams had a little extra time on the ice in Antarctica… 
January 22, 2011 We received word from Phil today after a great day training on the lower glaciers of Cayambe. If all goes as planned they’ll get an alpine start in the morning and be on the summit by mid-morning. Further South on Aconcagua, Eben and his team made the move to High Camp today […]
January 21, 2011 We received word from Antarctica & Punta Arenas, Chile today that ALE called in the IL76 for a flight! This is great news for our team who’s been waiting at Union Glacier for a couple weeks now and especially great news for IMG Guide, and ping-pong champion (see yesterday’s blog post) Aaron […]
Chile & Antarctica Greg and his team continue their “standby” status to leave Antarctica while Mike and his crew weigh their options in Punta Arenas. So what do you do with 20 hours of daylight and literally nothing to do…well, you play volleyball and ping-pong of course. IMG Guide Aaron Mainer (who’s been on the […]
January 19th, 2011 Ecuador Phil called in this afternoon to report that they had 10 of 12 on top of Cotopaxi in beautiful weather! They’re en route to Hacienda Tierra del Volcan tonight and off to San Augustine tomorrow before heading to climb Cayambe. Nice work team! Argentina Eben called in this morning as well […]
January 19, 2011 IMG Guide Greg Vernovage called in this morning to report that he and the team are still hanging tight on the ice. They are bored, warm and well fed and ready to get home! The latest update is that everyone is waiting on a part needed to repair the IL76. The part […]
