\n\t\t\t\tJustin Merle and fellow IMG Guide Emily Johnston (Paul Pottinger)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nJustin Merle began guiding on Mt. Rainer in 1999 and hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stopped.\u00c2\u00a0 Since his first climb as a guide, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s accumulated over 160 summits of Mt. Rainier and countless other summits here in the Great Pacific Northwest and worldwide, including seven summits of Mt. Everest. Merle, an AMGA certified Alpine Guide, has shown tremendous leadership over the years and he has earned the position of Chief Guide.\u00c2\u00a0 The Chief Guide role at IMG has been held by Justin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good friend, mentor and longtime guide, IMG Partner George Dunn.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m delighted to pass on the role of Chief Guide to veteran IMG Guide Justin Merle. Justin has been with IMG from the start and he is a proven guide with experience based on years of leading programs around the world. Most importantly, Justin has the respect and friendship of the entire guide staff at IMG.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – George Dunn
\n<\/em><\/p>\nIn this new role for Justin, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll direct our great team of Guide Supervisors, oversee new guide hiring, training and ongoing guide development. Additionally, throughout the Rainier season Merle will consult with the IMG staff as well as the National Park Service and the other Rainier Guide Services on mountain conditions, route development and risk management on the mountain.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m humbled to be named Chief Guide at IMG. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve looked up to George Dunn, Phil Ershler and Eric Simonson since my first climb in 1999. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been great leaders, mentors, bosses and friends. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking forward to these new responsibilities, especially working with the guide staff. If there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one thing I know, it’s that we can all be better guides, and that starts this weekend with our Spring Guide Training. Time to get to work!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Justin Merle
\n<\/em><\/p>\nWhile Merle has been promoted to Chief Guide, George Dunn isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going anywhere. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll continue to oversee the entire Rainier Program at IMG. Look for George and Justin on the snowfield this summer!<\/p>\n
Tye Chapman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
April 23, 2018 Justin Merle began guiding on Mt. Rainer in 1999 and hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stopped.\u00c2\u00a0 Since his first climb as a guide, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s accumulated over 160 summits of Mt. Rainier and countless other summits here in the Great Pacific Northwest and worldwide, including seven summits of Mt. Everest. Merle, an AMGA certified Alpine Guide, has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guide-features","category-img-news","category-mt-rainier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19072"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19080,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19072\/revisions\/19080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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