IMG Expedition Trip Reports
Click below to see trip reports from trekkers and climbers about their experiences on an International Mountain Guides expedition. If you'd like to share your story, images, videos, existing online photo album or web page from an IMG trek, climb or expedition, we'd love to hear from you: office@mountainguides.com
HIMALAYAS
Everest South Side Climbs and Nepal Treks
- Everest 2022 Expedition Coverage »
22 summits! - Everest 2021 Expedition Coverage »
23 summits! - Everest 2020: Help IMG Support our Nepal Team »
- Everest 2019 Expedition Coverage »
35 summits! - 2018 Private Nepal Trek with Island and Mera Peak Climbs
Trip Report and Photos by Nathan Berry - Everest 2018 Expedition Coverage »
36 summits! - Everest 2017 Expedition Coverage »
55 summits! - Everest 2016 Expedition Coverage »
46 summits! - Everest 2015 Expedition Coverage »
Updates and photos from the expedition - 2014 Everest Base Camp via 3 Peaks 3 Passes Nepal Trek »
Trip Report and Photos by Tye Chapman - Everest 2014 Expedition Coverage »
Updates and photos from the expedition - Everest 2013 Expedition Coverage »
44 Everest Summits and 2 Lhotse Summits! - Everest 2012 Expedition Coverage »
49 Everest Summits and 2 Lhotse Summits! - Everest 2011 Expedition Coverage »
37 Summits! - Everest 2010 Expedition Coverage »
42 Summits! - Autumn Everest Trek and Ama Dablam Climb Coverage: IMG Ama Dablam Expedition, Nepal Trek to Everest Base Camp, and Lobuche Peak Climb
- Everest 2009 Expedition Coverage »
30 summits including the first Singapore women summiters and oldest American climber to summit successfully - 2008 Autumn Everest Trek and Ama Dablam Climb Coverage: IMG Ama Dablam Expedition, Nepal Trek to Everest Base Camp, and Lobuche Peak Climb
- 2008 Spring IMG Everest Expedition
31 summits including Dave Hahn's 10th Everest summit - 2007 Autumn Expedition: Nepal Trek, Lobuche Peak Climb and Ama Dablam Climb report by guide Justin Merle
- 2007 Everest South Side Nepal Expedition
37 summits and a life-saving rescue - 2006 Autumn Expedition: Nepal Trek, Island Peak Climb and Ama Dablam Climb report by guide Justin Merle
- 2006 Everest South Side Nepal Expedition
30 summits on this expedition! - 2005 Everest South Side Nepal Expedition
- 2004 Everest South Side Nepal Expedition
- 2003 Everest South Side Nepal Expedition
- 2001 Everest South Side Nepal Expedition
Mt. Khuiten, Mongolia
- 2017 Mt. Khuiten Mongolia Expedition Trip Report »
by Charlotte Austin
Dolpo Trek, Nepal
- 2013 Dolpo Trek Trip Report »
Story and photos by Adam Angel
Everest North Side Climbs and Tibet Treks
- 2007 Tibet Trek
IMG guide Adam Angel's story and photos from the 2007 trek - 2006 Tibet Trek to Everest ABC
IMG guide Adam Angel's story and photos from the world's highest trek - 2003 North Side Tibet Climb
- 2001 Tibet Trek to Everest Base Camp:
"I was starting to get accustomed to amazing sights since arriving in Lhasa. The part I was looking forward to most was about to happen: the trek into Everest North Side Base Camp..." - 2001 Everest North Side Tibet Epedition
2nd Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition and the highest altitude, life-saving rescue to date
Cho Oyu
- 2019 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2018 Autumn Expedition Trip Report by Dallas Glass
- Expedition Coverage in the IMG Blog
- 2018 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2014 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2013 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2011 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2010 Autumn Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2010 Spring Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2009 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2008 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2007 Autumn Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2007 Spring Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2006 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2005 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2004 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2003 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2002 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 2001 Cho Oyu Expedition
- 1996 High Altitude Brewing on Cho Oyu...
Ama Dablam
- IMG Blog Expedition Coverage: IMG Ama Dablam Climb, Nepal trek to Everest Base Camp, and Lobuche Peak Climb
- 2019 Ama Dablam Expedition »
Archived Daily Coverage - 2018 Ama Dablam Expedition »
Trip Report by Nathan Berry - 2017 Ama Dablam Expedition »
Trip Report by Austin Shannon - 2008 Expedition Coverage: IMG Ama Dablam Climb, Nepal trek to Everest Base Camp, and Lobuche Peak Climb
- 2007 Trip Report: Nepal Trek, Lobuche Peak Climb and Ama Dablam Climb report by guide Justin Merle
- 2006 Trip Report: Nepal Trek, Island Peak Climb and Ama Dablam Climb report by guide Justin Merle
- 2005 Expedition Journal
Daily updates and photos from climber Mark Ursino
Mera Peak
- 2017 Mera Peak Expedition »
Trip Report by Kevin Kayl
Bhutan Trek
- Bhutan Trek Coverage in the IMG Blog
- 2012 Bhutan Trek Trip Report by Mark Ursino
- 2011 Bhutan Trek Trip Report by Stacy Czebotar
- 2005 Bhutan Trek Story by Kari Lundgren
- 2005 Bhutan Trek Recap
ANTARCTICA
Vinson Massif
- Vinson Expedition Coverage
- 2010 IMG Vinson Expedition
IMG climber Alan Arnette's story and photos - January 2009 Expedition
IMG climber Ted Fairhurst's story and photos 
November 2008 Expedition
IMG climber Robyn Garrison's Story and Photos- 2005 Vinson Expedition
IMG climbers Nancy Norris' story and Brien Sheedy's photos - 2005 Vinson Expedition
Guide Jason Tanguay's expedition blog with story, audio updates and photos - 2004 Expedition
IMG climber Mike Schiller's Story and Photos
AFRICA
Kilimanjaro
- Kilimanjaro Expedition Updates in the IMG Blog
- 2018 Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari Trip Report by Tye Chapman
- 2015 Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari Trip Report by Dustin Balderach
- Dec 2014 Kilimanjaro Expedition Trip Report by David Feinleib
- Dec 2014 Kilimanjaro Expedition Trip Report by Alison Howard and Clint Chase
- 2014 Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari Trip Report by Steph Decker
- 2013 Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari Trip Report by Jacque Brill
- 2012 Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari Trip Report by Clarissa Morford
- In good hands on Kilimanjaro when something goes wrong »
Alan Arnette's report of his Kili summit climb with IMG and injury on the descent. - Climbing Kili at 71 by Kathy Maclaurin
- 2007 Kilimanjaro Photos and Video by Robert Rosell
- 2006 Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari by Robyn Garrison
- 2006 Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari by Bhavesh Patel
NORTH AMERICA
Mt. Rainier, Washington
- 2017 IMG Mt. Rainier Summit Climb
David Feinleib's story and photos - 2017 IMG Liberty Ridge Rainier Climb
Austin Shannon's story and photos - 2014 IMG Rainier Climb Video
Video by: Amanda Evertz - 2012 IMG Rainier Summit Climb
Brian Baughman's story and photos - 2011 IMG Rainier Summit Climb: Desktop to Mountain Top
Clarissa Morford's story and photos - 2009 IMG Rainier Climb
Alecia Hoyt's story and photos - 2006 Rainier Summit Climb
Ben Glenn's story of a Microsoft fundraising climb - 2004 Rainier Circumnav and Climb
Adam Angel's story and photos - 2003 Rainier Summit Climb (See the video »)
Heather Macdonald's story, photos and video slideshow
Ouray, CO — Ice Climbing Seminars
- 2015 Ouray Ice Climbing Seminar Trip Report
Story and photos by Sarah Cousins Hoopes - 2012 Ouray Ice Climbing Seminar Trip Report
Story and photos by Cale Hoopes
Mt. Baker, WA
- 2013 Mt. Baker Climb »
Chrohn's and Colitis Climb for the Cure - 2011 Success on Mt. Baker »s
by IMG climber, Katie Kaluza
Smith Rocks Climbing Seminars
- What it's like to climb at Smith Rocks
by IMG guide Austin Shannon
IMG's Alaskan Ascents Program — Mt. Bona, Mt. Sanford, Mt. Bear, Mt. Logan
- Trip Report for IMG's Mt. Sanford/Jarvis Climb
Story and photos by Scott Zannini - Trip Report for IMG's 2014 Mt. Bona Climb
Story and photos by Tom Allred
"Now we were dropped on the complete opposite side of the mountain on a route that as far as I can tell hadn't seen humans since Andrew McLean's 2007 attempt. There was nothing else to do but set up camp and see what the next day would bring..." - 2011 Mt. Bona Expedition Report
by IMG guide Sheldon Kerr - 2009 Mt. Bona Expedition Report
by IMG guide Mark Allen
LATIN AMERICA
Patagonia Trek
- Trip Report for IMG's 2016 Patagonia Trek
Story and photos by Tye Chapman - Trip Report for IMG's 2015 Patagonia Trek
Story and photos by Tye Chapman - Trip Report for IMG's 2014 Patagonia Trek
Story and photos by Tye Chapman - Trip Report for IMG's 2013 Patagonia Trek
Story and photos by Tye Chapman - Trip Report for IMG's 2012 Patagonia Trek
Story and photos by Tye Chapman
Machu Picchu, Peru
- IMG 2016 Salkantay Trek: Five Unexpected Highlights by Charlotte Austin
- Why Trek Machu Picchu with IMG? by Peter Anderson
- Trip Report on the 2015 Salkantay Trek
Story and photos by Tye Chapman - 2013 Machu Picchu and Salkantay Treks
Story and photos by Peter Anderson - Trip Report on the 2012 Salkantay Trek
Story and photos by Kelly Ryan - Trip Report on the 2012 Machu Picchu Trek
Story and photos by Peter Anderson - Trip Report on IMG's 2011 Machu Picchu Salkantay Trek
Story and photos by Kelly Ryan
Bolivia
- Bolivia Expedition Coverage
in the IMG Blog
Cerro Aconcagua
- 2006 Aconcagua Expedition
Story of the climb with photos
Mexico Volcanoes
Ecuador Volcanoes
AUSTRALASIA
Carstensz Pyramid
- 2018 IMG Carstensz Pyramid Expedition »
- 2018 5th Expedition to Papua: Attempt on Mt. Yamin » by Anthony Nightingale
- 100% Successful 2017 Expedition »
- 2017 Climbing Adventures in Flores and Sumbawa and climb of Mount Tambora, Indonesia
- 2016 Climbs of Mounts Loser, Leuser, and Tanpa Nama in North Sumatra, Indonesia
- 2015 Five More Peaks of Papua Expedition trip report »
by Anthony Nightingale - 100% Successful 2014 Expedition »
- 2013 Sep-Oct Carstensz Expedition »
- 2013 February Carstensz Expedition »
- 2013 Trikora and Mandala Papua Expedition trip report »
by Anthony Nightingale - 2013 Four Peaks of Papua Expedition trip report »
by Anthony Nightingale - 2012 Carstensz Expedition Coverage »
- 2012 Carstensz Expedition Trip Report »
by IMG guide Dan Zokaites - 2011 Carstensz Expedition »
EUROPE
Various European Expeditions
- Eric Simonson leads a 2008 Alps Expedition »
- 2007 Climb of Ararat, Turkey