January 31, 2016 Jonathan checked in today, reporting that the team and he had made their move to high camp. Weather is good and winds were light. All members made the move without issue. That was all great news. Plan is to prep summit gear, eat and drink, rest (as much is possible at that […]
January 30, 2016 The Saturday report is the following: Josh McDowell and team are back in Mexico City and getting together this evening for one last dinner together. Mexico was super kind to us in November but not so much this trip. There will have to be a rematch. News continues to be favorable from […]
January 29, 2016 Josh checked in this morning from Mexico. The crew took their shot at the summit of Orizaba this morning but came up short. We had a super tight guide to climber ratio on this trip, just over 1 to 2, but today, with the icy conditions, it wasn’t quite enough. All our […]
January 26, 2016 Short and sweet – updates from down South……In Mexico, Josh McDowell and crew are at high camp on Ixta. Windy but things should be calming down. Team’s planning on taking a shot first thing in the morning. On Aconcagua, Jonathan Schrock and team have moved in to C1 (16,200’). Plan is to […]
January 25, 2016 It was a carry day yesterday to C1 for Jonathan Schrock and team on Aconcagua. Rest day at base camp today and hopefully moving up to C1 tomorrow. For Josh McDowell and team in Mexico, it was an acclimatization hike around the area of Paseo de Cortez. Today they make a carry […]
January 24, 2016 Time for a weekend update on IMG teams on Aconcagua and in Mexico. Let’s start with Jonathan Schrock and team on Aconcagua. All members arrived at base camp without issues. Saturday was a rest/acclimatization day at base camp and the team’s plan for today is to make a carry to Camp 1. […]
January 20, 2016 Heard from Luke this morning down in Ecuador. They took a good shot at Chimborazo but bullet-proof ice, covered by a centimeter of snow at 18,900 ft, made a safe summit push unreasonable. No worries, summits of Cayambe and Antisana and getting this close on Chimborazo is a success in anyone’s book. […]
January 19, 2016 News from the South—-Austin and team got off the Ice without issue. The Twin Otter (aircraft) was waiting for them when they arrived at Vinson base camp and whisked them right to the Union Glacier. It was only a couple of hours before the IL 76 arrived and got them to […]
January 13, 2016 The call came in this morning from Luke to let us know they’d had a successful summit of Cayambe this morning. Weather was pretty ‘misty’ yesterday but cleared off last night, enabling the team to summit. Well done. They’re already down, packed and on their way out, heading for the hot springs […]
January 12, 2016 Let’s catch up with our teams in the Southern Hemisphere. Luke, Romulo and team are ‘barely’ in the Southern Hemisphere right now and part of the day will be in the Northern Hemisphere, actually. They are up at the climber’s hut on Cayambe and taking the day to do more acclimatization and […]
