August 12, 2011 Just got the sat phone call from Greg Vernovage and crew on the current Bolivia expedition. The guys are already spoiled – weather probably couldn’t be better. Everyone’s healthy and acclimating well. That “prep†process continues tomorrow with a day of training and then it’s time to take a shot at summiting […]
August 11, 2011 Not really tough at all for our Bolivia team — we are acclimatizing great at Lake Titicaca and our climb of Sun Island could not have been a sweeter day. Â A nice ferry ride and great acclimatization hike filled with views and laughter. Â On top, we looked to the south and saw […]
August 10, 2011 There are not many places where you can acclimatize for high altitude climbing by going to the beach! Lake Titicaca (12,506 feet / 3,812 meters) is that place. Yesterday the team travelled to the resort town of Copacabana on the shore of the Lake, and today they took the ferry to the […]
August 9, 2011 (Note this was received late on August 8th) After breakfast today,  it was time to stretch the legs with a tour of La Paz.  Flying in to this elevation can make some a little hesitant to get after it.  Not here, this team is on top of it.  We had a great […]
August 8, 2011 The entire team and their luggage have now arrived in La Paz, which is a great start! Today we took care of a lot of chores. El Alto, where we land, is over 13,000 feet and then we drop into La Paz at about 12,500.  The keys to success today are to […]
November 16, 2010 Off to Illimani I went. After driving until the road ended, we got out of the car with everything we needed for the climb. Illimani, which means Golden Eagle, was said to be a little dry at this time of year. I wanted to check it out. We loaded a few mules […]
November 11, 2010 After acclimatizing at “sea level” (Lake Titicaca = 13,400 ft/4100m) I headed to one of the main goals of the trip, Huayna Potosi (19,974 ft/6088m). It is a great looking mountain! I arrived at Base Camp and set up in the refugio for the night. A great dinner and good night sleep, […]
November 9, 2010 IMG guide Greg Vernovage reports that he had a nice visit to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, with a ferry ride out to the Isla del Sol (Sun Island) and a hike to nearly 14000 ft. Today they headed up to Zongo Pass, where they hired some porters, and then hiked up to […]
November 7, 2010 We sent IMG guide Greg Vernovage to Bolivia, on his way down to Ecuador (where he will be leading our November Ecuador climbs). Greg is doing an on-site review of our Bolivia program with our outfitters in La Paz.  Right now, though, Greg is acclimatizing at a resort in Copacabana, on the […]
