June 12, 2013 Recently IMG guides Mike Haft and Peter Dale climbed and skied Mt McKinley on a personal trip. They enjoyed perfect weather for 15 days with warm temps and no wind. They succeeded in climbing and skiing the Orient Express from the summit, and skied a few other pretty neat lines around the […]
June 10, 2013 IMG Guides Austin Shannon, Luke Reilly and Dallas Glass summitted as scheduled on Saturday, followed closely by fellow IMG Guide Aaron Mainer who was up there guiding just 2 weeks after summitting Everest. We’ll have a full trip report from the guys shortly. All are safely off the mountain – that’s enough […]
June 6, 2013 IMG Guides Austin Shannon, Luke Reilly and Dallas Glass are enjoying some good weather and some good skiing on Denali. Austin called in yesterday from High Camp (17,200ft) after their caching their loads. They were preparing for a nice ski back down to their camp at 14,200ft. They’ll likely take a rest […]
June 2, 2013 IMG guide Austin Shannon called in from 11,000 feet on Denali at 4:30 pm PDT yesterday. He and guides Luke Reilly and Dallas Glass, climbing on their own for fun, Â are doing great. Austin reported sunny weather, no clouds, very warm and a perfect view of Mt. Foraker from where they are […]
July 30, 2012 30 years ago, I climbed Denali with the group shown here. How quickly time passes. Don Vandegriff, Jon Pelkey, Dennis Shields, Chris Shields, Phil Ershler, Dave Krohne, Sheryl Krohne and Jim Dallas – this was the team I took to Denali in June 1982. Eight of us landed on the Kahiltna Glacier […]
July 13, 2012 Greg and his team have been very busy on Denali. First, they were busy climbing and making carries. At 14,000’, the kept busy for several days fighting a series of storms, with lots of wind and lots of snow. With supplies running low and no major weather changes in sight, they then […]
July 9, 2012 Greg called this afternoon from 14000’. Not terrible but not good enough to head up. The crew continues to hang in there. Fun fact – the NPS just flew the last of their loads out from 14K for the season. May be time for the NPS to head home but not the […]
July 8, 2012 …It’s also a necessity at times while on an expedition. If you don’t have the ability to wait, it’s hard to be a good expedition climber. So, Greg and team are hanging. Lots of snow on Sunday with a good amount of wind. Forecast is still not for bluebird weather so more […]
July 7, 2012 Greg and team have been making steady and careful progress. They did the smart thing and took a rest day after their ‘back carry’. No reason to rush. And, an extra day/night at 14,000’ can only help with the acclimatization process. On the 6th, the crew did a carry up the fixed […]
July 3, 2012 Greg Vernovage reports that he’s been pretty darn happy with the progress and the crew. They’ve now carried above their Camp 3, which is at the base of Motorcycle Hill (11,000’). Weather’s been good, group’s been good, route’s been good – that’s all we need to know. Phil Ershler
