July 2, 2013 Greg should be making a carry today up high on the West Buttress. Weather and performance of the team will determine exactly how high they go. They’ll move some fuel/food up, as well as a bit of extra gear. More than anything, today also serves as a good opportunity to further […]
July 1, 2013 Greg and crew flew onto the mountain and have made great progress ever since. Yesterday marked their arrival at the 14,000 ft. camp with everyone and all their gear. Very nice. The trick, when you have a team this strong, is not to rush. Weather is good and people are strong […]
June 26, 2013 Greg called in yesterday morning to let us know that the team flew into base camp. All good and weather remains pretty much perfect. Lots of evening travel will be the order of business. Nice weather is just that, nice, but travel when it’s a bit cooler is often a good option. […]
June 24, 2013 IMG Senior Guide, Greg Vernovage, is guiding for Denali concession holder and our good friends, Alaska Mountaineering School, as he takes a group of long-time IMG climbers up Denali. The team rendezvoused in Anchorage Sunday morning before driving together to Talkeetna. Gear checks, final packing, meetings with the National Park and with […]
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 […]
