June 28, 2021 Nicole and her Team 6 moved up to 17 Camp yesterday, and are taking an active rest day today while working on the camp.  Now,  Andy and his Team 7 are moving up to 17K today. We’ll keep our fingers crossed on the weather. Hopefully the two teams can climb together to […]
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More Denali Summits

June 24, 2021 Our remaining three IMG Denali teams are each following a different strategy, to be flexible with the weather and their respective capabilities.   Denali is currently getting hit by a weather system that is bringing snow and wind to the Alaska Range. Dallas and his Team 5 were feeling strong and moved to […]
IMG Denali Team 7 on the way

June 18, 2021 IMG leader Andy Polloczek reports that the food is packed, the duffels are stacked, and that Team 7 are set to fly! By now they should all be on the Kahiltna Glacier, ready to begin their chess match with Denali. Higher up on the hill leaders Dallas and Nicole report that their […]
IMG Denali teams enjoying good weather

June 15, 2021 IMG leaders Nicole Sims and Dallas Glass report that their respective teams are doing well, and have been making good progress.  They have been moving at “night†which is a bit of a misnomer since it is never dark in Alaska this time of year. Their goal down low on the mountain […]
IMG Denali Teams 5 & 6 on the way!

June 12, 2021 IMG Denali Guides Nicole Sims and Dallas Glass checked in this morning to report the weather was good for flying today, and that their respective custom teams are ready to go. With Nicole Sims is Assistant guide Rowan Stewart, with Khai and Milind. With Dallas is Assistant guide Keith Rumburg, with Iulia, […]
Denali Reload

June 10, 2021 Our IMG Denali Team 4 got flown out of Kahiltna Base Camp this morning after waiting two days for flyable weather.   Now they are all back in Talkeetna getting their showers, packing up, and plotting their next move. That marks the end of our first wave of teams, and the beginning of […]
Denali Team 4 on Top!
IMG guide Nickel Wood called on the Iridium to report that Team 4 had a nice Denali summit day.  They made good time on the climb and descent and were all back to the 17 Camp getting ready to start on some well-deserved hot drinks and dinner.  They will start down tomorrow. Meanwhile we have […]
Team 4 moving into position on Denali

June 5, 2021 With the Team 1,2,3 climbers all heading down now, it’s time for IMG Leader Nickel Wood and his Team 4 to step up to the plate. Today they moved from 14 Camp up to 17. Sounds like the weather is decent and they may take a shot at the top tomorrow. The […]
Denali Summits!

June 3, 2021 Both Andy Polloczek’s Team 1 and Peter Dale’s Team 3 pushed up to high camp and joined forces for the summit bids. We are excited to report that our first wave of IMG Denali climbers, led by Peter, reached the summit last night and are all back to high camp now. They […]
IMG Denali climbers preparing for move to high camp

June 1, 2021 Our IMG Denali climbers are up at 14 Camp and have been staying busy doing a variety of rest days, camp work and carries.  It’s been cold and breezy the last few days, and the teams have worked to harden their camps with snow block walls. The climbers have carried loads up […]

