November 14, 2014 It’s Ecuador season. Our November team has landed in Quito with everyone accounted for and all their luggage, too. Nice start. The crew toured Old Town Quito this morning and then jumped on our bus and headed north, across the equator, to Peguche where they visited with Jose Cotacachi who showed the […]
January 22, 2014 New flash – Luke woke me up this morning to say that our 3 guides and 3 climbers summited Chimborazo this morning. Congratulations. Some recent snow had made the climbing conditions safer and had made the attempt reasonable. Nothing is easy about this climb. Weather wasn’t easy either but everyone hung in […]
January 21, 2014 Lots of movement south of the border. In Ecuador, Luke and Romulo are heading to Chimborazo with 4 team members. All the pieces need to fall into place but the guys are determined to give it a shot. Members on the regular trip are flying home today after having summited Cotopaxi and […]
January 19, 2014 Josh called at 6 am, Seattle time, to let me know they couldn’t get up Aconcagua this morning. They encountered way too much snow up high. Winter conditions and a winter snow pack. Discretion is the better part of valor and it just wasn’t safe enough to continue. The team’s back at […]
January 15, 2014 Luke, Romulo and crew are heading for the barn. In this case, the ‘barn’ is the Hacienda San Augustin, a spectacular spot below Cotopaxi. The team summited this morning in good weather and good conditions. Everyone got back to the hut safely, packed up and headed for the hacienda. At 19,300 ft. […]
January 14, 2014 Busy again for IMG in South America. Here’s the latest – Mike Hamill has arrived in Mendoza. He’ll be doing a climb via the Horcones Valley on Aconcagua with 2 climbers on a custom trip. He crossed paths with Peter Anderson and his group as they were leaving Mendoza, on their way […]
January 13, 2014 With so many groups on the move during the last couple of days, let’s get everyone up to date regarding movements. Greg, Aaron and their Vinson crew are done and home. Wasn’t easy to get everyone rebooked with flights home but Pirjo and CTT Destinations did a super job. There is still […]
January 10, 2014 Lots of movement regarding IMG teams and the Southern Hemisphere. Greg, Aaron and team returned from their 100% successful Vinson expedition. The IL 76 actually came in last night and was able to return the crew to Punta Arenas, Chile early this morning. They need some sleep. We’re all working on getting […]
December 17, 2013 From: Michael Hamill Date: December 17, 2013, 2:19:20 PM PST To: Phil Ershler Subject: Antisana We’re back in Quito after giving Antisana a go this morning and coming up empty handed. We made it to about 18,000ft after navigating several tricky crevasse sections but were eventually turned above the col by a […]
December 15, 2013 From: Mike Hamill Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 3:28 PM To:Â Phil Ershler Phil – Just a quick note to let you know we made it to Papallacta and the whole team got up Cayambe in good time. We’re driving to Antisana bc tomorrow to make an attempt the following day. It […]
