February 10, 2011 Chimborazo keeps proving to be a tough mountain. For the last week, we’ve had an old friend and IMG customer attempting to climb Chimborazo in Ecuador. He’s been climbing with our Ecuadorian partner and guide extraordinaire, Romulo Cardenas, and IMG Senior Guide and Everest climber, Andy Politz. After a careful series of […]
January 26, 2011 Add equal parts of a great group of climbers, great local guides, three decades of running the program, perfect weather, a friendly country with beautiful mountains and then stir. The result is a mixture for the perfect trip. I know you’ve followed the posts but it’s hard to do justice regarding the […]
January 24, 2011 We heard from Phil Ershler in Ecuador, where he says the team is back in Quito and healthy and happy. Their summit day ended with a trip to Papallacta, a resort with volcanic fed hot springs – what a way to end the trip! Becky Kjorvestad, IMG Office
January 24, 2011 Eben called in from High Camp on Aconcagua to report that 8 of 9 tagged the top earlier today. All are safe and sound back at camp and anxious to get down to Plaza de Mulas tomorrow and out to civilization on Tuesday. No immediate word from Phil in Ecuador but like […]
January 22, 2011 We received word from Phil today after a great day training on the lower glaciers of Cayambe. If all goes as planned they’ll get an alpine start in the morning and be on the summit by mid-morning. Further South on Aconcagua, Eben and his team made the move to High Camp today […]
January 21, 2011 We received word from Antarctica & Punta Arenas, Chile today that ALE called in the IL76 for a flight! This is great news for our team who’s been waiting at Union Glacier for a couple weeks now and especially great news for IMG Guide, and ping-pong champion (see yesterday’s blog post) Aaron […]
Chile & Antarctica Greg and his team continue their “standby” status to leave Antarctica while Mike and his crew weigh their options in Punta Arenas. So what do you do with 20 hours of daylight and literally nothing to do…well, you play volleyball and ping-pong of course. IMG Guide Aaron Mainer (who’s been on the […]
January 19th, 2011 Ecuador Phil called in this afternoon to report that they had 10 of 12 on top of Cotopaxi in beautiful weather! They’re en route to Hacienda Tierra del Volcan tonight and off to San Augustine tomorrow before heading to climb Cayambe. Nice work team! Argentina Eben called in this morning as well […]
January 16, 2011 Ecuador Phil called in early this morning to report that he and his team have been enjoying beautiful weather and, after a private breakfast at La Matilde. were off to climb Pasachoa on one of their acclimatization hikes. After their hike, they’ll head to Hacienda Tierra del Volcan (12,000ft) where they’ll sleep […]
December 2, 2010 Well, the team is back in Quito winding down after 2+ weeks here in Ecuador. As you know we got shutdown during our first two weeks here but we came on strong these last two days with summits of Illiniza Norte and Illiniza Sur! Iliniza Norte was a great climb (both times) […]
