March 9, 2011 By Eben Reckord via OR’s Verticulture It’s hard to think that my journey to the top of the world started on a train in Tokyo. I was fourteen and I knew I wanted to climb, but wasn’t quite sure how to go about it. The closest climbing gym was three hours away […]
February 22, 2011 Well, we took a long weekend here at IMG too. Why not; we had great success on Kilimanjaro earlier this month, a couple teams on top of Aconcagua in February, Orizaba summits in Mexico and a great training seminar on Rainier last week, not to mention all of our ice climbers in […]
December 24, 2010 Lots of memorable events in 2010. That’s the case every year. One very special climb was the ascent of Mt. Everest with IMG by the father/son team of John and Ryan Dahlem. John was 67 at the time of the ascent. Their Seven Summit quest began with IMG about 10 years ago […]
September 29, 2010 Sad news today from Nepal. Lama Geshe, from Pangboche, has been a friend of climbers for many years. Through countless puja ceremonies, he has offered his prayers and blessings to us. Now it is our turn. Lama Geshe has suffered a stroke and has been transported to Kathmandu. For Everest climbers around […]
August 7, 2010 Ted Fairhurst, a long time friend of IMG, shot this video in the Khumbu Ice Fall last year. Pretty cool stuff! IMG Guide Eben Reckord leading the way.
May 20, 2010
May 13, 2010 Our IMG Sherpa Trek team, led by Phu Tashi, has now reached Lobuche and everyone is doing well. Jangbu hiked down to Lobuche today to meet the group. They have had a good trek up the Khumbu, including several days staying in Phu Tashi’s lodge with his family in Dingboche. Their current […]
May 4, 2010 IMG deputy leader Ang Jangbu Sherpa reports that the following IMG sherpas reached the summit of Mount Everest between 11:25-11:30 AM on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 (local time): 1) Nima Karma Sherpa (Phortse) 2) Phu Tshering (Phortse) 3) Phinjo Dorje (Pangboche) They fixed rope from South Col to Balcony yesterday and finished […]
May 3, 2010 Denali Prep Seminar – The team wrapped up the 6.5 day seminar on Saturday by walking down the Muir Snowfield in near white out conditions. Winds gusting to 60mph knocked them around a bit but nothing they couldn’t handle. They pulled into the parking lot at Paradise around 11am… An hour down […]
April 22, 2010 Ang Jangbu reports from IMG Base Camp that Greg Vernovage and many of the sherpa guided climbers went to C1 this morning, and the Hybrid group moved up to C2. We expect the rest of the climbers to be moving up to C1 in the next few days, as the first Everest […]
