June 20, 2011 Kili summits! IMG guide Eric Remza reports that the team had good weather and conditions today for their ascent of Kilimanjaro, and they were able to make it to Uhuru Peak, the summit of Africa! They left Barafu at about midnight and summited shortly after dawn. They are now on their way […]
June 18, 2011 IMG guide Eric Remza reports by sat phone from Karanga Camp (13,000 feet) that everyone is doing well and the weather has been staying good. Today the team enjoyed one of the most spectacular days of trekking on the trip, as they climbed over the Barrancco Wall and traversed below the famous […]
June 15, 2011 IMG guide Eric Remza reports from Machame Camp at about 10,000 feet on the slopes of Kilimanjaro that the team is all tucked in after dinner, and a good first day of the climb. The weather was good today and they took it nice and slow going up through the forest, and […]
June 14, 2011 IMG guide Eric Remza reports by sat phone from Moshi that the June Kili team has all arrived on schedule. Sounds like the team had to take a longer routing, flying east over Saudi Arabia on the KLM flight from Amsterdam, to avoid the plume from the volcano in Eritrea! Everyone made […]
March 11, 2011 Everybody enjoys a good photo now and again… Check out this beauty taken by Steve Harshbarger while on Safari in 2010. Not a bad way to wrap up a climb of Kilimanjaro!
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 […]
February 8, 2011 The team did great. We have been moving everyday, up and down the mountain. The result was our goal - everyone reaching the summit. As suggested, we moved slowly right out of the gate.  The team stayed together walking with or behind whichever guide was at the front. It is always great […]
February 7, 2011 IMG guide Greg Vernovage called on the sat phone to let us know that everyone reached Uhuru, the summit of Africa! They started about midnight and had a nice summit day. Congrats for a successful climb!! Today the team heads down to Mweka Camp for a final night on the mountain, then […]
February 4, 2011 Aconcagua Mike Hamill reports that all is well at Aconcagua Base Camp (Plaza Argentina). The weather continues to hold and they’re all looking forward to a rest day/acclimatization day tomorrow. Later in the weekend (Super Bowl Sunday) they’ll carry to Camp 1 but be back at BC for a 3rd night before […]
February 3, 2011 IMG Senior Guide Greg Vernovage reports that the February IMG Kili team is on the way and doing well. They all managed to arrive in Africa with all their luggage, a good start to the trip! Then, after a day in Moshi to re-pack gear, get used to the new time zone, […]
