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June 4, 2012 View Larger Map IMG Guide Mark Allen and team made it down to the ‘landing strip’ on Mt. Logan last Friday and were flown off about an hour later by our good friend and Alaska bush pilot, Paul Claus. All are safely back in the United States of America after battling the […]
May 31, 2012 Mark called in with an update on the Logan team. After a rest day to recover from their previous efforts on the upper mountain, they started the descent from Camp 4 at 10am on Thursday May 29, heading down to Camp 3 and their cache of supplies there. Conditions were not great, […]
May 29, 2012 Lead guide Mark Allen called in at 1:30 p.m. PDT with a report on the team’s progress today. Unfortunately, it looks like the team will start their descent tomorrow without tagging the summit. The team established a high camp over Prospector’s Col on the summit plateau two days ago. They were one […]
May 27, 2012 Good news from Mt. Bona! IMG Guide Sheldon Kerr reports 100% on top of Mt. Bona yesterday. Today, some of the folks are off climbing Mt. Churchill – a neighboring peak. They’ll head on down to Base Camp today and will hopefully be off the mountain in just a couple days – […]
May 25, 2012 IMG Guide Sheldon Kerr called in yesterday from Mt. Bona to report that all is well. They were in camp at 14,oooft. anticipating a rest day today given a marginal forecast. No report today so we’re assuming they’re hanging tight at camp waiting things out. A few hundred miles away on Mt […]
May 22, 2012 Mark Allen, Mt. Logan Expedition Leader called in with a status report today. The team is healthy and doing well. They just finished a heavy schedule of work the last two days. And are now enjoying a well deserved rest. On Sunday, May 20 the team carried to Camp 3 (13,400’) and […]
May 19, 2012 Mark called in late this afternoon to report that all continues to go well on Logan. They’re at C2 now “right in the middle of King’s Trench” with great views of their objective (Logan) and King Peak. Tomorrow they’ll carry to C3 and double back to sleep at C2. Climb high, sleep […]
May 17, 2012 Mark Allen called in today to report that all is well on Mt. Logan. They enjoyed the night at C1 and are en route to C2. It’s a big day even after dropping a cache about halfway. They’ll pull into camp tonight around 10pm, not a big deal in the great white […]
May 16, 2012 IMG Guide Mark Allen called in this afternoon to report that all is well on the US/Canada Border! The team flew in and were dropped off safely on the flanks of Mt. Logan, Canada’s tallest peak. It was a ‘bluebird’ day with views from the St. Elias to the Pacific Ocean. Once […]
