July 16, 2018 The 46th annual JanSport Climb of Mt. Rainier is officially underway. Sixteen climbers from all over the world, representing JanSport in a variety of ways, converged on IMG on Saturday for the start of their climb. We kicked things off with a gear check and a BBQ. On Sunday the group […]
July 3, 2018 Here are the current IMG happenings on Mt. Rainier… Harry Hamlin’s team is on the Emmons route. They’re doing some crampon/ice axe/rope travel training on the Inter Glacier this morning before moving up the Camp Schurman this afternoon. They’ll go for the summit tomorrow morning. Johnny Schrock took the first July […]
June 28, 2018 Another busy day on Mt. Rainier today! Justin Merle and his Disappointment Cleaver team stood on the summit early this morning, shortly thereafter was Mike Haft and his Kautz Team. Hot on their trails is Luke Reilly and his Glacier Skills Seminar who pulled into Camp Muir today after three days of […]
June 18, 2018 The season on Mt. Rainier is cranking right along. Here’s a quick recap: Kautz Route – Dallas Glass reports that he and his team are ready to tackle the Kautz Ice Chute tomorrow morning! Emmons Route – Justin Merle is getting his Emmons team ready to hit the trailhead in the […]
June 14, 2018 Three different teams and three different outcomes. First, IMG Chief Guide Justin Merle called in from the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. He and his team summited via the DC Route (currently the Ingraham Direct). They’ll make their way back down, stopping briefly at The Flats and at Camp Muir, […]
June 11, 2018 Despite a recent hiccup in the weather here in the Pacific Northwest, things continue to go pretty smoothly on Mt. Rainier. Right now we have three teams on the mountain. Harry Hamlin and his team are at their first camp on the Fuhrer Finger route. They’re going to see what the recent […]
June 5, 2018 The Kautz Team, led by Mike Haft, are tucked in comfortably at their first camp. They’ll move up to about 10,000ft near Camp Hazard tomorrow. They’ve got their eyes set on Thursday as their summit day. The Emmons Team, led by Dallas Glass, unfortunately had their summit window close on them […]
June 4, 2018 It’s amazing that it’s already June 4th! The climbing season here in the Pacific Northwest is flying by. The climbs are coming and going almost daily now on Mt. Rainier. Programs on Mt. Baker are ramping up as are climbs on Mt. Shuksan and the rest of the North Cascades. Currently, our […]
May 31, 2018 The busy weeks continues on Mt. Rainier! Our Kautz team summited on Tuesday and made their way down to the trailhead yesterday. Our next Kautz team meets this Sunday and will be on the route early next week. The Liberty Ridge team topped out yesterday and made their way down to Camp […]
May 29, 2018 Take a deep breath here we go… On the DC Route (currently the Ingraham Direct), Dallas Glass and his team summited this morning and are now back down in Ashford. Taking their place on the mountain is Luke Reilly and his team. They’re up at Camp Muir doing well with a […]
