July 18, 2015 It was beautiful morning, when IMG guide Craig John, reached the summit of Mt. Rainier for his 200th time. Craig, or C.J. (as he is known by friends), and his team reached the summit of Washington’s highest peak at 6:30 am on Friday, July 18, 2015. In doing so, he joined a […]
June 17, 2015 Join IMG Guide Dallas Glass at the Outdoor Research Retail Store this Thursday, June 18th, at 5:30pm for a Prep To Climb Mt. Rainier presentation. Dallas will cover the routes, the gear and the training/fitness needed to climb Mt. Rainier. Dallas has had a busy summer on Rainier having led a few […]
June 14, 2015 At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2015, Mike Haft became the newest member of the Rainier Century Club. The club is reserved for climbers (almost always guides), who have climbed to the summit of Mt. Rainier 100 times! Mike Haft is in his 7th year as a guide for IMG, which […]
June 2, 2015 The Rainier season is off to a great start! Over the past three weeks, the mountain has been mostly clear, and the winds have been low. It has been mid-summer weather, in the middle of May. What does that mean for our Rainier climbs? SUMMITS! Aside from actually standing on top, one […]
May 17, 2015 The 2015 Rainier season is underway! Our first climb of the season narrowly missed the summit on Thursday but we’re happy to report our second climb of the season summitted yesterday morning. Below are a few photos from the climb. If these photos aren’t motivation to workout then there’s not much we […]
May 8, 2015 On May 12 at 7:00 pm IMG Guide Craig John will be doing a multi-media presentation on Everest as a fundraiser for the Sherpa who we work with in Nepal whose homes were lost or damaged as a result of the earthquake. The event will take place at the Freeport Community Library […]
May 6, 2015 One thing I love about life is that we never stop learning. There is always more to learn, new to know, skills to refine. Last week eight IMG guides and two Alpine Ascents International guides got together at IMG’s headquarters in Ashford, WA for an American Institute of Avalanche Research and […]
May, 4 2015 IMG conducted its annual spring guide training over the May 2 and 3 weekend. 26 guides showed up for the weekend and it was a great event in part due to the excellent weather. This made for a pleasant barbecue on Saturday night and skills training up at Paradise on Sunday. […]
April 22, 2015 Our last Denali Prep Seminar of the season is having a blast up at Camp Muir. The team started out here at IMG on Saturday for a gear check then enjoyed a beaut of a day making their way to their first camp near McClure Rock. They utilized another great day on […]
April 10, 2015 Yesterday, the winter storm watch and the forecasted extreme winds, forced our latest Denali Prep Seminar off of Mt. Rainier a day early. The team had spent a few days down low training then made the move to Camp Muir on Wednesday in great conditions. They woke up on Thursday to blue […]
