October 1, 2012 On Sunday, our last Rainier climb of 2012 came off the mountain in good form after summitting earlier that morning! IMG Guides Justin Merle, Max Bunce, Eben Reckord and Dallas Glass led the way. The team had the mountain completely to themselves, a special and not so common, occurrence. Their team’s summit […]
September 28, 2012 Last week we put together an Intro To Mountaineering Course for a few Outdoor Research product managers and designers. They spent day 1 leaning the basics (ice axe arrest, cramponing, etc.). The second day they went out onto the Nisqually Glacier for an up close encounter with a crevasse. Below is a […]
It’s official, our 2013 dates have been released and with just 8 climbers and 4 guides on each climb, the spots go fast! Let’s cut to the chase: Winter & Denali Prep Seminars: Literally a prerequisite for Denali. 4 experienced guides, 8 climbers, 6.5 days of learning/training/climbing and generally getting your butt kicked by the […]
September 9, 2012 From: Joseph Manning Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:35 AM To: Tye Chapman Subject: Thank you! Hey IMG, I am sitting in Seattle now, with clean clothes, and am a couple of showers post my incredible week on Rainier with IMG and the Glacier Skills Seminar. I am beginning to reflect on […]
August 12, 2012 Last night after work Erika Bjornson and I jumped in the car and headed up to Paradise. Our mission: enjoy an evening hike up to Camp Muir & to check out the Perseid Meteor Shower. Enjoy the hike we did. We hit the trail at 6:45pm and made good time up to […]
August 1, 2012 IMG Guide Eben Reckord called in from the Whitman Glacier near Little Tahoma. He and Dustin Balderach are leading our 6.5 day Little Tahoma Seminar. Today they moved camp a little closer to Little Tahoma proper. Tomorrow they’ll continue training and if all goes as planned they’ll climb on Friday. In the […]
July 5, 2012 Our latest climb of the Kautz route on Mt. Rainier tagged the top a few days ago. Below is a trip report by IMG Guide Nick Laws. ——- While crossing the Nisqually Glacier on the first day we found the perfect spot to bring everyone up to speed on climbing techniques for […]
June 21, 2012 Justin Merle just called in from the summit plateau at 2:10 pm PDT after his team topped out on Liberty Cap, a false summit on the mountain, but the end of the technical difficulties on the Liberty Ridge route. They have a couple of hour’s slog over to the true summit, then […]
June 20, 2012 Good news from Liberty Ridge! Justin Merle called in this afternoon at 2pm PDT. The team is doing well. They spent last night on lower Curtis Ridge at  7,000’ and got an early start this morning, walking by 6am. They made good progress climbing the Carbon Glacier to the foot of Liberty […]
June 14, 2012 Even George Dunn turns around from time to time! The group left the flats and after reaching the top of the cleaver they encountered some slopes they just weren’t comfortable with, so they stopped, took some photos and headed back to the Ingraham Flats. A great effort by all on a beautiful, […]
