April 4, 2012 With the Rainier season fast approaching I recently found myself re-reading Dee Molenaar’s The Challenge Of Rainier and I came across a poem written by former Chief Guide Clark Schurman that is worth sharing. Into the cloud-sea far below I, lonely, watched the red sun go, Then turning, miracle of glad surprise, […]
March 16, 2012 Yesterday, the Denali Seminar pulled out of Mt. Rainier National Park a day early thanks to a snow plow escort provided by the park. With more snow in the forecast, taking advantage of an escape route when it was presented just made sense. After drying out, they enjoyed a nice burger at […]
March 14, Our Denali Prep Seminar continues to take advantage of the harsh conditions Mt. Rainier is throwing at them. Given the recent storm activity, just getting into the park makes this seminar a success. Setting up camp and training in these conditions makes all the difference and will give these guys just that much […]
March 13, 2012 After a couple training days at HQ, our latest Denali Prep Seminar loaded up and headed into Mt. Rainier National Park this morning. The forecast doesn’t look much better than the past few days, but then again this is why folks come to Mt. Rainier in the winter to train for Denali! […]
March 8, 2012 For all you Mt. Rainier junkies out there, here’s your fix for the day! (Between me and you, we’re all just as addicted as you are.) Tye Chapman
February 23, 2012 It’s that time of year again – time to talk Rainier! Join IMG Guides at local REI’s to glean some good information on what you need to know to climb the Northwest Icon. Training tips, route information, gear and more. Below are the dates and locations – See you there! Date Time […]
January 25, 2012 Staying In Shape In The Off Season By Jess Culver Lets face it, it’s hard to stay in shape between seasons. It starts when the Halloween candy comes out, gets even worse come Thanksgiving, and hits its peak somewhere between Christmas and New Years. Then, the 1st of the years rolls around […]
January 15, 2012 Things don’t always go as planned, if they did this job would be boring. Aconcagua Eben called in with good news on Aconcagua, despite the recent snow, they were able to make their carry to C1. Tomorrow they’ll make the move and establish camp, tonight it’s back to Plaza Argentina for what […]
January 13, 2012 Ecuador Phil called in from Otavalo. The team enjoyed some urban acclimatization with a tour of Old Town Quito. Remember Quito sits at roughly 10,000ft so just getting around town is an adjustment. After their tour they loaded up and made their way to Otavalo, but not without a quick stop at […]
January 12, 2012 We received a voice mail from Greg late last night (3am in Antarctica) as they were boarding the IL-76 bound for Punta Arenas, Chile – “We’re coming home”. Schedules are hard to keep given the nature of the terrain, but this time it all went according to plan. After a quick siesta […]
