January 31, 2025
The Ouray season is well underway and the ice is in! IMG guide Lindsay Valero reported from the Ouray Ice Climbing Seminar that the climbing is stellar and company superb. We still have space on our Ouray programs this month! Read more about it on our website: https://www.mountainguides.com/ouray.shtml
Jan 31, 2025
Perfect place for recovery and acclimatization – camp 2! (T Nachand)
After a well-earned rest today, the team plans to carry gear up to Camp 3 tomorrow (19,587′) before returning to Camp 2 for the night.
January 30th, 2025
Tyler’s team has settled into Camp 2 after climbing from Camp 1 this morning. The team plans to take a rest day at Camp 2 tomorrow to prepare for the climb ahead!
January 29th, 2025
Tyler and the team carried to Camp 2 and are back at Camp 1 resting. The team is tired, but spirits are high as they relax at Camp 1 in the relatively warm temperatures. The team will climb to Camp 2 tomorrow as they continue to acclimatize. All is well in Argentina!
January 27th, 20
The IMG team descends back to Plaza Argentina after a successful carry to Camp 1 (Tyler Nachand)
The IMG team ascends to Camp 1 (Tyler Nachand)
The team carried to Camp 1 today and is back at Plaza Argentina. They will climb to Camp 1 again tomorrow and spend their first night on the upper mountain. All is well in Argentina!
January 26, 2025
The gang reached Plaza Argentina yesterday, they’re resting today to prepare for their carry to camp one tomorrow, all is well!
January 23, 2025
The gang hit the trail this morning and reached Pampa de Leñas in good fashioned under clear skies. They head to Casa de Piedras tomorrow, and base camp the following day.
January 22, 2025
Team dinner at Fuente y Fonda (T Nachland)
And we are off, let the adventure begin. (T Nachand)
Aconcagua Team 2, led by Tyler Nachand, departed from Mendoza today. The expedition is officially underway as they drive to Las Cuevas for the night, and hit the trail tomorrow!
January 21st, 2025
The team climbing to High Camp, with Mt. Shinn in the background. (Benny Lieber)
Mt. Vinson is an enigmatic mountain in perhaps the most far-off corner of the globe that a mountaineer can dream of. It’s allure has driven many a IMG team to travel far-and-wide to climb its inspiring, remote slopes, hoping to return with incredible stories, jaw-dropping photographs, and a few new summiteers. This year, Vinson delivered as it always has for IMG, ever since we started running expeditions to the “Big Ice” in 1988.
Making the most of the weather delays at UG, fat biking on the 10k groomed loop. (Max Bond)
The start of the expedition was a rocky one, with weather delays holding us back in Punta Arenas, and then again in Union Glacier as we awaited a Twin-Otter flight to Vinson Base Camp.
Fog lifting and sky clearing.
Finally seeing the mountain and moving up to Low Camp. (Max Bond)
Team moving up to High Camp.
Approaching the summit.
This was a great lesson in patience for our entire team, and the lesson paid off. The second-half of the expedition could not have gone more smoothly; our team seemed to move up the mountain with ease, gifted with excellent weather and a strong group of climbers. With 100% to the summit, we were back in VBC only 6 days after leaving.
The team on top of Mt Vinson 16,050 feet (4,892 meters). (Max Bond)
Summit success, strong team, strong energy, strong leadership. All come together for a stellar Summit Day!
January 8th, 2025 Summit success on top of Antarctica’s Mt. Vinson! (Max Bond)
The team raises a glass to the successful expedition (Max Bond)I want to thank and congratulate the awesome team we had on Vinson this year. Vinson Massif only sees ~100-200 attempts per year, with only ~1,200 summits since it was first climbed in 1966. That means our group is joining an elite club of international climbers. Congratulations, everyone, on the amazing achievement!
I also want to thank our outstanding team back in the states: Becky, for the expedition wouldn’t even leave IMG HQ without you; Porter McMichael and Justin Merle for contributing their invaluable knowledge and hard work setting up caches along the mountain in years past; and Eric Simonson for his excellent leadership and mentorship. We couldn’t do it without the whole team on board!!
January 20th, 2025
The west face of Aconcagua at sunset (Stu Johnson)
Round 2
Day one of the Aconcagua Expedition is underway! The team is set to arrive today in Mendoza Argentina, where they will meet Senior Guide Tyler Nachand at the Diplomatic Hotel for gear checks and introductions. They will spend two nights in Mendoza finalizing preparations, exploring the city, and checking in with the National Park to obtain permits.
Follow along as Tyler keeps us updated on the team’s progress!
