August 15, 2009 Yesterday, some of us enjoyed a leisurely morning shopping in the town of Aquas Calientes, while the remainder of us journeyed to Machu Picchu early in the morning to ascend Machu Picchu mountain. This was a very steep and strenuous climb up more Inca steps, and well worth the effort. Later that […]
August 13, 2009 Phil has called in a couple times but the Sat phone connection was too rough to understand what he said… He called in again today to say that they’re off the mountain in Terskol, Russia spending their last day in the Caucasuses. Some or all of the team must have summitted as […]
August 10, 2009 Eric Remza called in today on the second day of their Machu Picchu Trek…Â They’ll get as high as 14,000ft. today but sleep at around 10,000ft tonight at Pacamayo. All is well and the team is doing great! — Tye Chapman Operations Manager
August 8, 2009 IMG Guide Eric Remza Reports: We are all in the Peruvian city of Cuzco at an elevation of 11,000ft. Today [Aug. 7] we spent the afternoon touring many of the cultural landmarks around the central quarter of the city. Some of the highlights included Cathedrals, ancient Inca ruins and the local Spanish […]
August 7, 2009 Phil called in the night of Aug. 6 and relayed a message written by Kristen and John: Yesterday [actually Aug. 5] we toured around St. Petersburg and had the privilege of touring the Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and the Hermitage Museum. The favorite by far was St. Issac’s [pictured […]
August 6, 2009 IMG Guide Eric Remza is leading this year’s Machu Picchu Trek… Not a bad way to spend the next 10 days! Eric has promised to check in from time to time… we should hear from him in the next couple days. Look for blog updates from some of our other ongoing and […]
August 3, 2009 Phil just called from St. Petersburg. Everybody arrived safely and all baggage is accounted for. Weather is good… the group starts their tour in and around St. Petersburg tomorrow. All is well in Russia!— Tye Chapman Operations Manager
August 1, 2009 Yesterday evening IMG Guide Jenni Fogle took a few of us flying! A big deal for the three of us but not to Jenni who flies KC-135’s and Global Hawks for the Air Force Reserve! So we met at the airfield at 6:00pm and jumped in the little Cessna 4-seater and away […]
July 29, 2009 The team climbed yesterday as scheduled…. and made the summit! From the photos it looked like a beautiful morning to climb Mt. Rainier! They’ve probably already had some breakfast this morning and are well on their way back to the trailhead – arrival is usually around noon or 1pm. They’ll be picked […]
July 27, 2009 The Emmons team has moved to their second camp at Camp Schurman at 9500ft. They’ll try for the summit tonight and make their way back to this camp tomorrow morning…then make their way out to the trailhead on Thursday… Another look at the team… Photos by Greg Vernovage (cell phone).
