Last Saturday the team gathered for the half-day orientation and instruction day here at HQ. Guides: Brian Warren, Andy Polleczek, Karl Rigrish and Austin Shannon. Our climbers were from all over the place but several of them already new each other so that made for a pretty fun group. The others who came independently fit […]
June 22, 2009 Phil Ershler called in from 14,000′ on Denali at 11:00 a.m. on June 22 with the following report: They have carried supplies to high camp at 17,000 feet, and are holding at the 14,000 foot camp, waiting for an improvement in weather. They would normally spend 4 days at 14,000 feet, so […]
June 22, 2009 IMG guide Adam Angel called from Mweka camp (11,000′) on Kilimanjaro where the team has descended to after their summit climb. They had 100% success to Uhuru today (all the climbers summited.) Tomorrow they go back to Moshi, and the next day are off on safari. All’s well! Eric Simonson IMG Director […]
June 20, 2009 Today – Justin Merle and crew head up the DC on a 3-day climb… They’ll pass IMG Guide Jason Tanguay and his team on their way down after summitting on a sunset climb yesterday…pretty cool! Also today our next Kautz and Liberty Ridge teams will meet here at HQ for gear check, […]
June 18, 2009 IMG Partner Phil Ershler called in early this morning to report that his team is at 14,000ft. on Denali and plans to carry to 17,000 today. If all goes as planned they’ll be on top in a few days! Note that this is Phil’s 31st climb on Denail! Tye Chapman Operations Manager
June 17, 2009 IMG Guide Brian Warren called in this afternoon and reported that the team is camped at roughly 10,700 near the Kautz Headwall. The winds are calm and they’re in and out of the clouds… sunny one minute… clouds the next. They plan on heading up late tonight/early tomorrow (depending on your perspective!)… […]
June 12, 2009 Eric Simonson is back from Nepal and hard at work planning upcoming Himalayan Climbs and Treks…below you’ll see what’s on the horizon. Great news for anybody looking to climb Cho Oyu (6th Highest Peak in the World) or trek in Tibet because this Fall’s Cho Oyu Climb & Trek are a GO! […]
June 11, 2009 IMG Guides Brian Warren and Aaron Mainer took the team to the summit on Tuesday morning.The team had great weather and specifically enjoyed the technical parts of this climb.To keep them honest they did get hit with some weather on their way down. All in all it was about as smooth a […]
June 9, 2009 Below is a recap of the trip: The group arrived at Camp 1 on schedule and spent a good night there on June 3. On June 4 the guides scouted the route up to Camp 2 at 14,000 feet while the team took a well deserved rest day. On June 5 the […]
June 6, 2009 As expected the early season route up the Ingraham Direct has shifted to the standard summer route on the Disappointment Cleaver. IMG Guides Eben Reckord and Mike Haft spent some time shoveling out the route to the nose of the cleaver last week and our team this morning reported that the route […]
