IMG Guide Mark Allen called in late last night. The group met and organized on Saturday in Anchorage, then breezed through the 4-5 hour drive to Chitina on Sunday. Rather than spend the night at the bush pilot’s lodge on the Chitina River, bush pilot Paul Claus was able to fly the group directly on […]
May 31, 2009 Earlier this week IMG Guides Erica Engle, Eric Gullickson, Austin Shannon and Brian Warren summitted Mt. Rainier via Liberty Ridge… About Liberty Ridge: Liberty Ridge on Mt. Rainier is a very serious, technically difficult and physically demanding ascent that is reserved for strong climbers with prior climbing experience. The route is a […]
We had 100% on top this morning! The group just pulled into IMG HQ and reported that it was pretty windy on top today but not windy enough to stop them. They summitted around 6:15am and promptly turned around and headed back down to camp. The route continues on the Ingraham Direct for now. Our […]
May 28, 2009 Well it was just too windy on the upper mountain for our last Rainier climb. The group got up to about 12,500ft and conditions were not improving so the guides made the safe decision and turned around. They all returned safely to Camp Muir in good spirits and cruised on down to […]
With 10 of 12 on top yesterday Lead Guide Eben Reckord & Co. logged our first “Summer” summit of the season. Nice work everybody! Climbs will continue all summer long with 3-day climbs coming through IMG HQ every other day! Weather has been uncharacteristically warm on Mt. Rainier these past few days which made for […]
May 21, 2009 Each year Mt. Rainier National Park coordinates a helicopter lift to the various camps on Mt. Rainier each year… We work with them to get a couple loads lifted to Camp Muir. This year we sent up several hundred pounds of propane which is used to cook meals and melt water at […]
Teams on the move… for full coverage click the photo below…
May 18, 2009 So the guides wrapped up their second day of training on Mt. Rainier last week by practicing some Kautz systems. They enjoyed the training (in less than ideal conditions) on some route specific tools and techniques and learned a few different, and possibly more efficient, ways of doing things. Some time was […]
May 13, 2009 The busy weeks continues today with Day 1 of IMG Guide Training. This year the training is being lead by IFMGA guides Jeff Ward, Olivia Cussen and John Race. Over 20 of our guides are here today to learn and participate in some weather analysis, route planning & gps work as well […]
May 11, 2009 The Sherpa community forms the soul and backbone of Everest climbing. The rest of us are mere guests in their native land and fortunate to have their priceless help when we come to climb this mountain. Whenever a Sherpa is lost on Everest, a large community is devastated. The pain goes far […]
