April 13, 2009 Denali like conditions kept our next “Denali Seminar” in camp today. I drove the team to the Paradise Parking Lot in Mt. Rainier National Park yesterday in very winter like conditions… Not the Spring Easter we were hoping for. Some fresh snow was covering the freshly plowed parking lot as the team […]
April 10, 2009 Lhotse Guide Greg Vernovage Reports (4:36am PST) All is very well here in Namche. We woke to quite a blanket of snow this morning. It was great. Started last evening and continued. Yesterday after a short walk, the sky came tumbling in, just as had I ordered. The exact words I used […]
April 8, 2009 On Monday we summitted Mt. Whitney. Day 1: Ten virtual strangers met in the Mt. Whitney Cafe in Lone Pine, CA for breakfast on Friday… after some bacon and eggs we sorted our gear, repacked and made the 16 mile drive up the Whitney Portal Road. Once at the trailhead we loaded […]
April 7, 2009 Lhotse Lead Guide Greg Vernovage called in a few minutes (6am Nepal Time) ago to report that the team had a smooth flight from Kathmandu into Lukla yesterday and are currently en route to Namche (from Phakding). The weather is “perfect”. Greg says that the team is doing well and are anxious […]
April 1, 2009 Our Mt. Rainier Denali Seminar snuck up to Paradise during a small weather window on Monday. Since then they’ve been training down low on the mountain hoping for some better conditions which would allow them to move up to Camp Muir. So far, that hasn’t been the case, as storms have been […]
March 31, 2009 Expedition Leader Eric Simonson called in a few minutes ago (roughly 6am Nepal time) to relay that the group was in Pangboche (3930m) and will make the move to Pheriche (4240m) today. A scheduled rest day tomorrow will give the team the opportunity to take a small hike and check out the […]
March 30, 2009 IMG Partner & Whitney Program Director George Dunn called in today to let us know that the his team summitted yesterday… 8 for 8 on top! The weather was warm down low but some strong winds (40-50mph) higher up on the mountain made for a COLD summit day…. The good news is […]
March 25, 2009 The entire IMG team has now reached Kathmandu and everyone is doing fine. Last night we had a big team meeting and welcome dinner which was a great chance to finally meet everyone in person. On March 23rd IMG guides Justin Merle and Mike Hamill spent 5 hours at the Ministry of […]
Monday, March 23 2009 Eric Simonson writes: I wanted to take a minute to summarize where we ended up on the spring Cho Oyu climb: We waited as long as we could for confirmation from the Chinese that the Cho Oyu permit and visa would be available, but were unable to get this nailed down, […]
Friday, March 20 IMG Guides Mark Tucker, Justin Merle and Mike Hamill are en route to Kathmandu (KTM)… IMG Partner and Everest Program Director Eric Simonson will join them a day later. Our climbers and trekkers will begin arriving in KTM on March 24th, after a layover day in KTM and a short flight to […]
