November 29, 2009 Phil Ershler called in at 9am Saturday the 28th, Punta Arenas time. They just got the call, and the weather is a go, so they will be heading to the airport in one hour. The members are all excited and looking forward to a grand adventure. The team was lucky to be […]
November 19, 2009 IMG Partner Phil Ershler breaks down some layering options for the alpine environment. Check it out and compare it to what you’ve got in your pack. Tye Chapman Operations Manager
November 16, 2009 Received word over the weekend that our November Mexico team, led by Peter Anderson, had picked off another summit. Let’s see – that makes them two for two. Nice job, gang. Report had it that the weather was about as good as they were going to get. Stars a bunch, knock your […]
November 12, 2009 Peter Anderson, IMG Senior Guide, reported in last night from the city of Puebla. Safety and success was the message. In Peter’s words, “we slayed the ‘sleeping lady’â€. ‘Sleeping lady’ is a name used for Ixtacciuatl. Even though the ascent from high camp wasn’t that long, it is a long day. Up […]
November 6, 2009 Our Winter Expeditions take place in mid-winter: January and February. It’s a great opportunity to climb Rainier when conditions can be quite extreme, providing valuable experience in cold weather, high altitude conditions. IMG Partners Eric Simonson and George Dunn developed the Winter Expedition Seminar as guides on Mt. Rainier in the mid-eighties and have […]
October 30, 2009 The home to some of North America’s premier ice climbing each and every winter is in a small town in Southwestern Colorado called Ouray. Often more intimidating than the vertical water ice is pronouncing Ouray correctly! So how do you say it… Is it “Oooray” or “Ewwray”…? Actually is best pronounced You-Ray. […]
October 27, 2009 IMG guide Justin Merle reports that everyone is safe and sound after a very successful summit day. Congrats to the climbers! They left Camp 2 at 4am and reached the summit a bit after 10am. Then they descended to Camp 2 by about 2pm, and were feeling good, so they kept moving […]
October 26, 2009 Justin Merle called on the sat phone to say that today they were able to move up to Camp 2. The weather and conditions remain good and the ridge was in good shape for climbing. Their plan is to make an alpine start tomorrow morning and try to go for the summit […]
October 26, 2009 Justin Merle called on the sat phone from Camp 1 to report that the team moved up to there today. The weather and conditions are good and if all goes well, they will move up to Camp 2 tomorrow. —Eric
October 22, 2009 IMG leader Justin Merle reports that the Ama Dablam team is now at the base camp. After hiking to Everest BC and climbing Lobuche Peak for acclimatization, and a couple days of rest in Dingboche, they are all set and ready to start climbing. Ang Pasang and Ang Tshering have the Ama […]
