{"id":24549,"date":"2020-08-07T14:13:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24549"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:54:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:54:16","slug":"img-denali-2021-planning-well-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2020\/08\/07\/denali\/img-denali-2021-planning-well-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"IMG Denali 2021 Planning Well Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 7, 2020<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24550\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24549]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24550\" class=\"wp-image-24550 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"The last few steps to the summit of Denali in 2019 (Eric Simonson)\" width=\"600\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-940x757.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-620x500.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson-195x157.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-last-few-steps-to-the-summit-of-Denali-in-2019-Eric_Simonson.jpg 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The last few steps to the summit of Denali in 2019 (Eric Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Getting back to guiding on Mt Rainier this past month has been a great boost for everyone at IMG after months of boring isolation.\u00c2\u00a0 A big shout out to our hard working guides and staff, our fantastic IMG climbers, and the National Park Service for working to re-start climbing at Mt Rainier. \u00c2\u00a0It makes us feel hopeful again that there will be some more mountains in our future!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, we are now working on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/denali.shtml\">2021 Denali season planning<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 While many of the 2021 expedition slots have already been taken by 2020 climbers who rescheduled, we do have a few slots left on our May 14 and May 18 programs, and they are going fast.\u00c2\u00a0 These mid-May departures typically make their summit bids in late May\/early June which is normally a great time to climb! If you are a physically strong climber with solid skills (cramponing, glacier travel, crevasse rescue, cold weather experience, etc) then we hope you will consider joining us.\u00c2\u00a0 Our Denali program director <a href=\"mailto:IMGdenali@mountainguides.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole Sims<\/a> is happy to discuss the trip with you in more detail, so please get in touch!<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 7, 2020 Getting back to guiding on Mt Rainier this past month has been a great boost for everyone at IMG after months of boring isolation.\u00c2\u00a0 A big shout out to our hard working guides and staff, our fantastic IMG climbers, and the National Park Service for working to re-start climbing at Mt Rainier. 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