Featured IMG News

• National Geographic Adventure
  February, 2008 — See a climber's photo gallery of the Ecuador Volcanoes with IMG as the recommended guide service.


• New York Times
  January 20, 2008 — New York Times account of a Kilimanjaro climb with IMG.


• Everett Herald
  January 14, 2008 — Retired Tulalip man summits Kilimanjaro with IMG


• IMG Kilimanjaro Climb Recommended by The New York Times
  December 2007 — Climbing Kilimanjaro with IMG makes The New York Times list of  53 Things To Do In 2008


• IMG Kilimanjaro Climber in MasterCard's Priceless Picks
  November 2007 — Expedition of a lifetime... a few G's. Enough ziplocks to keep everything dry... $20. Overcoming weather, altitude and self-doubt to spend your birthday on top of Africa... Priceless.


• National Geographic Adventure Magazine
  November 2007 — National Geographic ranks IMG as the Best Mountaineering Outfitter


• Ama Dablam Summits
  IMG Autumn 2007 team summits Ama Dablam


• National Geographic Ranks IMG as the Best
  National Geographic Adventure ranks International Mountain Guides as the Best Mountaineering Outfitter


• IMG Guide Justin Merle Achieves 100th Summit on Mt. Rainier
  Justin Merle is IMG's newest member of the Mt. Rainier Century Club, with his 100th successful summit. Justin has been guiding for 9 years and has led many IMG trips in Alaska, South America, Antarctica, and the Himalayas. It is great to see him back guiding on Rainier this summer. Way to go, Justin!


• IMG sets record with 37 Everest Summits
  IMG's 2007 Everest expedition saw and all time high of 37 summiters climb and descend Mount Everest safely.


• High Altitude Brewing
  With a little help from the brew masters of Forty Below and their multi-purpose mountaineering gear, an IMG Cho Oyu team experiments with brewing up some High Altitude Ale.


• May Cho Oyu Summits
  On IMG's 2007 Spring Expedition


• IMG Awarded Rainier Concession
  National Park Service awards IMG new concession contract on Mt. Rainier


• 15 Cho Oyu SUMMITS
  On IMG's 2006 Expedition


• 2006 IMG Team SUMMITS Carstensz
  Putting the adventure into adventure travel...


• Gurla Mandhata Team SUMMITS
  Jake Norton leads a unique, IMG organized expedition up this rarely climbed Himalayan peak


• 30 Everest Summits for IMG's 2006 Season
  In another safe and successful Himalayan expedition, IMG puts an all-time high of 30 climbers on the summit of Mount Everest.


• Sherpa Climbing School
  IMG sponsors the first climbing school to train Sherpas in safety and technique


• New Schools in Nepal
  IMG's Cho Oyu climbers help build two new schools in Nepal


• First Married Couple to Climb Seven Summits
  IMG's 2002 Everest season put ten climbers on the summit including IMG Director Phil Ershler and his wife Susan who become the first married couple to climb all seven summits.


• Heroism Award for IMG Guides
  IMG guides receive the David A. Sowles Memorial Award for their rescue near the summit of Everest


• IMGer's First Everest Expedition
  Read Jim Wickwire's 1983 American Alpine Journal story of IMG directors Eric Simonson, Phil Ershler and George Dunn's first Everest expedition.


• Simonson's First Himalayan Expedition
  Read Eric Simonson's American Alpine Journal story of his first Himalayan expedition — a 1979 epic on Annapurna.

Media Coverage — IMG in the News

• The New York TImes
  January 20, 2008 — New York Times account of a Kilimanjaro climb with IMG.


• Everett Herald
  January 14, 2008 — Retired Tulalip man summits Kilimanjaro with IMG


• IMG Kilimanjaro Climb Recommended by The New York Times
  December 2007 — Climbing Kilimanjaro with IMG makes The New York Times list of  53 Things To Do In 2008


• IMG Kilimanjaro Climber in MasterCard's Priceless Picks
  November 2007 — Expedition of a lifetime... a few G's. Enough ziplocks to keep everything dry... $20. Overcoming weather, altitude and self-doubt to spend your birthday on top of Africa... Priceless.


• National Geographic Adventure Magazine
  November 2007 — National Geographic names IMG Best Mountaineering Outfitter


• The News Tribune
  June 21, 2007 — Guiding rights — Three services share Muir Route on Rainier for first time


• The Seattle Times
  June 20, 2007 — Together on Top of the World: Tale of first couple of summits. Book review of Phil and Susan Ershlers book.


• ABC News
  May 26, 2007 — Nepalese Woman Who Became Ill on Mount Everest Is Safe at Base Camp After High Altitude Rescue by IMG Guides.


• The London Times
  May 25, 2007 — The story of the difficult rescue IMG guides Hahn, Grom, Haugen and Phingo Sherpa executed on their descent from the summit of Everest.


• The News Tribune
  March 1, 2007 — Crystal backcountry enticing, deadly (article featuring IMG Director and Crystal's ski patrol director Paul Baugher.)


• The Seattle Times
  January 13, 2007 — Everest climbers encounter life/death ethical questions


• The Seattle Times
  January 13, 2007 — IMG Director Paul Baugher researches hidden dangers to skiers and snowboarders


• The News Tribune
  January 5, 2007 — IMG's new Rainier concession among top recreation stories of 2006


• The News Tribune
  December 28, 2006 — IMG guide Jason Edwards in "Heroes and legends: South Sound adventurers make history in 2006"


• The News Tribune
  October 19, 2006 — Changing of the guides should be good thing for Rainier


• Seattle PI
  October 11, 2006 — Mount Rainier adds two climbing services


• The Great Outdoors
  October 6, 2006 — Mount Rainier Guide Monopoly to End


• Travel & Leisure
  September 2006 — Climb a Mountain. Elevate your spirit by reaching new heights—literally—with a trek up one of the world's tallest peaks


• The News Tribune
  July 13, 2006 — 300 trips to Mount Rainier's summit put climber in rare air: IMG Guide Jason Edwards becomes 6th person to summit Rainier for 300th time. IMG Directors George Dunn and Phil Ershler hold over 400 summits each.


• "Talk to America" Looks at the Challenge and Exhilaration of Scaling Mount Everest
  June 28, 2006 — Eric Simonson participated in a worldwide broadcast and took calls from prospective Everest climbers around the world.


• GreatOutdoors.com
  March-May, 2006 — IMG Guide Dave Hahn, then 7-time Everest summiter, reports from the 2006 IMG Everest Expedition


• Outside Magazine
  January 2006 — Story by Ed Viesturs recommending IMG as the guides to go with for Everest and Cho Oyu


• The News Tribune
  May 25th, 2006 — "In one of the most successful expeditions in Everest history, IMG put 30 of 40 members of its expedition on the summit and made history along the way..."


• Washington National Park Fund Newsletter (in PDF format)
  Fall 2005 — IMG's George Dunn, Eric Simonson and Anne Keller donate their time to lead a group of executives up Rainier. The climb raised over $25,000 for the National Park Fund.


• The New York Times
  June 18, 2005 — At Home at the Top of the World


• The Seattle Times
  April 21, 2005 — Parks to divvy up guided climbs on Mount Rainier


• The Seattle PI
  April 21, 2005 — Mount Rainier guide services to be put out for bid; RMI's near monopoly to be broken


• The News Tribune
  April 21, 2005 — Out to be kings of the mountain


• The Yakima Herald-Republic
  April 21, 2005 — A choice to the top


• The Seattle Times
  September 8, 2004 — Mountain guide climbs into Rainier record book: IMG Director George Dunn holds the record for Mount Rainier summits.


• Men's Journal
  April 2004 — The 100 Best Trips on the Planet (featureing IMG's Everest and Cho Oyu Expeditions)


• The Salt Lake Tribune
  October 23, 2001 — Mountaineer Rescuers Make a Point by Sacrificing Summit of Everest


• Boy's Life (article in PDF format)
  December 2002 — My Life's Work: Master of the Mountain