June 9, 2009 Below is a recap of the trip: The group arrived at Camp 1 on schedule and spent a good night there on June 3. On June 4 the guides scouted the route up to Camp 2 at 14,000 feet while the team took a well deserved rest day. On June 5 the […]
Archive: June, 2009
Rainier Team Summits…Route Moves Off Direct To DC
June 6, 2009 As expected the early season route up the Ingraham Direct has shifted to the standard summer route on the Disappointment Cleaver. IMG Guides Eben Reckord and Mike Haft spent some time shoveling out the route to the nose of the cleaver last week and our team this morning reported that the route […]
IMG Mt. Bona Update #1
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 […]