May 31, 2010 Mark Allen called in this afternoon to report that the team has enjoyed their rest day after getting shutdown on their first summit attempt over the weekend. After dinner this evening they plan to leave High Camp (~9pm) with hopes of reaching the summit in the early morning (~6am). If all goes […]
Archive: May, 2010
Bona Summit Bids – 0 for 1
May31, 2010 Mark Allen called in late yesterday afternoon to report that the team gave the summit a go but were shut down 400ft shy of the summit. They left camp at 2am in map and compass visibility but after an hour they got above the marine layer of clouds to find some great views. […]
Bona Team At High Camp
May 28, 2010 Just off the phone with Mark Allen and the Bona Team. They’ve made their push to High Camp and are “diggin in like ticks” even though the weather continues to be borderline perfect! They’ll take another full rest day tomorrow before their summit attempt. And should weather come in on the team […]
Bona Update – Quesadilla Anyone?
May 28, 2010 IMG Guide Mark Allen called in last night from C1 (12,080ft) on Mt. Bona. All is well.The team is enjoying some superb weather under some solid high pressure. The plan is to do a single carry to C2 (14,200ft) today and as Mark put it “dig in like ticks” which means digging […]
Bona Team Carried to Camp 1
May 25, 2010 Mark Allen called in from Camp 1 at 12,080 feet at 12:15pm Alaska time The group made a carry  of supplies up to Camp 1 today from Base Camp at the landing site. They have had a couple of minor precipitation storms since arriving, but in general the weather has been good. […]
Bona Team Lands At Base Camp
May 24, 2010 IMG Guide Mark Allen called in from Bona base camp. The group was flown in yesterday without event, and are now spending a day or two acclimatizing and establishing a good, well protected base camp. Mark says they have switched to a nocturnal schedule and will go to bed at noon today […]
Mt. Bona Trip Getting Started
May 23, 2010 The Mt. Bona Expedition group met as a team for the first time on Saturday May 22 in Anchorage. They did a final gear check, went over group supplies and had a team meeting. They finished with a final dinner in downtown Anchorage, then called it an early night. The plan is […]
Everest Climbers On The Move
May 20, 2010
A Tough Day
May 18, 2010 I just spoke with IMG Guide Mark Allen who’s team kicked off our “summer” season on Mt. Rainier today in some harsh conditions. The good news is that even with the less than ideal conditions (low visibility, snowing, and windy) the team pulled into Camp Muir this afternoon in good form with […]
Cho Oyu Team Summits!
May 17, 2010 IMG leader Eric Remza called on the sat phone from Camp 1 with some more information on their Cho Oyu summit climb today. The climbers left Camp 3 at 2am and reached the summit 26899 ft (8201m) at 8am. For our head sherpa, Panuru, it was his 12th ascent of Cho Oyu […]