July 20, 2010 IMG Senior Guide, Mike Hamill, called in early this morning from the Caucasus mountains in Russia. Mike and team were standing on the summit of Elbrus. Nice, sunny day with only two members not reaching the true summit. That’s a super accomplishment. Another day to the valley, a bit more touring in […]
Archive: July, 2010
Emmons Team Having Fun
July 20, 2010 IMG Guide Greg Vernovage snapped a quick photo (iPhone) from the Inter Glacier on Mt. Rainier last night and it looks like the crew is having a good time! They were on the Inter Glacier (7800ft) in this photo. They’ll move on up to Camp Schurman this afternoon and go for the […]
Kili Team Summits – 100% On Top!
Summit! IMG guide Eric Remza reports that the July Kili team had a great day yesterday, with 100% reaching Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa. They left Barafu about midnight and reached the top shortly after dawn, in clear and cold weather. The descent went smoothly and everyone made it back down to Mweka […]
Kili Climbers Prepare For Summit Bid
July 18, 2010 IMG guide Eric Remza reports by sat phone that the team had a fine day of trekking yesterday, with excellent weather. They traversed the famous Barranco Wall, then below the hanging glaciers of the south side of the mountain to Karanga Valley camp (13,000’). Everyone is doing well and the team was […]
Kili Team Moving Strong
July 15, 2010 IMG guide Eric Remza reports from Shira (12,000+ feet) that the July Kili climb is going smoothly. So far the team have had pretty good weather for their climb. Yesterday they went to Machame Camp and today they moved up through the cloud forest to Shira Camp. The team members are doing […]
Elbrus Team Enjoying The Sights Of Russia
July 14, 2010 We heard from Mike Hamill this morning via email. He reports that they’ve had two full days of touring and will get in a boat tour on the canals tomorrow before hoping on the flight. Sounds like the team is enjoying the experience thus far. Then, the work begins. Some acclimatization is […]
Mt. Rainier Is A Special Place
July 12, 2010 The last few days have been pretty special for quite a few folks who summitted Mt. Rainier, but for 4 of them it’ll be remembered for another reason… On July 9th after summitting Mt. Rainier via the Emmons Route we had our first proposal & engagement of the season then just two […]
George Finds The Top Again (498!)
July 11, 2010 IMG Partner George Dunn came down yesterday afternoon after grabbing his 498th summit of Mt. Rainier. He took up several Boy Scouts and their parents on a 3-day climb, and after a couple nights at Camp Muir he and his team summitted in some great weather. George will head up for 499 […]
Friday Photo Of The Day – African Safari
July 9, 2010 IMG Guide and professional photographer Adam Angel snapped this photo on his latest Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari.
Rainier Updates
July 8, 2010 We heard from several of our Rainier teams this morning: Andy called in from the summit with his Kautz team! We’d been shut down our previous two trips on the Kautz so this is excellent news! Andy also informed us that our Emmons team summitted this morning as well – he relayed […]