December 21, 2010 Ang Jangbu Sherpa reports that all members of the December IMG Kili team made it successfully to Moshi, no small feat given the travel disruptions in Europe right now with the heavy winter snow over there.  Unfortunately, several of their duffel bags got offloaded along the way, so today Jangbu and our […]
Archive: December, 2010
New Program: Little Tahoma
December 17, 2010 If you climbed Mt. Rainier with us via the DC or the Emmons, then you probably spent some time starring at, and taking pictures of, Little Tahoma or “Little T” as it’s commonly known. And I bet you spent some time looking at it when the sun came up while you were […]
Getting Ready For Aconcagua
December 16, 2010 Winter in the States means it’s climbing season in Argentina, and a busy one it will be for IMG. Our first program starts next week and will be led by Eben Reckord and Kelly Ryan. Eben and Kelly will head down to Mendoza tomorrow, a couple days before the rest of the […]
Q & A With IMG Guide Max Bunce
December 14, 2010 Q&A With IMG Guide Max Bunce 1.)Â Â Â Â Max, you were on our Cho Oyu Expedition (blog updates) and immediately followed that up with our Ama Dablam Expedition (blog updates)… How many consecutive days were you out of the country? 3 Months 2.)Â Â Â Â Being gone that long what did you find yourself missing […]
Vinson Team Heading Home
December 13, 2010 Phil just called in at 11:00 a.m., P.S.T. After days of waiting, the Bird is finally inbound to pick up the group from Union Glacier, and they should be in Punta Arenas tomorrow by 2:00 a.m. All’s well and the weather is holding. Everyone is hustling to change their flights home departing […]
Vinson Team Resting At Union Glacier Camp
December 10, 2010 Phil Ershler called in at 1:10 p.m. PST time (6:10 p.m. Antarctica time.) The Vinson Team walked down from High Camp today and was flown over to Union Glacier – ALE’s main base camp.  And there they will stay until the weather permits another window for flight, allowing the IL 76 […]
Summit For Vinson Team
December 9, 2010 10 for 10 on the summit of Vinson! Phil called in at 12:55pm PST today to report that the whole team made the top! Cold and windy but worth the effort! Their next step is to get back to High Camp and then on down to Vinson Base Camp as soon as […]
Summit Day On Vinson
December 9, 2010 Phil called in last night around Midnight (Antarctica time/7:00pm PST) to report that everybody made it up to High Camp in good form yesterday and will go for the summit today. The plan today was to wake up with the sun, fire up the stoves for a hot drink then hit the […]
Vinson Team Moving To High Camp
December 8, 2010 Phil called in last night to report that after a week, their time at C1 is thankfully coming to a close. Winds yesterday were relatively calm with temps around 0 degrees Fahrenheit, but while it was nice at C1, the winds were estimated at 50+mph up at High Camp forcing the team […]
Team Vinson Stays Busy
December 6, 2010 Phil called in this morning at 8:00 PST. All is well at Camp 1, but  the group is still waiting on the winds to die and conditions to improve before moving to high camp. Currently winds are gusting at 35 mph at Camp. Guide Aaron Mainer and some of the group descended […]