February 15, 2011 Phil called from Piedra Grande on Orizaba this morning. The team is doing well after spending a spectacular night at their camp in the forest. The weather was perfect. They’ll spend tonight at Piedra Grande and tomorrow they will continue to train and acclimatize. The team is feeling great and continuing to […]
Archive: February, 2011
Aconcagua Team Summits!
February 14, 2011 Hamill called in to report the team had a great summit day and are all are safely back in camp. A couple team members made the tough decision to hang at High Camp while the rest of the crew went for the summit. Never an easy decision. One more night at High […]
Aconcagua Team At High Camp
February 13, 2011 Hamill called in this afternoon to report that the team made the move to High Camp today in some relatively high winds. The forecast shows the winds slowing down a bit this evening into tomorrow, so they’re planning a summit attempt early tomorrow morning. Wind or not, it’ll be a cold one! […]
Aconcagua Team Hunkered Down At C2
February 12, 2011 Hamill called in today to report that the team is hunkered down at C2 after carrying to High Camp yesterday. They took a “weather rest day” today and are optimistic the storm will die down tomorrow. If the storm dies down they’ll make the move to HC tomorrow and summit on Monday, […]
Big Mountains; Tough Decisions
February 11, 2011 Light snow and wind didn’t keep the team from heading up to C2. Two team members decided that discretion was the better part of valor and decided it made more sense to head down. Always a super tough decision but an important lesson learned on the big mountains is that you have […]
Chimborazo: An Elusive Summit
February 10, 2011 Chimborazo keeps proving to be a tough mountain. For the last week, we’ve had an old friend and IMG customer attempting to climb Chimborazo in Ecuador. He’s been climbing with our Ecuadorian partner and guide extraordinaire, Romulo Cardenas, and IMG Senior Guide and Everest climber, Andy Politz. After a careful series of […]
Aconcagua Team Reaches Helicopter Camp
February 9, 2011 Yesterday was another good day. “Helicopter Camp†or C2 was reached by the team. Loads were dropped there and the team beat feet back down to C1. Weather remained good with only a trace of snow. Nothing that prevents movement at this altitude. And, forecast still looks reasonable going forward. Later today, […]
Summit. Drinks. Safari.
February 8, 2011 The team did great. We have been moving everyday, up and down the mountain. The result was our goal - everyone reaching the summit. As suggested, we moved slowly right out of the gate.  The team stayed together walking with or behind whichever guide was at the front. It is always great […]
Climbing Mt. Rainier This Year?
February 8, 2011 Join Phil Ershler at the Outdoor Research retail store on Feb. 24th at 7pm for a chat about what it takes to climb Mt. Rainier. Space is limited. RSVP is requested. Outdoor Research 2203 1st Avenue South Seattle, WA 98134 (206) 971-1496
Aconcagua Team #4 Carrying To C2 Today
February 8, 2011 Camp 1 at 16,200 ft. was occupied by our team on Aconcagua yesterday. All the climbers are still in good health and the weather is still cooperating. Goal for the day is a carry to C2. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Phil Ershler