August 12, 2012 Last night after work Erika Bjornson and I jumped in the car and headed up to Paradise. Our mission: enjoy an evening hike up to Camp Muir & to check out the Perseid Meteor Shower. Enjoy the hike we did. We hit the trail at 6:45pm and made good time up to […]
Archive: August, 2012
How To Prepare For The Knife
August 12, 2012 IMG Guide Jenni Fogle will be having some surgery in a couple weeks…In anticipation of the surgery she and fellow IMG Guide Luke Reilly split the country for some climbing in Ecuador. How To Prepare For The Knife By Jenni Fogle Step One:Â Â Grab your favorite climbing partner Step Two:Â Â Determine how […]
Weekend Updates From Around The World
August 12, 2012 Bolivia – Vernovage checked in. All continues to go well for these guys. They’re set to ascend their first objective: Pequeño Alpamayo. Peru (Machu Picchu) – Peter Anderson called in and was in a great mood! The team enjoyed another perfect day yesterday on the trail. ‘T-shirt weather” he called it. Today […]
Dead Woman’s Pass
August 11, 2012 Peter Anderson called in again today to report that all continues to got well! They crossed Dead Woman’s Pass today (~13,700ft) and despite the name of the pass, it was a perfect day on the trail. All are healthy and looking forward to ‘more of the same!’. We’ll hear from Peter again […]
Bolivia Crew At Condoriri Base Camp
August 10, 2012 IMG guide Greg Vernovage reports that today the climbers successfully made the move up to Condoriri Base Camp at about 15,000 feet. This stunning area is marked by a number or gorgeous alpine lakes, surrounded by several 16,000 to 19,000 ft peaks. The plan will be to spend several night in this […]
Another Perfect Peruvian Day
August 10, 2012 Peter checked in yesterday after another perfect Peruvian day! They spend the day touring the Sacred Valley and stayed at an old church hotel. They’re ready for the trek to officially begin. Today they’ll log 6-7 miles. The weather is good and the team looks strong. Tye Chapman
Bolivia Team Heading For The Hills
August 9, 2012 It was another great day here in Bolivia. Â The morning boat ride on Lake Titicaca and dropped us off on Sun Island for our acclimatization hike. Â No wind and not a cloud in the sky forced us to short sleeve shirts and an extended rest on top. Â The views were great. Â We […]
Another Great Day On Kilimanjaro
August 9, 2012 Heard more from Max about the day to Baranco. Just another great hike. Trip to Baranco took about 6 hours with a little side trip to the top of the Lava Tower. Karanga next, then Barafu. Max reports the team is still moving quite well. Phil Ershler
Getting Acclimatized In Cusco
August 9, 2012 —–Original Message—– From: Peter Anderson Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 2:21 PM To: George Dunn Subject: Machu Picchu Update Hey Geo, Just checking in from Cusco! Our second group of Trekkers all arrived safely today and are settling into Cusco (which primarily means breathing hard and drinking plenty of coca tea to […]
All In A Day’s Work
August 8, 2012 When we hear from the Kilimanjaro teams, they’re about 12 hours ahead so they’ve already put in a day’s worth of work and our day is just getting started. Baranco Camp was the last call in and all’s well. Karanga is next on the schedule. It’s nice to break up the long […]