January 1, 2014 Happy New Year to friends and family from IMG teams on 3 continents. Max checked in on his way to the airport. Kili’s a wrap. 100% on the summit and great animal viewing in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Pretty hard not to have fun on a Kilimanjaro trip. Josh and team […]
December 29, 2013 No summit yesterday. A medical emergency required Luke’s team to return to high camp from the Canaleta. His team is now down at Plaza de Mulas and begins their hike out tomorrow. Josh’s team had an enjoyable rest day at Plaza Argentina yesterday and are making their first carry to C1 today. […]
December 27, 2013 Don’t know if anyone’s seen the weather forecast lately for the Aconcagua area but it’s quite good. Highs in the upper 90’s in the Mendoza area and no precipitation in sight for the next week, at least. Luke and team are at high camp. Plan is to take a summit shot tomorrow […]
December 25, 2013 Merry Christmas from IMG and from all our teams in the field. All our climbers wish to send back Christmas greeting to family and friends. They have nothing but good news to share. We’ll make this a ‘group blog’ post from our teams scattered across the world. Max Bunce and crew are […]
December 24, 2013 Aconcagua Team 2, led by IMG Senior Guide, Josh McDowell, is heading to Penitentes today. Josh is joined by our Argentine friend and guide, Leandro Villegas. They grabbed their permit early this morning and began the 3 hour drive up towards the border. They’ll finish packing mule loads this afternoon and their […]
December 23, 2013 Short and to the point, just what we love to hear when one of the guides calls in. Luke’s team moved today to Camp 1 at about 16,200 ft. Everyone did well. Weather was great today and forecasts show MOS through Saturday, the 28th. Plan for tomorrow is to make a carry […]
December 20, 2013 Luke called in at 6 pm Seattle time on Friday, the 20th. Everyone did well hiking into Plaza Argentina, base camp at 13,600’, today. Everyone’s feeling healthy and weather remains excellent. Rest day tomorrow. Remember, Aconcagua ‘time’ is 5 hours later than Seattle. Phil Ershler
December 19, 2013 Heard from Luke at 4:30 pm, our time, Wednesday afternoon. Weather pretty much perfect and that made for a nice day hiking in to Casa Piedra. The crew’s crossed the 10,000 ft level and all is well. They’ll reach base camp, Plaza Argentina, tomorrow. So far, so good. Phil Ershler
December 19, 2013 Heard from IMG Senior Guide, Luke Reilly, Wednesday afternoon. The first day of the approach is done. Pampas Lenas is the first camp and asado is the first dinner. All’s good. 9 climbers plus guides Luke Reilly, Austin Shannon and Martin Lucero. Weather’s good and they’re off to a good start. Phil […]
December 17, 2013 From: Luke Reilly Date: December 17, 2013, 12:31:37 PM PST To: Phil Ershler Subject: Motley Crew Penitentes. Lots of prep work and organizing but we’re off in the morning. Spirits are high. All is well. -Luke
