June 4, 2022 – Congratulations to Denali Team 4, led by Nicole Sims, on their successful summit of the tallest peak in North America on Friday, June 3. The team has safely returned to 17,000 ft and is beginning their descent today. Close behind Team 4 is Custom Denali Team 5 led by Willie Webster. […]
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Summits On Denali
June 2, 2022 – Congratulations to Denali Team 2, led by Rowan Stewart, and Denali Team 3, led by Keith Rumburg, on their successful summits of Denali! Both teams summited in clear and relatively warm weather yesterday, collaborating to get both teams to the summit. Team 2 has returned to 14,000 feet to rest, and […]
Success on Denali
May 30, 2022 – Congratulations to IMG Denali Team 1 led by Nickel Wood and assistants Leanne Sebren, Lara Ralich, and Blair Hutchinson! The team successfully summited on Sunday afternoon, May 29, in clear weather and were rewarded with excellent views. The team returned safely to camp at 17,000 feet and plans to descend promptly. […]
Denali Teams Continue Up The Mountain
May 28, 2022 – Good news as Denali Teams continue to ascend. Team 1 – Team 1 moved to 17,000 feet yesterday. Team 2 – Team 2 moved to 17,000 feet yesterday. Team 3 – Team 3 moved to 14,000 feet yesterday. Team 4 – Team 4 is at 11,000 feet and took an […]
Denali Teams Continue Their Ascent
May 25, 2022 – Team 4 (led by Nicole Sims) and our Custom Denali Team 5 (led by Willie Webster) have joined the other teams on Denali; all 5 teams are on the mountain! Team 4 flew on to the Kahiltna on Sunday in beautiful weather, and Custom Denali Team 5 flew on Tuesday. All […]
Denali Teams 6 & 7 on top!
June 30, 2021 We are happy to report that our last two IMG Denali teams for 2021 reached the summit yesterday and are now back to 17 Camp.  Congrats to Andy Polloczek and Nicole Sims and their respective climbers and guides, they did a nice job with the Denali weather chess match.  Today they will […]
Denali Teams moving into position
June 28, 2021 Nicole and her Team 6 moved up to 17 Camp yesterday, and are taking an active rest day today while working on the camp.  Now,  Andy and his Team 7 are moving up to 17K today. We’ll keep our fingers crossed on the weather. Hopefully the two teams can climb together to […]
More Denali Summits
June 24, 2021 Our remaining three IMG Denali teams are each following a different strategy, to be flexible with the weather and their respective capabilities.   Denali is currently getting hit by a weather system that is bringing snow and wind to the Alaska Range. Dallas and his Team 5 were feeling strong and moved to […]
IMG Denali Team 7 on the way
June 18, 2021 IMG leader Andy Polloczek reports that the food is packed, the duffels are stacked, and that Team 7 are set to fly! By now they should all be on the Kahiltna Glacier, ready to begin their chess match with Denali. Higher up on the hill leaders Dallas and Nicole report that their […]
IMG Denali teams enjoying good weather
June 15, 2021 IMG leaders Nicole Sims and Dallas Glass report that their respective teams are doing well, and have been making good progress.  They have been moving at “night†which is a bit of a misnomer since it is never dark in Alaska this time of year. Their goal down low on the mountain […]