July 25, 2015 Game day has arrived. Mike called this morning, Pacific time, and let me know the crew put in another good acclimatization day on Elbrus. It also served as a good opportunity to get their ‘systems dialed’ and prepare for tomorrow’s summit attempt. Weather remains favorable and forecasts show the same for the […]
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More Updates From Around The World
July 24, 2015 Â Machu Picchu (Peru) IMG Guide Peter Anderson reports that all continues to go well. They’ve toured the Sacred Valley, done their gear checks and are ready to hit the trail! – George Dunn The Matterhorn (Switzerland) IMG Matterhorn guide Aaron Mainer reports that the climbers recently got down from their second […]
Elbrus Team Takes A Hike
July 22, 2015 Mike Hamill reports that things continue to go smoothly. After spending a full day touring St. Petersburg with a cultural guide, the team flew from there to Mineralnye Vody and then drove up into the Caucasus mountains. After their first night in the town of Terskol, they used today as an acclimatization […]
Updates From Around The World
July 20, 2015 Elbrus (Russia) Always exciting to have the team together and begin another adventure. IMG Senior Guide, Mike Hamill, is back in Russia with a super nice crew. Everyone got in on either the 18th or 19th , in good shape and with all their luggage. Everyone got together on the 19th for […]
Elbrus Team Enjoying Moscow
August 14, 2014 Love it when plans and people come together. A little more sightseeing tomorrow in Moscow and then it’s time to fly. Not a scratch, hugely successful and a ton of fun. That’s always the goal and this team ran away with it. Nice! Phil Ershler
3 For 3
August 12, 2014 Here’s the early morning email from Jonathan and our Elbrus team: We got our weather window and summited at 8:15am this morning in pristine conditions. Everyone did great breaking trail ahead of all the other teams making their push this morning. Lots of stacked up demand for summits after the recent bout of […]
Elbrus Team To Give It Another Go Tomorrow
August 11, 2014 Just spoke with Jonathan. The crew pushed hard today. At around 17300’, they started to get some electrical activity in the air. Too uncertain to keep pushing and too dangerous. Good decision to fight another day. Back now at high camp, fed and rehydrated and ready to try again in the morning. […]
Elbrus Team Sits Tight
August 10, 2014 Good news is that the winds are low. Bad news is that it’s been snowing with poor visibility. Faced with those conditions on the team’s first possible summit attempt, the guides decided to sit tight. They’ve got 3 days to attempt to summit. The trick, the art, is to hopefully find that […]
Elbrus Team At High Hut
August 8, 2014 Jonathan, Igor, Sasha and team are up at our hut. VERY nice weather today. Let’s see if their luck holds. Tomorrow’s an acclimatization day to the Pastohov Rocks. Get the last details sorted out, pack, make a few more red blood cells – you get the idea. Then it’ll be time to […]
Elbrus Team Enjoying Some Acclimatization
August 6, 2014 First full day in the Valley is complete. It was spent doing their first acclimatization hike up to the Observatory. It’s about a 3000 vertical foot gain, which is about perfect. About 2 hours up. Terskol is at just over 7000 feet so that helps a lot, too. In bed now with […]