For many years, IMG Guides from around the world have put their trust in Outdoor Research (OR) to protect them from the harsh elements. We would like to take this time to acknowledge the Team at OR for their outstanding effort to assist with health care professionals and the world in the fight against COVID-19. […]
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April Rainier Programs Update
March 18, 2020 While we navigate through these challenging times, the health and safety of our employees and customers remains our top priority. The difficult, but necessary, decision has been made to cancel all April Rainier programs. Due to the fast-changing nature of this situation, we will continue to provide updates on the impact of […]
Nepal Suspends The Climbing Season
March 13, 2020 The Government of Nepal has now confirmed early news reports that tourism and mountaineering would be shut down for the spring climbing season, and they have issued official documents. Our top priority is the health and wellbeing of our Climbing and Trekking Teams as well as our loyal staff in Nepal. We […]
Prep for Mt Rainier – March 10, 2020
March 6, 2020 Join IMG & REI at REI in Bellevue, WA on Wednesday, March 10, 2020 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM for a 90 minute presentation on what it takes to summit Washington’s highest peak, 14,410′ Mount Rainier! IMG Guide, Jay Lyons, will lead an in-depth talk covering training, trip planning, gear […]
More Food on the Way to Everest
March 5, 2020 It has been a busy week for us, as we purchased more expedition food, removed all the unnecessary packaging, and then carefully repacked it into waxed boxes for its journey from USA to Nepal and on to Base Camp for our upcoming 2020 Everest Expedition. After a few days of work, the […]
It’s Safari Time!
July 3, 2019 Phunuru reported too much beer and too much fun as the team ended their climb of Kilimanjaro. Everyone safe and sound, 100% on top and maybe just a bit of fun in the process. Think that’s the whole package. After hiking out to Mweka Gate and signing out with the Park, everyone […]
Denali Update
May 31, 2019 Andy’s team is at 14K and ready to move to high camp once they have a favorable forecast. Meanwhile, Austin is at 11K and may well ‘catch’ Andy at 14K. We always try to be prepared to move lower on the mountain in marginal weather and then try to be patient (and […]
All To The Top On Rainier!
May 31, 2019 After weeks of unstable weather, the summit rotations have returned with three teams to the top in the last three days! IMG Lead Guides, Jay Lyons & Mike Haft, have given us back to back summits on the Ingraham Direct while Conrad Wharton took the first Kautz team of the season up […]
IMG Camp Muir 2019
April 28, 2019 IMG Guide, Robert Jantzen, checked in from Camp Muir to let us know the crew has been working hard! They shoveled a platform in the snow yesterday and today they are setting up the WeatherPort, a structure used by the guide services to store gear and cook for clients on the DC […]
IMG Spring Guide Training 2019
April 22, 2019 It’s hard to believe we are less than two weeks away from our first Rainier climb of the season! Our dedicated office staff has been busy since September processing applications and answering gear questions and now it’s time for all of their hard work to come to fruition. But before we turn […]