November 21, 2011 Greg Vernovage called in at about 2 pm on the 21st. He reported a good day of training and acclimatization in the area above the hut on Cotopaxi. The crew dropped off some gear for the summit climb at the hut before heading down to the hacienda at Tierra del Volcan for […]
Ecuador Volcanoes
Update From Ecuador Team
November 20, 2011 Team and all their luggage arrived on schedule Thursday evening, the 17th. They were met at the airport by IMG Senior Guide, Greg Vernovage and our Ecuadorian partner and guide, Romulo Cardenas. First order of business was a few introductions. Second order of business was several hours of sleep. Romulo met Greg […]
Ecuador Team Good To Go
November 18, 2011 And they’re off. Everyone arrived last night and with all luggage intact. Nice. Greg Vernovage, IMG’s lead guide on the trip, arrived a day earlier to wrap up some last minute errands. Early this morning, the team met Romulo Cardenas, who is our Ecuadorian friend and partner. Then, all headed to old […]
Chimborazo: An Elusive Summit
February 10, 2011 Chimborazo keeps proving to be a tough mountain. For the last week, we’ve had an old friend and IMG customer attempting to climb Chimborazo in Ecuador. He’s been climbing with our Ecuadorian partner and guide extraordinaire, Romulo Cardenas, and IMG Senior Guide and Everest climber, Andy Politz. After a careful series of […]
Recipe For A Perfect Trip
January 26, 2011 Add equal parts of a great group of climbers, great local guides, three decades of running the program, perfect weather, a friendly country with beautiful mountains and then stir. The result is a mixture for the perfect trip. I know you’ve followed the posts but it’s hard to do justice regarding the […]
Wrapping Up In Ecuador
January 24, 2011 We heard from Phil Ershler in Ecuador, where he says the team is back in Quito and healthy and happy. Their summit day ended with a trip to Papallacta, a resort with volcanic fed hot springs – what a way to end the trip! Becky Kjorvestad, IMG Office
Aconcagua Team Summits!
January 24, 2011 Eben called in from High Camp on Aconcagua to report that 8 of 9 tagged the top earlier today. All are safe and sound back at camp and anxious to get down to Plaza de Mulas tomorrow and out to civilization on Tuesday. No immediate word from Phil in Ecuador but like […]
Tomorrow Is Summit Day In South America
January 22, 2011 We received word from Phil today after a great day training on the lower glaciers of Cayambe. If all goes as planned they’ll get an alpine start in the morning and be on the summit by mid-morning. Further South on Aconcagua, Eben and his team made the move to High Camp today […]
Good News From South America
January 21, 2011 We received word from Antarctica & Punta Arenas, Chile today that ALE called in the IL76 for a flight! This is great news for our team who’s been waiting at Union Glacier for a couple weeks now and especially great news for IMG Guide, and ping-pong champion (see yesterday’s blog post) Aaron […]
Ping Pong Tournaments & Pizza
Chile & Antarctica Greg and his team continue their “standby” status to leave Antarctica while Mike and his crew weigh their options in Punta Arenas. So what do you do with 20 hours of daylight and literally nothing to do…well, you play volleyball and ping-pong of course. IMG Guide Aaron Mainer (who’s been on the […]