January 8, 2017 Time to report on Vinson Massif again. Team 2 is in Punta and about ready to fly. Here’s today’s report from Greg Vernovage, Expedition Leader. Greg will be assisted by IMG Senior Guide, Luke Reilly. “Phil, The Vinson Team has now arrived with all of their gear to Punta Arenas. We […]
December 15th, 2017 Good news from the Ice. The Team is literally making their last walk on the Ice right now. Heading to the ice runway to meet the incoming IL76, their ride back to Punta Arenas and home. Time to do some last minute shopping for the holidays. Congratulations, once more, to Justin, Emily […]
December 13th, 2017 The team was able to fly from Vinson base camp to Union Glacier camp today. A small step but an important one. They are now totally comfortable in the big ALE base camp, with all meals prepared for them and served in a large, heated mess tent with tables and chairs and […]
December 12th, 2017 Best laid plans……as they say. Weather did not permit a flight off the Ice for the team on the 12th. Team is still at Vinson base camp. If the weather says ‘no’, no one flies. Earliest flight now is scheduled for 15 or 16 December. Not the ideal scenario but it is […]
December 11th, 2017 The IMG team is sitting pretty at Vinson base camp. Everyone made the big descent yesterday in good form. Now it’s again up to the Vinson weather gods to allow the team off the Ice and get back home. Best case scenario now is for a flight off the Ice on the […]
December 10, 2017 Justin checked in first thing Sunday morning to let us know the team was up, had broken camp and already was working their way down the 1200 m of fixed rope between high camp and C1. By the time you read this post, they should already be down the ropes. From the […]
December 9, 2017 (4pm PST) Goods news from the summit of Vinson. IMG members on top now. Basically no wind. Descending shortly. Big congratulations to Justin, Emily and the entire team for a super job. “Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” Great quote. Hope to have the team off the Ice on December 12th. Phil […]
December 9, 2017 The IMG Vinson team in Antarctica is on their way to the summit. The weather is quite good and wind low. They departed HC at 6 am, Seattle time. 5 hrs later on Vinson time. Phil Ershler
December 8th, 2017 Forecast is reasonably good and the winds have decreased down on the Ice. Justin reported this morning that the team was packing up at C1 and going to attempt their move to high camp today. No news is typically good news so we’re hoping the team is continuing with that plan and […]
December 7th, 2017 Skies are clear but winds still too high to justify making the move to high camp. Infinitely more pleasant to wait out weather concerns at C1 rather than at high camp. First day they wake up and don’t see plumes of snow coming off the ridge at high camp, they’ll be packing […]
