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EXPEDITION NEWS & DISPATCHES	NEW PROGRAMS for 2008
Mt. Everest Expedition We have a group that met in Kathmandu on March 27th and will begin climbing shortly. Click here to read the latest dispatches from Casey Grom.	Mt. Shuksan Summit Climbs Elbrus Northside Alaska Seminars
First Summit of the 2008 Season! Great news from our Expedition Skills Seminar team! They reached the summit on April 17th at approximately 8:00am for RMI’s first successful summit trip of the season. Program leader Chad Peele called the RMI office from Mt. Rainier’s crater rim with the good news as the team was beginning its descent. Chad reported good climbing conditions on firm snow allowing the team to summit in just under five hours. RMI Senior Guide Seth Waterfall re-caps the Expedition Skills Seminar – Winter, April 13 – 18, 2008 Click arrow to listen to Seth's Voicemail: RMI Senior Guide Seth Waterfall phones in after the summit climb, April 17, 2008; Expedition Skills Seminar – Winter Click arrow to listen to Seth's Voicemail:
Rainier
We are gearing up for the 2008 Mt. Rainier season. Our first program starts May 8th. Looking for the perfect introduction to mountaineering? Try one of our Expedition Skills Seminars. We pioneered these multi-day, on-mountain instructional programs to prepare climbers for expeditions to other mountain. RMI also offers programs on other northwest peaks - Mt. Adams and Mt. Shuksan.
McKinley
The 2008 season marks the 33rd consecutive year RMI has been leading expeditions to the summit of the highest mountain in North America. Base Camp will be established on the SE Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier in late April and the first RMI expedition of the season is slated to fly on May 1st. There is a good snowpack in the Alaska Range, which bodes well for all climbers on Mount McKinley. We have a dozen expeditions scheduled for this season, with more than 70 climbers and over 30 guides anticipating the adventure! You can track a particular expedition’s progress throughout their climb by reading the McKinley Dispatches. RMI has satellite telephone communication, so groups can report their progress to us. These updates will begin once the first trip is underway. The 2009 Mount McKinley Dates are now available and we are taking reservations. Qualified applicants may register for an upcoming climb at the 2008 price! If you have any questions about our Alaska programs, give our office a call and talk to Joe Horiskey who has logged 23 expeditions on this mountain alone.
International Programs
We offer high quality trips led by enthusiastic and experienced guides to numerous destinations including: ACONCAGUA ECUADOR VOLCANOES KILIMANJARO HIMALAYA EVEREST SOUTH COL EVEREST BASECAMP TREK ISLAND PEAK CHO OYU MEXICO VOLCANOES MT. ELBRUS VINSON MASSIF	UPCOMING PROGRAMS The climbing season is just beginning in Latin and South America with Aconcagua, Mexico, and Ecuador trips all heading out the door. Kilimanjaro programs will be taking advantage of the "dry season" in Tanzania with two trips leaving later this month, and then it is time to depart for the Himalayas in late March.
If you have high altitude climbing experience on mountains like Mt. McKinley or Aconcagua and are ready to take it to the next level, consider joining us on an expedition to Cho Oyu and challenge yourself on this 8,000 meter Himalayan peak. Small climbing teams, high guide ratios, and superior organization and logistics make a huge difference when climbing the world’s highest mountains.
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Getting safely up and down mountains is just the beginning of the story at Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. (RMI). Founded by legendary Northwest mountaineers and staffed by the most experienced and talented guides in America, RMI has built a three-decade long legacy of safe, successful, and enjoyable mountaineering adventures.

Experience matters in the mountains, and that is exactly what we have gained over the last 38 years. There is no substitute for the years of expedition guiding around the world, 250 Mt. McKinley Expeditions, over 70,000 climbers on Mount Rainier, and some of America's first ventures into the far reaches of the Himalaya.

*Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. operates within Mount Rainier National Park under a contract with the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. RMI is also an authorized concessionaire of Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska, to conduct guided ascents of Mount McKinley.