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Kilimanjaro: Team Arrives in Tanzania

Posted by: | February 13, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Kilimanjaro

Greetings from Arusha Tanzania,

Our adventure has begun! The team arrived last night at Kilimanjaro International Airport and we headed directly to the Dik Dik Hotel. It’s a welcome relief to go from our long flights to a delicious meal and a soft bed.

No early risers in this crew, so it was a nice relaxing start to our day. After breakfast we started talking about the details of the days ahead and to sort through our gear to get ready for our departure. With our gear packed and weighed, we took a nice walk down to a nearby town to stretch our legs and to check out the area.

Tomorrow we have an early departure for the Machame Gate where we will begin our trek. With our travel days behind us, it is time to start walking! We’ll check in tomorrow from the mountain.

Till then ....

RMI Guide Jeff Martin and The Simba Sita (The Simba Six)

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Aconcagua Expedition: Team Moves to High Camp

Posted by: Billy Nugent | February 13, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Aconcagua
Elevation: 19,600'

Greetings from the beautiful (albeit a little smelly) Plaza Colera, our high camp at 19,600’! We endured a very cold night last night at Camp 2 but awoke to clear skies yet again so we got ourselves in gear and broke camp. Three relatively pleasant stretches later the team arrived at Colera and quickly set up shop. Right now everybody’s chilling in their tents, resting up. Hopefully, we won’t be here more than a couple of nights as we intend to set out very early tomorrow morning for the summit! Much love to our friends and family following along back home…

RMI Guides Billy Nugent, Leon Davis and Team

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Mexico’s Volcanoes: Acclimatization Hike on La Malinche

Posted by: Jake Beren | February 13, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mexico
Elevation: 10,000'

Hello this is the RMI Mexico’s Volcanoes Team checking in from La Malintzi, which is at the base of La Malinche (14,636 feet) this is the mountain we went hiking on today. For the first time that I’ve ever seen there was a fair bit of snow to hike through up top to get to the ridge.  The team did very well getting through some pretty good conditions; a little bit of snow, a little bit of wind, and a little bit of rain.  A real mixed bag. It was a great day and everyone did very well. We are going to grab some dinner and get ready to head toward the Altzimoni hut tomorrow which is at the base of Ixta. 

That’s all from here, everyone is doing great and we will keep you posted.

RMI Guide Jake Beren

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Aconcagua Expedition:  Rest Day At Camp 2

Posted by: Billy Nugent, Leon Davis | February 12, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Aconcagua
Elevation: 18,000'

Hello from Aconcagua,

We are sitting here at Camp 2 with intermittent snow falling. Another scheduled rest day but luckily this one coincides with our first lousy patch of weather. We ate cheerios with craisins for breakfast! Exciting, I know… Maybe tomorrow we’ll have some news that’s a bit more breathtaking, like “we just moved to high camp 2,” or something like that.

That’s about it,

RMI Guides Billy, Leon, and the gang.

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Mexico’s Volcanoes: Team Arrives in Mexico City

Posted by: Jake Beren | February 12, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mexico
Elevation: 7,300'

Hello from Mexico City,

Tonight the team arrived, all with the same number of bags they left the states with and ready to go.  We had a great intro dinner at a classic Centro Historico restaurant and retired to our rooms to get a good night’s sleep before leaving the city tomorrow.  Off to a good start down here and we’ll check in from La Malinche tomorrow.

RMI Guide Jake Beren

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Aconcagua Expedition:  Team Moves to Camp 2

Posted by: Billy Nugent | February 11, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Aconcagua
Elevation: 18,000'

Hola amigos de Guanacos Camp (Camp 2)! We awoke to perfectly clear, blue skies so we took advantage by breaking down camp early and ascending up to Camp 2 where we are currently well established. However, this morning’s blue skies have given way to some clouds and flurries. Seems like we’ve timed tomorrow’s rest day perfectly with some crappy weather. Right now there’s an ominous lenticular cloud engulfing the summit but the team remains optimistic because there should be a break in the weather beginning Monday evening. We are all feeling great and climbing exceptionally well. Tonight is also Michael’s birthday and we intend to do our best to celebrate it at well over 18,000’.

Ciao,

RMI Guide Billy Nugent

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Mexico’s Volcanoes: Team Meets in Mexico

Posted by: Jake Beren | February 11, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mexico
Elevation: 7,300'

Hello from Mexico City,

Tonight the team arrived, all with the same number of bags they left the states with and ready to go.  We had a great intro dinner at a classic Centro Historico restaurant and retired to our rooms to get a good night’s sleep before leaving the city tomorrow.  Off to a good start down here and we’ll check in from La Malinche tomorrow.

RMI Guide Jake Beren

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Mexico’s Volcanoes:  Team Meets in Mexico City

Posted by: Jake Beren | February 11, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mexico
Elevation: 7,300'

Hello from Mexico City,
Tonight the team arrived, all with the same number of bags they left the states with and ready to go.  We had a great intro dinner at a classic Centro Historico restaurant and retired to get a good night’s sleep before leaving the city tomorrow.  Off to a good start down here and we’ll check in from La Malinche tomorrow.

RMI Guide Jake Beren

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Aconcagua Expedition: Rest Day at Camp 1

Posted by: Billy Nugent | February 10, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Aconcagua
Elevation: 16,200'

Not much to report from Camp 1, which is to be expected on a rest day. The good weather continues to hold and the team seems rested and eager for tomorrow’s move up to Camp 2. We’ve been passing the time catching rays (Mark—shirtless!), jamming our iPods, and of course good old fashioned reading. A full day in the tent can inspire some serious restlessness, which we hope will propel us upward tomorrow.

Signing off,

RMI Guide Billy Nugent

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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar - Winter

Posted by: Seth Waterfall | February 09, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,060'

Hi this is RMI Guide Seth Waterfall checking in from Camp Muir on Day 5 of our Expedition Skills Seminar - Winter.  We’ve been having some serious winter weather up here.  Although it has kept us off of the upper mountain, we have been able to do a lot of training out in the elements.  Yesterday the storms kept us inside for a bit but we were able to venture outside to practice our crevasse rescue systems.  This morning we had a great session on a fixed-line course and also practiced rappelling.  This afternoon we have more activities planned and the we’ll settle in for our last night at Camp Muir.

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