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Mt. Rainier: June 2nd Update

Posted by: Linden Mallory, Walter Hailes | June 02, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 11,200'

The Four Day Summit Climb led by Walter Hailes and the Five Day Summit Climb led by Linden Mallory reached Ingraham Flats (11,200’) this morning before making the decision to turn the teams around due to unstable snow conditions.

The teams will descend from Camp Muir and return to Rainier BaseCamp in Ashford this afternoon.

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Mt. Rainier: June 1st Update

Posted by: Pete Van Deventer | June 01, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 11,000'

The Four Day Summit Climb led by RMI Guide Pete Van Deventer turned at 11,000’ this morning due to avalanche danger.  The team returned safely back to Camp Muir and did a bit of training before starting their descent to Paradise.  Pete reported high clouds with good visibility below to AltaVista.  Sounds like a nice, calm morning at Camp Muir.

The Five Day Westminster Summit Climb team led by RMI Guide Linden Mallory will rest and train today around Camp Muir.

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Mt. Rainier: Muir Seminar Completes Their Training on the Mountain

Posted by: J.J. Justman, Casey Grom | May 31, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,600'

The Expedition Skills Seminar – Muir led by Casey Grom and JJ Justman were able to safely climb to the top of Cathedral Gap this morning.  They had clear weather, sunshine and no wind.  The team had experienced winter-like conditions this week at Camp Muir but had a lot of fun training at 10,000 feet.

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Mt. Rainier: Seminar Trains at Camp Muir

Posted by: J.J. Justman, Casey Grom | May 28, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,000'

The Expedition Skills Seminar team awoke at Muir with sunny skies. We spent the day training outside going over basic climbing skills.

Later this afternoon the weather rolled in and we retreated back into the comfort of our bunkhouse. There we continued training where the team safely learned self rescue out of a crevasse.

Tonight we will enjoy dinner, lecture on high altitude medicine and tell some tall tales along the way.

RMI Guide JJ Justman

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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar Reaches Camp Muir

Posted by: J.J. Justman | May 27, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,080'

It’s winter!!! Maybe I’m a little too excited but we made it to Camp Muir and the entire team is doing great. We endured the wind, rain and snow allowing everyone to learn the number one expedition skill…how to take care of ourselves in foul weather. We are busy sipping hot chocolate and there’s a mug with my name on it!

RMI Guide JJ Justman

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Mt. Rainier: May 27th Update

Posted by: Adam Knoff, Walter Hailes | May 27, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier

The Four Day Summit Climb led by Adam Knoff and Walter Hailes turned at the top of Disappointment Cleaver as a weather system quickly moved in on them making for an exciting descent back to Camp Muir.  Both teams will continue their descent to Paradise and then to Rainier Basecamp this afternoon.

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Mt. Rainier- May 26th update

Posted by: Tyler Jones, Pete Van Deventer | May 26, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 11,000'

The Four Day Summit Climb led by Tyler Jones and the Five Day Summit Climb led by Pete Van Deventer were forced to turn their climbs at 11,000’ due to limited visibility, high avalanche conditions, and blowing snow.  The teams are descending the Muir Snowfield en route to Paradise and will be back in Ashford later this morning.

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Mt. Rainier: May 25, 2013 - Update

Posted by: J.J. Justman, Eric Frank, Alex Barber, Nick Hunt | May 25, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,200'

Hi everyone!

The team today awoke to conditions that are not ideal to climb in. With all the new snow it just has not settled enough to allow safe climbing. So to enjoy and have a full mountain experience the team went up to Muir Peak to watch the sun rise. It’s my favorite part of climbing. The photos simply do not do it justice.

We are safe and we are happy and we are still laughing and having fun!

RMI Guide JJ Justman & Team

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Mt. Rainier: Muir Seminar Finishes Their Week on the Mountain

Posted by: Casey Grom, Adam Knoff | May 24, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier

RMI Guides Casey Grom, Adam Knoff and the Expedition Skills Seminar team descended from Camp Muir and arrived at Rainier Basecamp this afternoon.  They learned many mountaineering skills at 10,000’ during their five days on the mountain and weathered a winter snow storm that dropped three feet of new snow at Camp Muir.

Great job to all!

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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar Camp Muir Update

Posted by: Adam Knoff, Casey Grom | May 23, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,200

The Expedition Skills Seminar – Muir led by Casey Grom and Adam Knoff made the prudent decision to remain at Camp Muir last night.  A foot of new snow fell at Camp Muir overnight in addition to 10 inches yesterday.  Casey also reports the temperature is hovering around 10 degrees which is keeping everyone busy staying warm.  The Seminar is planning to head up to the Ingraham Flats this morning.  The team wraps up their training and time at Muir tomorrow.

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