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On Sunday, the Five Day Summit Climb team hiked out of Paradise to the training area to learn the necessary skills to summit Mt. Rainier. The following day the team hike to Camp Muir for their first night on the mountain. They spent time yesterday gaining more experience cramponing and working as a rope team then return to Camp Muir to prepare for their summit attempt. All of their training paid off and the team enjoyed the views from the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning, reaching the crater rim around 5:30 am. After celebrating their accomplishment and taking photos, they will descend to Camp Muir to rest and repack before continuing their descent to Paradise. They will end their program with a celebration at Rainier BaseCamp this afternoon.
Congratulations to today's Five Day Summit Climb Team!
RMI Guide Robby Young led the Four Day Summit Climb July 30 - 2 August to the summit of Mt. Rainier early this morning. The team reached the crater rim around 5:30 am and enjoyed the blue skies and warm temperatures before beginning their descent from the crater rim. The teams will descend 9,000 vertical feet today reaching Paradise (5,400') this afternoon.
Congratulations to today's Summit Climb Team!
Posted by: Andy Bond, Bryan Mazaika, Jessie Poquerusse, Chad Gaffigan
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons July 28 - 2 August, 2017 reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning around 7 am. RMI Guide Andy Bond and the team headed to the White River Camp Ground on Sunday after two days of training at Rainier BaseCamp. They started on the route on Sunday and ascended to Camp Schurman yesterday. They made an alpine start this morning and were pleased to report great weather and route conditions and that 100% of their team reached the summit today. The team will return to camp today for their final night on the mountain. Following some additional training the team will descend to the trail head and return to Rainier BaseCamp tomorrow.
Congratulations to the Emmons Seminar Team!
Posted by: Eric Frank, Hannah Smith, Dustin Wittmier
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Summit Climb July 29 - 1 August led by RMI Guides Eric Frank, Hannah Smith and Dustin Wittmier reached the summit of Mt. Rainier around 5 am this morning. The team enjoyed the views from the crater before beginning their descent. They will take a short break at Camp Muir before continuing down to Paradise.
Congratulations to today's Summit Climb team!
Congratulations Josh, Luke and Zac! You made it! Great team work
Posted by: Anne Lysen on 8/2/2017 at 8:00 am
Congrats to all the Lysen brothers!
Excellent work!
Warm regards,
Ray & Carol
Posted by: Ray Lysen on 8/1/2017 at 5:47 pm
Posted by: Jess Matthews, Joe Hoch, Nate Goodwin
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
RMI Guide Jess Matthews and the Five Day Summit Climb team July 27 - 31, 2017 made an early start for the summit and reached the crater rim at 5:30 am. The team enjoyed blue skies and minimal wind on a beautiful day. The team spent an hour on top before starting their descent. The team will return to the trail head at Paradise and then continue to Rainier BaseCamp in Ashford.
Congratulations to today's Five Day Summit Climb team!
Ross - Good Job brother. Sd. ATA Team!
Posted by: Vasu on 8/1/2017 at 1:03 pm
Congratulations! So proud of you Samantha! You rock girl. ❤
Posted by: Kamini on 8/1/2017 at 8:09 am
Summit! RMI Guide Mike King was on top at 5:00 a.m. this morning. The warm temperatures are making for early alpine starts as the team left Mt. Rainier's crater rim at 6:00 a.m. They are progressing well on their descent back to Camp Muir.
Congratulations Team!
Hoorah, team! Glad that the vintage crampons got you to the top, Nathaniel. :-)
Posted by: Deb on 7/30/2017 at 2:54 pm
Congratulations Nathaniel. Love You.
Posted by: Dean K-F on 7/30/2017 at 1:03 pm
The RMI Expedition Skills Seminar - Paradise Glacier, led by RMI Guide Pepper Dee, has had a spectacular week of training. With the many skills they learned, the team topped off their week with a bluebird summit day. Warm temperatures and a light breeze have followed them all week and continues as they descend from the Mt. Rainier summit.
Congratulations to the Seminar Team!
RMI Guide Robby Young led his team to the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. The forecasted freezing level of 14,500' rang true and the team topped out with warm temperatures, no clouds and endless views. Their descent began about 7:00 a.m. and we look forward to congratulating them this afternoon.
The Four Day Summit Climb teams, led by Dave Hahn and Mike Uchal, were on top of Mt. Rainier by 7:30 AM this morning. The team had clear skies and moderate winds, a perfect day to be on the highest point in Washington.
Congratulations to today's summit climbers!
To infinity and beyond. Way to go Mick and Matt!
Posted by: Brett on 7/28/2017 at 2:33 pm
After a few days of training on the upper slopes of Mt. Rainier, the Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons team led by RMI Guide Walter Hailes reached the summit via the Emmons Glacier, the largest glacier in the contiguous U.S. The team has started their descent and will spend one more night on the mountain before returning to Rainier Basecamp tomorrow.
Congratulations to today's team!
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Sara and Dieter, so PSYCHED for y’all! It’s been quite a journey. So proud of both of you. You went to climb the mountain. It gave you its good tidings.
With love from Kim, Daveed and Olive
Posted by: Kim, Daveed and Olive on 8/3/2017 at 7:01 am
So proud of you guys!! You both are truly inspiring. Si se puede!! <3
Posted by: Melissa Nimmer on 8/3/2017 at 5:57 am
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