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Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Walter Hailes
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Summit Climb teams July 26 - 29, 2014 led by RMI Guides Pete Van Deventer and Walter Hailes reached the summit of Mt. Rainier at 6:45 a.m with climbers from Wilderness Ventures. The teams reported light winds and great route conditions. They started their descent from the crater rim around 7:45 am. The teams will return to Camp Muir and then continue to Paradise later this afternoon.
Congratulations to today's Summit Climb Teams!
Mr. Mark Tucker here on the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro a beautiful day and a fantastic team. Everyone wants to say hi to the family.
Hey -With Mark Tucker and “Tuck’s Tucklings” on the summit of Kilimanjaro. It’s a beautiful day up here.
Hey it’s Maryann standing on the summit of Kilimanjaro – it’s pretty awesome.
We are having some fun.
Hey it’s Laura here on top of Africa. Hello to everyone back home.
Well we are going to wrap it up and start working our way downhill in a good safe manner. And we will check in from Mweka Camp at 10,000’. That is 9,420’ below here. We are doing great. Thanks for checking in.
RMI Guide Mark Tucker and the July 21st Team call from the summit of Kilimanjaro.
On The Map
Posted by: JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Southside
Our team left the Baksan Valley and the beautiful Caucasus Mountains and hopped a flight to Saint Petersburg. Yes!!! It's a St. Petersburg selfie!! Eat your heart out Ellen! That is the expression you have when you arrive in St. Petersburg. The team had a long day first driving to the airport and then flying to get here. And let me tell you...it is worth it. I love this city and I can't wait to share the sights with the team. It is a luxurious way to end our adventure in Russia.
RMI Guide JJ Justman
Cindee, Congrats to you and the team! Looks like you had a great time. Safe travels home!
Posted by: Carla on 7/28/2014 at 1:10 pm
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
We've assembled in Tanzania for an ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. More importantly, our baggage has accompanied us. All 10 climbers and their guide arrived safely at the tranquil Dik Dik Hotel on the outskirts of Arusha. We spent today organizing gear for the climb, meeting with our expedition staff and catching up on jet-lag-lost sleep. Starting early tomorrow, we'll climb aboard the fully loaded tricked out off-road-ready expedition vehicle and head for the hills. Conditions have been partly cloudy with comfortable temperatures and team members have been granted partial views of Kilimanjaro as reward for climbing the lofty water tower on the Dik Dik grounds.
We'll need to get walking tomorrow... The quality and quantity of excellent food served up in the dining room of the hotel will have us absolutely spoiled if we don't make a break for it.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
HOPE THE ACHILLES ISSUSE WON’T SLOW THE GROUP UP! HELICOPTER IS NOT AN OPTION! HAVE FUN DK!
Posted by: RICHARD HESSEMER on 7/30/2014 at 7:05 am
Go Kevin go!! I can’t wait to hear all about it.
Posted by: sean fitzsimmons on 7/29/2014 at 7:32 pm
Hello from 15,000' on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
All our team is here at High Camp, Barafu Camp (15,000'), in great shape and ready to go. We left from Karanga Camp this morning and made it to our new camp in good time. We enjoyed another nice lunch from our mountain staff and spent time organizing and packing up to make our early morning departure quick and easy. Here at Barafu Camp life is good. There are a few clouds around but that is not unusual and we are in hopes of a clear windless night ahead. We had a relaxing afternoon with lots of tent time, putting our feet up and drying out the boots, reading, writing, and maybe a bit of cards. We are taking it easy and making sure everyone is rested and ready for our upcoming adventure.
We will try and give you a shout out from the Roof of Africa tomorrow.
RMI Guide Mark Tucker
On The Map
Posted by: Solveig Waterfall, Seth Waterfall
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Five Day Summit Climb led by RMI Guide Solveig Waterfall and the Four Day Summit Climb led by Seth Waterfall reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. The teams reported clear skies and nice climbing conditions. At around 7 am the teams began their descent to Camp Muir. They will take a short break there before continuing their descent to Paradise.
Congratulations to today's Summit Climb teams!
Way to go!! Can’t wait to hear about it! Many congratulations!!!
Posted by: Nate Birgenheier on 7/28/2014 at 10:34 pm
Congrats! Go team!
Posted by: Anne on 7/28/2014 at 7:13 pm
Posted by: Casey Grom
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Southside
Hello everyone and welcome to RMI's July 25th Mt. Elbrus trip!
After some very long flights the team safely arrived yesterday, we briefly touched base about today's plan before folks retired to catch up on some much needed sleep.
Today we had our official team meeting over breakfast at our hotel. It was hard to concentrate while enjoying plenty of fresh bread, cheeses, meats, juice and other delightful things. Once our bellies were full we stumbled out the door to explore the Kremlin and Red Square which is only a short distance away. A few folks visited Lenin's tomb and a few of us wandered around the area enjoying the site.
We met our tour guide around 10:30 am and spent much of the day with her visiting St. Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin, and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Our tour guide even took us on a brief tour of the amazing Moscow subway - it has a 194 different stops and most are elaborately decorated and incredibly clean! We did visit the famous Red Square but for unknown reasons it was closed and blocked off today.
Afterwards we took a short break where most of us took cat naps to help adjust to the almost 12 hour time change and then headed back out for a quick dinner before calling it a night.
Everyone is doing great!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and Team
Gregory enjoy the climb. We wish all a safe adventure. God bless Mami.
Posted by: Josie on 7/28/2014 at 5:31 pm
I hope you all have fun! Kym and Liz, be nice to Casey and have a great and safe trip. He’s a super guide and a lot of fun.
There were rumors on Twitter last week that the Russian government had decided to close Red Square.
Eric
Posted by: Eric Y. on 7/28/2014 at 8:53 am
It was a great last day in Cheget. The team went trout fishing and relaxed in the rain! Thank goodness we went for the summit of Mt. Elbrus yesterday.
We are continuing to celebrate a safe and successful adventure with great food and good company.
RMI Guide JJ Justman
On The Map
The Four Day Summit Climb July 24 - 27, 2014 led by RMI Guide Mike Haugen reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning around 7:30 am with 100% of their team. The team reported great weather and good climbing. Today's team consists of climbers raising funds for Big City Mountaineers and their Summit For Someone program.
The team will complete their descent today, returning to Paradise later this afternoon.
Congratulations to today's Big City Mountaineer Team Members!
Hello!
We are checking in from high on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Here in the alpine desert there is a stark reminder that only the heartiest survive at this altitude. That is just what we are doing and in great style, mind you a hearty group we are. After a great climb of the famous Baranco wall early this morning led to the traverse below the southern side of the summit massive. We had intermittent clouds that made for nice climbing to the Karanga Camp. The Diamond, Balletto, Heim, Decken, and Kersten glaciers loom just above reminding us that we still have a ways to go. The team continues to do well, all is good
RMI Guide Mark Tucker
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Catherine, So proud of you and your taking on this wonderful adventure. Can’t wait to hear more about it.
Love, Poppy & Grandma
Posted by: Bill & Barbara Rack on 7/30/2014 at 8:06 pm
So proud of you!! 6:45am??? What’s up with that?? I miss you lots and can’t wait to see you so you can give me all the scoop on the trip. I love you!!
Posted by: Aunt Tina on 7/30/2014 at 9:10 am
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