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Mt. Elbrus: Justman & Team Arrive in St. Petersburg

July 20, 2015

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Southside

Team Russia has arrived in St. Petersburg! It is so nice and a little sad to leave the mountains behind. However, now in this beautiful city the team is invigorated to enjoy our safe and successful adventure on Mount Elbrus. We had a long day of traveling to get here so we are just going to soak it in before tomorrow's adventure...what's that you may ask? Check in tomorrow and find out!! RMI Guide JJ Justman

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Congrats Stephanie! Great job tagging another summit!

Posted by: Stewart on 7/22/2015 at 1:50 pm

Congrates Steph. You have a strong will power.

Posted by: Gulshan on 7/21/2015 at 7:01 am

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Mt. Rainier: July 20th Update

July 20, 2015

Posted by: Tyler Jones, Robby Young, Brent Okita

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

RMI Guide Robby Young called at 7:01 am as he and his Mount Rainier Four Day Summit Climb team were starting their descent from the crater rim. Robby reported clear skies and a light, cool breeze from the NW. RMI Guide Tyler Jones and his Mount Rainier Five Day Summit Climb made a sunset climb last night and reached the summit at 8:45 pm with 100% of their team. He commented that it was the most beautiful sunset he has ever seen. Tyler's team is safely back at Camp Muir and will begin their descent later this morning.

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Way to go Bud!
Love,
Mom and Dad

Posted by: Tracy Avalos on 7/20/2015 at 10:28 am

So happy and proud of you Jim!

Love you,
Shellie

Posted by: Shellie on 7/20/2015 at 8:19 am

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Mt. Baker: Frank & Team Summit!

July 19, 2015

Posted by: Eric Frank

Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades

Elevation: 10,781'

Hello, this is RMI Guide Eric Frank calling from Grant's Peak here on the top of Mount Baker. We just had a beautiful climb on the North Ridge Route. Had a few other parties up here today, but we had perfect weather, great views, and a good climb. We are going to hang out on top for another 15 or 20 minutes and then we'll be headed back down to our camp. Hope everyone following along is doing well. Talk to you soon. Bye.

RMI Guide Eric Frank calls in from the Mount Baker summit.

Alpamayo: Elias & Team Check In from Moraine Camp

July 19, 2015

Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Peru Seminar

Elevation: 16,240'

Hello from Moraine Camp! We just arrived to our cache, and are currently setting up our tents under the bluest skies so far on the trip. Spirits are high, and we presume we'll be moving to high camp tomorrow. Everyone sends their regards and asks for the cheering to continue on! Best, RMI Guide Elías de Andres Martos and crew

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Dear Team, I hope that the weather goods are smiling and that you are making steady progress - be safe from head to toe! Feli (Wolf’s wife)

Posted by: felicitas funke-riehle on 7/20/2015 at 3:05 pm

K-nice work !!! Told you that blue skies await you ! Warm up get dry and conquer that summit:-). Then get your butt back stateside !!! Be safe and have a blast. Take care of your stomach bug. M

Posted by: Michael on 7/19/2015 at 3:04 pm

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Mt. Rainier: July 19th Summit!

July 19, 2015

Posted by: Seth Waterfall

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

RMI Guide Seth Waterfall and the Mount Rainier Summit Climb team stood on the highest point in Washington this morning! Seth reported warm temperatures and no wind. The team started their descent from the crater rim at 7:19 a.m.

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Dear Lori and Dave - So great to see your smiling faces ontop of Mt. Kiliminjaro today!! You made it!! Wow!!

Have a great rest of the trip!!

Love,
Leslie

Posted by: Leslie Busch on 7/19/2015 at 1:36 pm

WOW - great job - so proud of Derick & the whole team!

Posted by: wayne and catherine salkowitz on 7/19/2015 at 12:49 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Grom & Team Summit!

July 18, 2015

Posted by: Casey Grom

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 19,340'

Hello everybody back home. This is Casey Grom calling in from the Roof of Africa. We had a beautiful day today. In fact, every climber made the summit today, so we had a 100% success. Everyone's doing great. We are a little chilly up here right now because there is a strong, cold breeze, but everyone's in good spirits. We're doing well and just finished taking a bunch of photos. We're gonna be heading down here real soon, so we'll check in again later this evening when we get down. It'll be sometime late this afternoon, probably in about ten hours or so. We'll, hopefully get a picture out to you guys as well. Bye. RMI Guide Casey Grom

RMI Guide Casey Grom calls from the Kilimanjaro summit!

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Lori and Dave….So good to see you made it to the top! Love you and been thinking of you often! Have a great trip!
Gosheroo Donna:)

Posted by: Donna Connors on 7/20/2015 at 10:20 am

Woo-Hoo!!!! Congrats Mark and Tom…love the pics…way to go team Grom!

Posted by: Wendy on 7/19/2015 at 7:06 pm

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Alpamayo: Elias and Team Rest at Basecamp

July 18, 2015

Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Peru Seminar

Elevation: 14,270'

Good afternoon! Not much to report today, a relaxing rest day at BC. We're all looking forward to the improvement in the weather reported by the RMI office, to materialize just on time for our planned move uphill tomorrow. We will be checking in, hopefully from Moraine Camp, in 24 hours. Best regards, RMI Guide Elias deAndres Martos & the Alpamayo team.

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This is a message for Wolf and all the others of the team:
I wish you all the best, stay safe and the whole family is sending its best wishes from Berlin to all of you.
Stay safe and get back healthy, greetings from Germany,
Eva, Reinhard, Justus and Valentin
(nice of Wolf)

Posted by: Eva on 7/19/2015 at 8:35 am

Rumor has it Kara is soaking wet from the cold damp weather. I think you will get some well deserved sun on Sunday/Mondsay. Have a great climb to Moraine Camp and summit that baby on Tuesday will ya?

Posted by: Michael on 7/18/2015 at 9:04 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Say Farewell to Africa

July 18, 2015

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Mark Tucker calling from the Kilimanjaro Airport. We are all moving in the direction of home: a couple to Zanzibar and some are off to England. We have been knocking it along the old, dirt trail. We got a shower in and a five-course meal at the Dik Dik and have been having a gas. It's amazing how time just compresses when you're enjoying yourself so much. Unfortunately we haven't been able to communicate with you due to some challenges in the connectivity world. But overall, I hope you guys have been kept up to date. Everybody's doing great. We had a wonderful summit and a fabulous safari, hate to leave Africa. But we have so many great memories and the team has had a lot of fun. Thanks for following along and we'll talk to you next trip. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

RMI Guide Mark Tucker calls in from Kilimanjaro.

Mt. Rainier: ALA Climb for Clean Air Summit!

July 18, 2015

Posted by: Win Whittaker, Mike Uchal

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

The American Lung Association Climb for Clean Air, led by RMI Guides Win Whittaker and Mike Uchal, reached the Mt. Rainier summit early this morning. They experienced nice weather and 25 mph winds. After spending some time on the summit, they began their descent back to Camp Muir at 6:30 a.m. Congratulations ALA Climbers!

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Go ALA Team & Congratulations!

Posted by: Sue Newby-House on 7/19/2015 at 8:19 am

Thanks RMI for another great ALA climb! We appreciate your special care and partnership.

Posted by: Joe on 7/18/2015 at 10:02 pm

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