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Entries By Seth Waterfall

Mt. Rainier: July 10th Summit!

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 14,410'

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The Four Day Summit Climb led by RMI Guide Seth Waterfall reached the summit of Mt. Rainier just after 7 am PT with 100% of their team! They reported light winds from the south and blue skies. The Five Day Kautz Glacier Climb led by Jason Thompson also reached the summit this morning. They started their descent from the crater rim just after 7 a.m. The team will return to their High Camp for their final night on the mountain. Congratulations to today's teams!
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Hey Wilder and Dink and your team - Wow!  We look forward to hearing all the stories!  Yes!!

Posted by: Beth Morningstar on 7/10/2012 at 8:37 am

Great job Wayne, Phil, Brennan and Scott.  Can’t wait to hear all about it.  Cheers!

Posted by: Barbara Johnson on 7/10/2012 at 8:35 am

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Mt. Rainier: July 4th Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 12,600'

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The Four Day Summit Climb teams led by RMI Guides Tyler Reid and Eric Frank reached 12,600' before turning around due to avalanche hazard. It is a beautiful day on the mountain with light winds and clear skies. The cold temperatures from overnight are dimenishing with the sunshine. The team will be making their way back to Camp Muir after the guides spend some time working on the route. RMI Guide Tyler Reid said it was a difficult decision to turn the climb on such a beautiful day, however, conditions on the mountain were not safe enough for them to continue. The Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons led by RMI Guide Seth Waterfall reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today! The team enjoyed a beautiful day on the mountain. They will return to Camp Schurman for their final night on the mountain. They may do some additional training tomorrow morning before returning to the trail head. Congratulations to today's team and Happy Independence Day!
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Congratulations to the entire team.  Paul we are so proud of you!! Stay safe. Love you! 

Posted by: denise heinen on 7/5/2012 at 11:07 am

Woohoo!  Congrats, Joe and Will! At least, I THINK I see you in the group there, somewhere… Hard to tell under the parkas! Nice work- I’m so proud of you both.

I love you, William!

Posted by: Abby Smith on 7/5/2012 at 10:06 am

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Mt. Rainier: June 25th Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 11,000'

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The Four Day Summit Climb led by Seth Waterfall and the Five Day Summit climb led by Gabriel Barral were forced to turn around at 11,000' due to storm conditions and high avalanche hazards. There is a large cap on the mountain that was descending to almost 10,000'. The team began their descent from Camp Muir. We look forward to meeting them at Rainier Base Camp later this morning.
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Hey Seth,
Thanks for the opportunity to summit. You made the right decision! We will see you soon for another attempt. BTW, can you e-mail that picture you took of us on your iPhone?
Thanks so much,
Jim

Posted by: Jim and Karin Block on 6/26/2012 at 1:23 pm

Thanks Gabby for a very special summit attempt. I hope soon to join you and shoot for the summit. Jake

Posted by: Jacob lehn on 6/25/2012 at 9:23 pm

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Mt. Rainier: June 18th Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 12,500'

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Due to winter like conditions on Mt. Rainier this morning both the Four Day Summit Climb Team led by Seth Waterfall and the Five Day Summit Climb Team Led by Gabriel Barral were forced to turn near Disappointment Cleaver. The teams are safely back at Camp Muir and we expect a early afternoon return to Ashford Basecamp today.
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Glad to hear your safe and sound RiRi!!  Come see us in Boston again soon! :)

Posted by: Eryn on 6/19/2012 at 7:05 am

Nige, sorry the weather was against you :-( really thought you were in with a chance after them making it on Sunday .. safe trip home, see you Friday

Posted by: Zoe on 6/19/2012 at 12:47 am

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Mt. Rainier: June 12th Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 12,700'

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Our Five Day Summit Climb Team led by Seth Waterfall and our Four Day Summit Climb team led by Dan Windham were able to make it to the the top of Disappointment Cleaver today. Due to weather and snow conditions the summit remained just beyond their reach. The teams are safely back at Camp Muir and will be back at Ashford Basecamp early this afternoon. Congratulations to today's teams on a valiant effort!
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Good job Mark and Tim!! Yay!!

Posted by: Rachel Block on 6/13/2012 at 5:45 am

Great Job bet it was fantastic! Love gram and papa , can’t wait till the picsMary

Posted by: Mary on 6/12/2012 at 6:53 pm

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Mt. Rainier: June 11th Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 11,500'

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The Four Day Summit Climb led by RMI Guide Andres Marin left Camp Muir (10,060') on an alpine start and traveled above Ingraham Flats reaching 11,500' before turning around due to unstable snow conditions. The team began their descent from Camp Muir shortly before 9 am. We look forward to meeting the group in Ashford this afternoon.
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Nice job guys, the journey is whats important, not the destination!!!

Posted by: Carla aBrooks on 6/12/2012 at 6:42 am

Good job guys! Even though you didn’t summit, I’m still proud Connor!

Posted by: Payton D on 6/11/2012 at 8:12 pm

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Expedition Skills Seminar - Kautz: June 3 - 8 RECAP

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 9,200'

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The Kautz Expedition Skills Seminar has wrapped things up. We had a fun time in what proved to be challenging weather and we're all happy to be warm and cozy now. Our trip started in clouds and light precip on day one but due to the fact we had a strong team we were able to set up a great camp for our first night. On the second day we had the best weather of the trip and were able to establish a higher camp at 'the castle'. Here we spent that afternoon digging in and building walls to protect our tents from a forecasted storm. The storm hit us overnight and we spent the next day in-the-mix as I like to say. Our walls did the trick though and we were in relative comfort as the storm raged all arounds us. Once the storm broke we hightailed it downhill through over a foot of new snow! After being pinned down for our climbing bid we were all a bit disappointed but we all agreed that it was a truly remarkable experience. It was all smiles as we said 'cheers' at our wrap up celebration back in Ashford. RMI Guide Seth Waterfall
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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar - Kautz

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 9,200'

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Seth here, checking in from inside my tent. We're currently dug in at 9,200 feet at a spot we call "The Castle." We've had a rough spell of weather on this trip with mostly white out conditions but the group is still having a good time. Yesterday we had good weather for a bit while we climbed up to our camp but over night a big storm came in and now we are just waiting it out in the safety of camp. Tomorrow we will make our way back to civilization.
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Way to Go John, We are sooo proud…hope you didn’t loose your hat in those white outs!  It’s 84 and sunny here in MB..you’re next stomping ground..can’t wait to see you and hear all about it.  Love you partner. Dr. Missy

Posted by: Melissa Patton on 6/9/2012 at 5:14 am

Hey Mr. Boicourt get tot he top already Rif meeting starts in an hour, plus George misses you!

By the looks of that weather you should have listened to me and done the Robert Trent Jone golf trail. we would be on about Bottle 10 of Goose and Juice…

great job and see ya soon…

Posted by: Chris Colangelo on 6/8/2012 at 6:13 am

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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar Muir Finishes Their Week

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The Camp Muir Skills Seminar is back down off the mountain! We had hoped to give the summit one more shot but, as was our luck, the rain returned overnight. The mountain did clear at the mid elevations yesterday giving us hope but the weather fronts were stacked up end-to-end this week so we packed our things this morning and headed down. Even though we weren't able to summit, Camp Muir provides an excellent high-altitude training site so we were able to train in the complex skills necessary to climb a glaciated peak. And so when the team parted ways everyone was psyched up for new adventures. One of the main things that makes a successful trip for me is if everyone returns as friends. This is no small feat with 15 climbers and 5 guides, but if this is our yardstick we definitely succeeded after our week at Muir. RMI Guide Seth Waterfall
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Seth, Adam, Solveig, Thomas and Zeb were excellent guides and made the trip a worthwhile experience even though the weather did not cooperate for a summit bid.  I look forward to other guided adventures with any one of these guides.
Thank you for a memorable trip.

Posted by: John Gallen on 6/4/2012 at 8:28 am

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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 10,060'

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Greetings from Camp Muir. We've had an interesting 24 hours weather wise. Last night we planned on waking up at 1 AM and heading for the summit, but when the alarm went off it was raining hard. We checked every hour from 1 to 6 am but the weather never relented so we called off our summit attempt. We did make the best of the day though. In the morning we trained with our avalanche beacons practicing companion rescue. After lunch we set up a fixed ropes course with a rappel descent. The sun even poked out for a bit. We have one more night and we're still hoping for a shot at the summit but either way we'll be heading back home sometime tomorrow. RMI Guide Seth Waterfall
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