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Entries By david rathbun


Mt. Rainier: Five Day Climb Teams Make a Successful Summit!

The Five-Day Climb teams, led by RMI Guides Tatum Whatford and Joe Crawford, reached the summit of Mt. Rainier early this morning! After taking in a beautiful sunrise above the clouds, the climbers began their descent from the crater rim around 7:00 a.m. They'll pause for a well-earned break at Camp Muir before continuing down to Paradise, with plans to return to basecamp later this afternoon.

Congratulations to today’s climbers on a successful summit!

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Congratulations everyone (especially Trishita)! Great job and you continue to inspire us!

Posted by: Sanjay Banerjee on 7/7/2025 at 7:20 pm

Great job, everyone (especially Trishita)! So glad you got to summit

Posted by: Connor Boyle on 7/7/2025 at 4:27 pm


Mt. Rainier: Five Day Climb Teams in the Summit

RMI Guides Seth Burns and Joe Crawford led their Five Day climb teams to the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning.  Seth radioed from the crater rim at 8:47 am. Its a goregous day on the mountain with clear skies and cool temperatures.  After spending some time in the crater the team will descend to Camp Muir and spend their second night on the mountain. Tomorrow they will continue down to Paradise.

Nice work today team!

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Mt. Rainier: Four Day Team Summits #600 for Brent Okita

Yes, it's official—Brent Okita has reached his 600th summit of Mt. Rainier, setting a world record for the most successful ascents of the iconic 14,410-foot peak! This incredible milestone was achieved during a Four-Day Climb led by Okita and fellow guide Jess Wedel. The team reached the summit early this morning, and they’re expected to return to basecamp this afternoon for a well-deserved celebration.

To put this into perspective, 600 summits equates to approximately 5.4 million feet of elevation gain—and that’s only counting successful climbs. It doesn’t include the countless additional feet from training, attempted climbs, or even biking from Ashford to Paradise. Brent’s dedication, endurance, and passion for mountaineering are truly legendary.

Congratulations also to the RMI Clients that were able to climb and share the rope with Brent and Jess today. It was very important to Brent that he accomplish this record while guiding RMI Clients to the top.

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That is Incredible Brent!! Congrats!!! I was lucky to have climbed with you a few years ago.
You Rock!!
Farmer Dave

Posted by: Dave Kestel on 6/14/2025 at 3:29 am

Holy smokes. That is a lot of Rainier summits. Congrats to Brent! (I probably will have to drink a Rainier beer on his behalf.)

Posted by: Some guy from Puyallup on 6/13/2025 at 2:04 pm


Mt. Rainier: Five Day Climb led by Dave Hahn reaches Summit!

The Five Day climb June 5 - 9 led by RMI Guide Dave Hahn reached the summit at 5 am today.  It's a beatiful blue-bird day. They enjoyed an hour in the summit crater before starting their descent from the crater rim at 6 am. The team is currently on their descent to Camp Muir. Once back at camp they will take a short break to repack their gear and then continue the final 4,500' descent to Paradise. 

Nice work team!

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Way to go!! Great job to the whole team!  What an accomplishment

Posted by: Kathy Walls on 6/9/2025 at 8:19 pm

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