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Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mac Nolde, Simon Kearns, Kat Porter
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb July 16 - 19 led by RMI Guide Mike Haugen reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. The teams enjoyed some time on top before starting their descent from the crater rim around 7 am. Climbers will return to Camp Muir for a quick break then they repack and continue the final 4.5 miles to Paradise. Their program will conclude this afternoon at Rainier BaseCamp with a celebration ceremony.
Congratulations to today's climbers!
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mac Nolde, Matt Kelly, Simon Kearns
Categories: Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Kautz Expedition Skills Seminar led by RMI guide Mike Haugen reached the summit this morning. They camped on the Wapowtey Cleaver last night and are descending via the Disappointment Cleaver route today. Despite windy conditions, they were able to reach the summit. They will return to Ashford this afternoon.
Great work team!
Posted by: Eric Frank, Tom Skoog, Mac Nolde, Margo Kerr, Matt Tucker, Dan Harper, Oliver Sperin, Megan Ochalek
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
RMI's four-day climb led by guides Eric Frank and Tom Skoog reached the summit this Independence Day morning! They reported moderate winds and a small cloud cap, and are currently on their descent back to Camp Muir. They will return to Ashford this afternoon.
Great work team!
Posted by: Dustin Wittmier, George Hedreen, Rosie Hust, Mac Nolde, Sam Traylor, Rylee Ericson, Edward Barrett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb teams June 29 - 2 July led by RMI Guides Dustin Wittmier & George Hedreen reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today after 6 am. The teams enjoyed some time in the crater, crossing to the true summit, before beginning their descent from the crater rim. The teams will return to Camp Muir for a short break before continuing down to Paradise later today. They will conclude their program with a short ceremony later today.
Nice work team!
Go Rachel!!!!!
Posted by: Alicia on 7/3/2026 at 12:04 pm
Posted by: Daniel May, Mac Nolde, Drew O’Brien
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 348'
May & team land back in Talkeetna with big smiles!
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Posted by: Daniel May, Drew O’Brien, Mac Nolde
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 7,600'
June 19th - 6:20AM PST
After a hard fought summit day 100% of the team made it to the tallest point in North America! The following day we descended all the way from 17,000 ft to our very first camp: ski hill at 7,600 ft. We got a quick nap in and now are beating the heat and walking into the early morning cold to the airstrip to return back to Talkeetna!
-RMI Guide Team
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Posted by: Daniel May, Drew O’Brien, Mac Nolde
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 20,310'
Great News!
Dan May and 100% of the team reached the summit of Denali!
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Awesome Supreme!
Congratulations to all
Posted by: Netty Roberts on 6/18/2026 at 5:01 pm
Congratulations to all - Amazing achievement!
Posted by: Dave Thompson on 6/18/2026 at 1:44 pm
Posted by: Daniel May, Drew O’Brien, Mac Nolde
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 17,000'
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 - 10:58 pm PT
6/16 after a long, hard, and heavy day the team arrived to 17,000' Camp. Despite the arduous day, the team got to work making camp and prepping for our summit push tomorrow! Stay tuned!
RMI Guide Dan May
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Posted by: Daniel May, Drew O’Brien, Mac Nolde
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 14,000'
Monday, June 15th, 2026 - 11:08 pm PT
Today turned out to be a sunny albeit cold and beautiful rest day at 14k Camp. We spent the day crossing our Ts and dotting our Is as we packed and prepared for our move up to 17,000' Camp the following day. With some good weather on the horizon the team is ready to make our summit bid, wish us luck!
RMI Guide Dan May
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Good luck to all, I hope you have perfect weather for the summit and get back down safely to warm weather!
Posted by: Beth Alberts on 6/16/2026 at 10:35 am
Chris Roberts… Give me this MOUNTAIN! Suck it up buttercup.
Posted by: Arivs on 6/16/2026 at 9:52 am
Posted by: Daniel May, Drew O’Brien, Mac Nolde
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 14,000
Sunday, June 14th - 11:15PM PST
Greetings from team DDM at 14k! We started our morning with some high winds that almost flattened our cook tent. Once we reset our anchors, we enjoyed a nice rest day full of naps and snacks. Thank you to Seth and Jackson for leaving all of their cookies for us to enjoy. Our dear climber Zack sang us a song about camp DDM at 14k to the tune of Pink Pony Club. We will enjoy another rest day tomorrow full of more snacks, prep for our move to 17k, and more singing.
Cheers!
-RMI Gudie Mac
You guys are superheros!
Posted by: Ruth Kemper on 7/4/2026 at 11:49 am
Yay!!! Congrats!
Posted by: Jada on 7/4/2026 at 9:24 am
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