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Posted by: James Bealer, Joe Hoch, Henry Coppolillo, Jess Wedel, Augi Fleer, Erika Birkeland
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Clear skies and a bit of wind accompanied the Four Day Climb July 15 - 18 teams to the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. RMI Guides James Bealer, Joe Hoch and their climbing teams enjoyed a bit of time on top this morning before starting their descent from the crater rim around 7:20 am. The teams have returned to Camp Muir and will take a short break to repack and refuel before continuing the remaing 4.5 miles and 4.500' descent to Paradise this afternoon.
Nice work today team!
Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos, Geoff Schellens, Jake Beren
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Guide News
Dhaulagiri Team checking in April 28th.
Crested Butte is keeping fingers crossed! Be Safe!
Posted by: Jessica on 4/29/2014 at 9:57 am
Jake must be enjoying the powder skiing.
Posted by: Pete Sowar on 4/29/2014 at 7:19 am
More than a few of us got up this morning saying we’d slept better than on any other night on the mountain.
Mweka Camp was calm and quiet… except for the now familiar sounds of our kitchen crew going to work to get breakfast on. We enjoyed one last meal on the mountain and then threw packs on for the final walk down. We needed to get rid of four thousand feet of elevation. Almost immediately, we were into the rain forest and the trail was slick and a little treacherous as a result. We picked our way carefully down muddy stairs as porters from various expeditions ran at full speed a few inches to one side of our team. We reached the Mweka Gate at 11:15 a.m. and signed out with the Kilimanjaro National Park. A short bus ride took us to our celebration lunch hosted by our fabulous mountain staff. They sang a few traditional songs and got our gang dancing. We took the opportunity to distribute tips and thank the entire team of hard working men.
A two hour bus ride got us back to Rivertrees Inn and showers and fresh clothing. We relaxed and started the process of shifting gears from climbing to safari-going.
We’ll head out first thing tomorrow to see what we can see at Lake Manyara.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn and team
Posted by: Alex Halliday, Luke Wilhelm, Leif Bergstrom, Josh Hankin
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
RMI Guide Alex Halliday and the Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons August 6 - 11 team reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today. Alex reported light to moderate winds and sunny skies from the summit at 10:30 am. The route on the Emmons was good up high but challenging at the lower elevations due to bare glacial ice. Today the team will descend to Camp Schurman for their final night on the mountain. Their program will conclude tomorrow with a descent to the trailhead near White River Camp Ground and a return to Rainier BaseCamp.
Congratulations to the Emmons Seminar Team!
Posted by: Walter Hailes, Josh McDowell
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Congrats, Autumn, to you and your team! Best wishes on your next adventure (whatever it may be).
Posted by: Mike Rathbun on 7/12/2019 at 7:32 am
Great job everyone!
Congrats AE from all the Turner Girls!
Posted by: JillT on 7/11/2019 at 8:20 pm
Posted by: Tyler Reid
Categories: Chile Ski
9. Pisco Sours. The perfect cap on any ski day.
8. Araucarias (Monkey Puzzle Trees). Combined with the volcanic lunar landscapes, these add to the prehistoric nature of the subalpine landscapes, and you get the sensation you might run into dinosaurs at any moment.
7. Young Volcanoes. Villarica’s summit crater is a boiling cauldron. Llaima last erupted in…2009!
6. 4 Volcanoes in 10 Days. Many expeditions are lucky to climb one mountain in 10 days.
5. The Proximity. The relative spacing of these four mountains could not be more perfect. Less car time, more skiing.
4. Light Backpacks. Most international expeditions involve hauling heavy loads. Not really the case on this trip. Three out of four of these peaks we ski with day packs.
3. The Corn. There’s something about Southern Hemisphere corn that’s extra buttery (corn snow that is).
2. The Country. Chile is a land of otherworldly landscapes, interesting culture, and incredibly friendly people.
1. Aesthetic Lines. The ski descents themselves are even more impressive than the summits.
Find out more about skiing Chile’s Volcanoes this September on RMI’s Chile’s Volcanoes Ski Mountaineering Expedition…
On The Map
Another great day for the Team. Should we worry that any of you may convert and stay behind in one of those beautiful Buddhist monastaries? Good luck on your next hike to 14,000’. It’ll be a piece of cake for his team!
Posted by: Hugh on 3/20/2012 at 2:54 pm
Hi Guys! The students at UCLAN University in the UK and are currently in the process of producing a musical courtesy of richard taylor and roger haines about the history, trials and tradgedies of climbing mount Everest. We would all first like to say how inspirational you all are and think its an amazing thing you are doing!!! We just wondered if anyone can tell us how big the top of summit actually is? BEST WISHSES AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!! X X X
Posted by: Aine O'Grady on 3/20/2012 at 1:43 pm
Posted by: Linden Mallory
Categories: Guide News Aconcagua Everest
On The Map
Happy Father’s day Tim Halls, or more properly known as dad to me. As well as all the other fathers in the group! Hope you have a great day doing something that you obviously love.
Jacob Halls
Posted by: Jacob Halls on 6/19/2011 at 1:31 am
Sweet summit! Safe decent team. xo mom
Posted by: Sharon Pyle on 6/18/2011 at 9:19 am
Well done everyone, hope the weather stays god for you all. Stay safe, Love to Paul from Catherine, John, Lauren, Ben, Mum & Dad xxxx
Posted by: Catherine Haslewood on 5/31/2011 at 6:51 am
Dear guides, please post update on the team progress as soon as you can
Posted by: Marina on 5/30/2011 at 11:24 pm
Thank you to the entire RMI team for making this trip successful, safe and a huge amount of fun!
Posted by: Patrick on 7/20/2021 at 4:51 pm
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