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Posted by: Steve Gately, Ben Luedtke, Lauren Macklin, Mira Schoeberlein
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 11,100'
The Emmons Seminar Team led by RMI Guide Steve Gately was treated to a beautiful sunrise over Steamboat Prow as they climbed above Camp Schurman. The team turned around at 11,100' due to high winds and difficult trail conditions. They returned from the mountain yesterday evening and will be spending the day at Rainier BaseCamp to complete their training.
Photos: Ben Luedtke & Lauren Macklin
Posted by: Tyler Jones, Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Nice, good job.
Cant wait to see how far my body and the mountain lets me go.
Posted by: Loco Raindrops on 7/14/2019 at 8:52 am
Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos, Josh McDowell
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Way to go team! And how spectacular and breathtaking to have such fabulous weather. So impressive to hike such a formidable mountain!
Way to go Kira Thorien. Love you and proud of you. Can’t wait to see the pics.
Mom (Jan)
Posted by: Jan Thorien on 6/3/2019 at 8:33 pm
Posted by: Mike Walter, Abby Westling, Henry Coppolillo
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 20,310'
Sunday, May 29, 2022 - 11:20 pm PT
Everything came together for us today and we made a successful summit bid of Denali and, more importantly, we returned to High Camp safely. Clear skies and moderate temperatures made for an enjoyable day of climbing. Light west winds kept a nip to the air all day. The route was in great condition and we got out ahead of everyone so we didn't experience any traffic jams. Our team climbed strong and efficiently, with a round trip time of 9 1/2 hours. Back at camp we ate dinner and worked on rehydrating. Everyone crawled into their tents pretty early for some well-earned and much-needed rest. Tomorrow we'll begin our descent. Our itinerary is up in the air, and first we'll focus on climbing safely back down to 14k. The weather looks good for traveling; we'll keep you posted on our progress. Now it's time for some zzz's.
Congratulations Brad ! I knew you would get it this time. Enjoy this moment. We are all are looking forward to seeing you back home.
Have a safe descent!
Posted by: Brian Beatty on 5/31/2022 at 1:40 pm
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations, Nick and the rest of the crew! Overjoyed for you all!!
Posted by: Rosie Read on 5/31/2022 at 6:07 am
Congratulations Shep and Jared!
Posted by: Phil Gore on 6/26/2019 at 6:52 pm
Way to go Jared and Shep!
Posted by: Robin on 6/26/2019 at 6:18 pm
The clouds came back up over us in the night at Machame Camp, but the morning was pleasant enough. We busted out of camp just after 8 AM and started right off with some hard work through a forest of giant Heather. The trail was steeper and rockier than anything we had encountered yesterday… and a bit relentless. We pushed on for a couple of hours, getting above the clouds once more. After the steep hill, we worked more gradually up along a ridge crest through bright and intense sunshine. The team stuck right together as we made a turn to the North and traversed out toward the Shira Plateau. There were a few interesting parts requiring us to use our hands on the rock, and then we popped out on the plateau to the West of Kibo at 12,800 ft. It was a relaxing descent then to get to our new camp at 12,500. We took just over 4 hours to reach Shira and so we had a relaxing afternoon -as planned- in our new home. There were actually a few short rain showers as the day went by, but most of us were napping in the tents by then.
We met for teatime and storytelling in the late afternoon and then, after a beautiful sunset, dinner at 7 PM. By the time we piled out of the dining tent, the stars were brilliant. The Southern Cross and the Milky Way were easy to pick out, as were the distant lights of Arusha.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn & Team
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Mark Tucker, Seth Waterfall
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 17,575'
On The Map
Here’s what Jeff Masters is saying about Mahasen: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2404
He’s the guy that was ranting about evacuating New Orleans 4 days before Katrina hit. He knows hurricanes.
Posted by: Ann on 5/13/2013 at 1:05 pm
Posted by: Eric Frank
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Awesome!! Sounds stunning! Glad to hear you all made the summit! Congrats! Kim you amaze me!
Posted by: Ally on 5/27/2017 at 7:47 pm
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