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Posted by: Mike Haugen, Bryan Mazaika
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Sunday, May 28, 2023 - 10:20 pm PT
It was a mellow rest day in our neck of the woods at 14,000ft. What started as a clear warm morning turned into a stormy, snowy whiteout by early afternoon. We began the day with another round of breakfast burritos, and finished the day off with mac and cheese. The weather doesn't look too favorable, so now we just sit and wait to see what we get.
RMI Guide Nikki Champion
Rest up Robyn! The day will be here soon!! Keep pushing, you got this!!
Posted by: Justine on 5/30/2023 at 9:37 am
Hey Kevin! Rest Strong and dream of the day soon You and your team will be standing on top of America!!!
Farmer Dave
Posted by: Dave Kestel on 5/30/2023 at 3:20 am
Happy (actual) Birthday, Bill! Talk about reaching for the heights! Sending lots of good birthday wishes to you. Sara, I read one of the comments that said even on Mt. Everest, you look SO good! You really do. I know you’re working very hard and our thoughts and prayers are with you 24/7. Much love.
Posted by: Mom / Grandma on 4/23/2011 at 10:05 am
Hey team, keep up the great work!
Posted by: Stephani Krzysik on 4/22/2011 at 10:45 am
Posted by: Steve Gately, Ben Ammon, James Bealer
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,000'
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Posted by: Win Whittaker, Casey Grom
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Congratulations to the team, and a special shout out to Charlie Schwartz, our nephew!
Posted by: Vicky Lockwood on 7/3/2015 at 6:34 pm
Posted by: Win Whittaker, Pete Van Deventer
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,060'
On The Map
Greg: looking strong and happy :). Have fun, sending you energy n strength. Blah blah, think I’ll have a glass of wine while I read the rmi blog. Do it!!!
Posted by: Barb on 7/24/2013 at 9:03 am
Great to see the team made it to the mountains. Scenery looks pretty and you all look like you’re enjoying the hike! Love to fatima.
Posted by: Peter Williamson on 7/24/2013 at 6:31 am
Posted by: Jack Delaney, Mike Bennett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Seminar
Elevation: 4,500'
Sunday, May 7, 2023, 10:01 pm PT
Be very quiet…we’re hunting for crevasses!
Today we took our skills out into the wild, to test ourselves against the Ruth Glacier. No we didn’t walk around until someone fell in, we instead wandered through the maze of crevasses looking for the perfect one to safely lower someone into and haul them out of. The intricacies and difficulties of crevasse rescue don’t fully translate practicing on flat ground. Our biggest challenge was finding a crevasse that wasn’t drifted full of snow from the last storm and subsequent winds. After a lot of weaving and winding through the broken edge of the Ruth we finally found one that was a little more open than the rest. We sent RMI guide Mike Bennet in as our guinea pig to see if the snow floor could be collapsed and our crevasse deepened. Surprisingly the snow floor was deep and solid, so we made due with the 25 feet of snow wall we had available. The team performed admirably and even dialed in a second crevasse rescue system known as the “Drop C”. By midafternoon the sky was blue and the sun was hot and the team had completed training. We spent the rest of the afternoon lounging and organizing
for our move to high camp tomorrow!
Beunos noches,
RMI Guides Jack, Mike and the team
Hi all!
I’m trying again to post. Sunshine and crevasse rescue. What a day. Enjoy your trip!
Susan
Posted by: Susan on 5/8/2023 at 9:35 pm
Good luck on an amazing summit!!!
Posted by: Ally on 7/14/2019 at 3:31 pm
I don’t recognize what country you’re all in. But, best wishes to y’all for a safe summit and descent. Step safe!
Posted by: Susan Moore on 7/14/2019 at 12:51 pm
Posted by: Walter Hailes, Josh McDowell
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Congratulations, Dave and Friends! Can’t wait to see the pictures and hear all about your adventure!
Posted by: Brenda Zamzow on 6/14/2019 at 7:09 pm
Congratulations and hello to Greg & Medina Bill’s, if they were on this team!!!
Posted by: Sylvia Pedley on 6/14/2019 at 11:07 am
Big Congratulations to Dave & Chris and all the Climbers!!!
look forward to hearing more about the climb!!!!!
Posted by: Stephen Zink on 7/25/2019 at 4:06 am
Woohoooo! So excited and happy for you Brent and Marvin :) and ALL climbers!! Thanks so much for the update.
Posted by: Christine on 7/24/2019 at 1:07 pm
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