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Posted by: James Bealer, Trevor Katz, Josh Geiser, Evan Redman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
RMI Guide James Bealer and the Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons July 8 - 13 reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning around 8:30 am. It's a beautiful day on the mountain with a bit of wind. The team left Camp Schurman with an alpine start and will return their this afternoon. Climbers have spent the last several days training with cramponing, rope travel and ice axe arrest techniques and additional alpine skills. They put it all together to reach the top. Once back at Camp Schurman the team will spend a final night on the mountain. Tomorrow they descend to the trailhead and will return to Rainier BaseCamp in the afternoon.
Nice work team!
A good thunder storm and the rain hitting the rooftop of our cold, but dry cabana made for a very restful night of sleep. After breakfast at the IMSS training compound of La Malintzi, we got back on our bus to make our way to the La Joya Trailhead. On the way we stopped in the markets of Amecameca to purchase our water, fresh tortillas, queso, and last minute snacks for our Ixta climb tomorrow. Once we entered the gates of the National park, we were greeted with hail, thunder, and snow for the remainder of our journey to the trailhead camp. Spirits were kept high though, as we were served another warm and delicious meal by the local staff. After our final packing for tomorrow's move up to Campo Alto. We were lucky enough to see both Ixta and the smoke off of Popocatepetl in the clear evening light after the thunderstorm passed. We are excited to begin our first objective bright and early after a good nights sleep at our trailhead basecamp.
Posted by: Win Whittaker, Hannah McGowan
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Way to go team ALA! Whoot Whoot. What a fabulous accomplishment and such a great reminder of the importance of every little thing we do for the sake of clean air. Thank you for all your efforts that will benefit our shared planet.
Posted by: Janet Sterk on 7/19/2018 at 5:47 pm
We are so proud of you. The pictures are amazing! Congrats on your team. Love and prayers for a safe climb to the summit!!!
Posted by: Raquel Martinez and Twins on 7/19/2018 at 5:46 pm
Posted by: Brent Okita, Leah Fisher
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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Monica, Im in sunny fla, dad and i are following your adventure and know you and the team are doing great!all our thoughts are positive and confident in your skill And strength. We toast you with a glass of wine out on the dock each night! Cheers!
Posted by: meredith on 6/3/2013 at 4:51 pm
Monica and team, I’m betting by the time you get this message you will be in high camp ready for your summit day. Be strong..it is such an amazing view from the top of North America…soak it all in and then get down safely… Good luck team…
Posted by: Fletch on 6/3/2013 at 4:29 am
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Seth Waterfall, Mark Tucker
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Guide News Everest
Elevation: 17,575'
On The Map
Happy and safe trekking. Blessings.
ABQ Uptown #985 NM/AZ/CO
Posted by: Rachael C. Lujan on 4/17/2013 at 8:28 am
thx Tyler for the amazing trip. and pls say hi for me to your teammates!
Posted by: Dan Pan on 5/29/2012 at 4:02 pm
Way to go TJ. See you in a couple of days!
Posted by: Larry Seaton on 5/27/2012 at 10:20 pm
After discussing our options over dinner last night we decided that walking up the Kahiltna Glacier from Base Camp to see what starting a West Buttress climb might feel like. So this morning we started our day a little earlier than we have been to try and beat the heat we have been seeing every afternoon. And it did the trick, we took a cool breeze in the teeth all day that meant we had to climb in a couple of jackets. We sitting in camp at the base of ski hill now taking a respite from the sun.
We are so happy to read this update and we hope you all are doing well. We send our good wishes to the whole team and our love to the Crown Prince of Hungary! Go Daddy! Be careful Daddy! When are you coming home? We hope you like the mountains! We miss you! We love you! Don’t forget to take pictures!
Posted by: Maddy and Gabriel's Mom on 5/26/2022 at 8:10 am
Sunday, May 23, 2021 - 7:10 pm PT
The Kahiltna Seminar team all arrived in Talkeetna last night. We got to town, ate some dinner, settled in to our rooms and called it an early night. The real work began this morning. An early breakfast set us up for a full day of prepping and organizing gear, packing everything up, weighing it all, and loading the mountain of equipment onto planes.
With some unsettled weather around base camp, we played hurry up and wait around Talkeetna for a few hours. That allowed us to catch up on a bit of napping and a bit of extra snacking before heading on to the glacier. Now everything is loaded up, and it sounds like the weather is good at base camp, so we’re going to get on the planes and fly in. It’s looking like weather is going to hold for us this evening, so my guess is we will be setting up camp on the Kahiltna glacier about an hour from now. Wish us luck, and we’ll check in again tomorrow!
Wishing you all fair weather leading to amazing adventures!
Posted by: Melanee Strootman on 5/24/2021 at 1:22 pm
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Jenny Konway, Grayson Swingle
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
Joan. A tope. Aqui desde las azores marta y yo te damos animos como si estuvieramos juntos en Islandia last year. GO FOR IT and come back save with your family…
Piensa que en barcelona estan a 40 grados celsius!!!!! .
Love you Ana
Posted by: Ana prats on 6/28/2019 at 10:21 am
Wind, wind, go away,
so we can get underway,
any day would be OK,
this isn’t exactly a holiday!
Thinking of you and wishing you calm days. Go Tym! Go Team!!
Love Mom and Zeppelin
Posted by: Kristi Kennelly on 6/28/2019 at 10:03 am
Well done team!
-Nick R
Posted by: Nick on 7/12/2023 at 5:38 pm
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