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Posted by: Pete Van Deventer
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos, Jake Beren, Geoff Schellens
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Guide News
Elevation: 12,139'
RMI Guide Elias de Andres Martos calls in from Italian Camp.
Posted by: JM Gorum, Grayson Swingle, Henry Coppolillo
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Alaska Seminar
Elevation: 7,300'
Thursday, May 28, 2021 - 7:43pm PT
Today was a slow day for us on the Kahiltna. We alternated between blue skies and whiteout, and the wind blew a steady 20-30mph all morning. We made hash browns, eggs, and quesadillas for brunch, traded card tricks, and talked about a few climbing related things.
The wind has now died down, and we’ve got a little bit of evening sun. Everyone is well rested and ready to get moving around tomorrow, so hopefully the weather cooperates. That’s it from us on the lower Kahiltna, another good day in the books!
RMI JM Gorum and Kahiltna Seminar Team.
Posted by: Jake Beren, Leon Davis, Zeb Blais
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 13,800'
On The Map
#1, thanks for the shout out! Thinking of your every day and wish I could be there. Be safe. Love you. #2
Posted by: Jonny Boy on 12/27/2012 at 8:34 am
Hi Michael, I miss you and I love you! Be safe and have fun.
Posted by: Vien Vail on 12/27/2012 at 1:33 am
JJ Justman from the Mt. Elbrus Summit
On The Map
Sam et aliae et alii, Charlotte plans to pick it up on the way down.
What a thrill.
Posted by: David on 7/30/2012 at 8:20 pm
congrats on the summit! any word on the descent?
Posted by: ryan on 7/30/2012 at 10:47 am
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Jambo from Safari Day One. We left the Rivertrees Inn just past 7:30 this morning with our safari guides (and drivers) Simon and Nixon. It took nearly an hour to break free of the big city of Arusha and to get traveling through the arid countryside to the west. Before long we were seeing herds of cattle tended by Maasai in their distinctive tartan blankets. We peppered our guides with questions about Tanzanian history, society and life in general. By the time we reached Lake Manyara at 11 AM we were considerably smarter. We entered the forest and the National Park all at once and began looking for wildlife. Monkeys and Baboons were first up. We began to see some great birds as well. There weren’t great numbers of animals but eventually we were finding elephants, giraffes and Cape buffalo. Simon and Nixon were clearly on a mission following our picnic lunch. They were chasing clues that took us farther and farther into the park, basically a strip of forest between the gigantic lake and a steep escarpment of the Great Rift Valley. Finally, we hit a small jackpot. There were a family of elephants on one side of the dirt road we sat on -and three lions lounging amid trees on the other side. About a hundred feet separated these two factions of the “big five” (and we were directly between them). The lions (a big male and two females) were napping, but it was the kind of napping where they put their heads up to watch every move the elephants made. Eventually we bid them goodbye as it was getting a little late and we had some distance to go to reach the town of Karatu and The Plantation Lodge hidden away back in the farmland. We pulled in just before 7PM and quickly made ourselves at home. Tomorrow we’ll get an early start on our journey into Ngorongoro Crater.
Best Regards
This is Mike checking in for the Ecuador Team. Apologies for missing yesterday, we just had to much fun getting to know each other and walking around Quito. We went to the equator and watched a bunch of parlor tricks relating to the Middle of the Earth. We also learned about the art of Amazonian head shrinking. We concluded the day walking through the beautiful streets and plazas of Old Town which was built in the mid 1500’s.
This morning we met up with one of our Ecuadorean guide,Pablo, for an acclimatization hike on Rucu Pichincha. We rallied up in taxis to the teleferico (gondola) which takes you to 13,500’. The views of the greater Quito valley were spectacular. From there we hiked to 15,700’ and got some views but we were mostly in the clouds with cool temperatures. The goal today was to stretch the legs and lungs a bit and just get out to see the beautiful Ecuadorean countryside. The trail wandered through grassy slopes and a lot of flowering shrubs.
Everyone is back at the hotel for some rest and packing. We will head out tomorrow for another day hike and travel towards Cayambe for our first climb of the trip. Thanks for following along
On The Map
Wow
Posted by: Bernie lanigan on 12/5/2019 at 4:09 pm
On The Map
Snuggled in tent now to get up soo early for climb. Good luck and we love you, Rollie
Posted by: RollieAllen on 3/9/2011 at 4:46 pm
Mom - We hope you are doing great! Good luck on Orizaba… tonight at midnight! We love you and have a great time! XO
Posted by: Libby and Robby on 3/9/2011 at 5:10 am
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Dominic Cifelli, Matt McEttrick
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 9,500'
Friday, June 25, 2021 - 6:35 pm PT
This will be our third night hunkered down at 9,500' on the Kahiltna Glacier. It got snowing around midnight last night and just kept going. We checked the weather every hour or so to see if we could get a lull for climbing, but no. Thankfully the winds never got to more than about 20 mph, but they blew steadily throughout the day. We’d taken the precaution of pulling down the dining/cook tent at 1 AM so it was an easy enough thing to build it again at 8 AM to have a dry and calm space for breakfast. Bagels and salmon and a few laughs together before we climbed back in the tents to ride out the storm. By dinner time the snow was falling thick and fast and we were happy to be high enough to be avoiding rain. With dinner complete we did a round or two of chores to strengthen our camp and then crawled in for the night. According to the forecast, tomorrow should be partly sunny. Until then it will be anybody’s guess as to how many hours of noise we’ll endure as the wind and snow pummel the tent fabric.
Cheers,
Good luck guys, wish you all the best! Hope the weather breaks for you. Rest well and may peace be with you
Posted by: Gregory Hatt on 6/30/2021 at 9:44 pm
My son hectoris there with you. I would love to know about his knees and health, how is he doing please
Posted by: Laura fernandez on 6/27/2021 at 7:53 am
Linden, there is a crew of us that you took up Rainier last summer that has been following your blog. We all wish we were with you now. Glad to hear that you are having fun and resting for the summit.
Posted by: Smith Cooley on 5/16/2011 at 4:31 pm
Bill, that’s a cool picture of you getting ready to throw the horseshoe. Watch out for the prayer flags and cooking pots. Thanks, Linden, for the description of the waiting game and life in Base Camp. So glad it’s all paying off. We’re praying for a good weather window for the team and a safe journey. Much love.
Posted by: Mom on 5/15/2011 at 11:47 am
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