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Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mike Uchal
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 17,200'
On The Map
Posted by: Billy Nugent, Tyler Reid
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Posted by: Billy Nugent
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
Hi Mike and Kendra! Can’t wait to see all your pics and hear about your adventures. Be careful and enjoy! Aunt Linda
Posted by: Linda Grimes on 1/16/2013 at 2:30 pm
I also am glad to know you’re all safe and that you had a successful summit. Can’t wait to see the pictures. Have fun and come home safely.
Posted by: Cheryl on 1/16/2013 at 6:00 am
Posted by: Jack Delaney, Mike Bennett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Seminar
Elevation: 348'
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Hello friends, family and avid fans of the RMI blog,
It's the Ruth Glacier Seminar and we've just landed in Alaska. After surviving the most dangerous part of the trip, the drive to Talkeetna, the team has gotten settled into town. The team bonding began immediately over a delicious meal at Denali Brewing Company. We finished up the evening with a lovely stroll to the river and early bedtime after a long travel day.
Goodnight from the land of the midnight sun,
RMI Guides Jack Delaney, Mike Bennett and the team
Hi all, your seminar at Ruth Glacier sounds like a fantastic beginning of a new love. I’m guessing y’all have climbed Rainier. Impressive! Enjoy the spectacular views, and learning all those necessary skills so you can really enjoy future climbs.
Posted by: Susan on 5/3/2023 at 10:31 pm
Posted by: Jake Beren, Mike King, Steve Gately
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 22,841'
Jake Beren calls in after the team's successful summit.
On The Map
Bravo! Bravissimo! A glorious day’s work. Rest up and have a safe descent.
Posted by: nsb on 1/5/2014 at 12:01 pm
Monica and team, congratulations on the successful summit!! So happy for you all! Safe descent, see you soon!
Posted by: Leslie M on 1/5/2014 at 11:10 am
On The Map
Looks like an awesome trip; can’t wait to hear more next month. Rigorous art book training is paying off!
Posted by: Mary Leslie on 7/8/2013 at 8:09 am
Looks like you guys are fitting in well with the Cossacks up there! Gosh, RMI really went all out and organized a mega-group climb for you all—a “barrel” of fun! They know how much we love a party. Any shopping on this mountain?
I spent the weekend at the beach - sunny and warm and thinking of you guys. Take care, go slow, and listen to Mr. Tucker! Xoxo. Renee
Posted by: Renee on 7/8/2013 at 7:19 am
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Geoff Schellens, Robby Young
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 9,600'
On The Map
Aloha Gail,
IMUA, from Kihei Charter.
We are thinking of you and the entire team.
Safe climbing.
Aloha
Gene
Posted by: Gene on 6/26/2013 at 3:35 am
Guapo,
met someone this morning who has also climbed Rainer, and a few others;is climbing Denali in 2015 with his dad and brother. I got his name for you, he’d like to meet you!
I see you have a team member from Kihei!....I bet you wish you were feeling those temps instead, but the views where you are now? They really outshine Kihei!
We miss you and are following your progress. Lots of cheering coming from Facebook
Have a great climb tomorrow
Guapa
Posted by: marion on 6/23/2013 at 8:10 pm
On The Map
Audrey and Doug - I’m thrilled to hear that things seem to be going well for you guys so far. I have been thinking of you and I’m sending good thoughts as you continue onward and upward. Good luck to you both and to the whole team. I’ll be watching the blog for more updates. Stay safe and have fun! xoxo
Posted by: Liz Millman on 5/28/2012 at 10:27 pm
Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 8:18 pm PT
Vinson Thanksgiving
It’s 1AM here the time of day is such a backdrop in Antarctica. The sun circles overhead and the only setting we get is when it hides behind one of the many unbelievable peaks surrounding us.
Our Thanksgiving wasn’t quite the same this year, we traded turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes for frozen milky ways, rock hard Swedish fish, quesadillas and steak with mashed potatoes (microwaveable pouches from back home).
And we moved!
We traveled from Vinson Basecamp to Camp 1 with a light breeze at times and snow that made for good sled pulling. Views beneath the West face of Vinson, Shin, and Tyree have us gobsmacked every time we look up. Which admittedly I wish was more. We’ll sleep here tonight in the hopes of moving to high camp tomorrow but we will see what the weather has in store. Wish us luck!!!
- RMI Guide Dominic Cifelli
New Post Alerts:
Vinson Expedition November 22, 2024
Dear Vision Team 2024,
I’m following your expedition with great interest and am amazed at how quickly you got from Punta Arena to Base Camp 1. Of course, 10 years ago when I did Vinson with Dave, the plane was still an old Ilyushin with a previous day in the army, definitely slower :-).
You have great weather and everything is going perfectly, but what about the blog from the 29th - did you arrive safely at the high camp?
I hope the weather stays so good then the climb to the summit will be doable. I hope you all reach the summit and that incredible feeling of happiness after all the effort of looking out over this incredibly beautiful white world from the highest point in the Antarctic. Good luck.
A big kiss to my wife, she trained incredibly hard for this expedition.
Best wishes, Hans
Posted by: Hans on 11/29/2024 at 6:38 pm
Sunday, August 27, 2023 - 7:56 am PT
Big Day! And night. We were awake at 11 PM sharp last night. Thankfully, it was calm and not too cold at 15,200 ft at that hour. We geared up, ate a quick “breakfast” and got walking at 12:05 AM. Everybody else at Barafu Camp did so too. It was a great parade of headlights converging on the steep start to the route. Naiman led our team nice and steady through various teams that were stopping and starting to deal with difficulties. Once we were through the rocky start to the route, the walking got a little easier and one could pay a little attention to the stars and the lights of Moshi and other towns and cities. The moon was about half full and threw back some useful light for us. As expected, it got cold as we got a few hours into the climb. By the halfway point we pretty much had every scrap of clothing on. Water bottles within our packs were freezing up. Our main strategy for dealing with the cold was to keep moving. We hit Stella Point at the crater rim at 6AM. The walking got easier then… and absolutely beautiful as the light came up. Sunrise came as we were halfway to Uhuru -the highest point. We got to Uhuru at 7 AM. It was a little cold and breezy at 19,341 ft above sea level and so we didn’t stay long. Long enough for some victorious pics with the big sign board up there. The breeze/wind motivated us to move down the mountain at a pretty good clip, boot skiing in the scree. We were back to Barafu at 10:10 AM. Tosha presented us with a pizza brunch and we had some time for taking care of ourselves and packing up. Nobody was all that psyched at the prospect of four more hours on our feet to descend 5,000 ft but we got after it anyway. We made it down to a 10,000 ft camp in the woods by 3:35 PM. The team is safe and relieved to be back on flat ground (everything at high camp is tilted) and so happy to be breathing oxygen rich air with actual humidity again.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
Congratulations!! Now I know someone (Sarah) in real life that has climbed one of my bucket list mountains. Looking forward to celebrate in person when we all get together back in the US. Peace…..and Keep Climbing!!
Posted by: Dwight Fish on 8/29/2023 at 4:21 am
Congratulations!! Way to go!
Posted by: Karen Edwards on 8/29/2023 at 2:11 am
Good luck everyone! Michael said he saw you at 14k camp and you looked strong! Jack and I are crossing our fingers - we’re so proud of all of you, and we love you Quinn!
Posted by: Liz and Jack on 6/27/2013 at 2:49 am
Great job dad!!! Waiting for you safe and sound at home!
Posted by: Vikky on 6/26/2013 at 11:04 pm
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