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Posted by: Joe Hoch, Felipe Guarderas
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
Puebla Rest Day and Off to Orizaba
After our single push of Ixta, the Mexico Volcanoes team deserved a rest. We took full advantage of Puebla’s welcoming streets, cathedrals and parks and mostly lazed around for a day.
Two nights of sleep, some light sightseeing, a gold plated brisket sandwich this time, and even some parking garage yoga later, we reluctantly packed the van back up and headed to Tlachichuca.
We’re off to attempt our highest summit of the trip, Volcan Orizaba. Wish us luck!
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Posted by: Alan Davis, Tatum Whatford
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Peru Seminar
Elevation: 18,843
Sunday, July 21, 2024 - 6:15 pm pT
Alpine start had us leaving camp at 0100 in the cold, clear of night. Thankful the winds died down, we walked by the bright moonlight hardly needing headlamps. We reached the toe of the glacier an hour before dawn and began working our way up the icy slopes, hearing nothing but our footsteps and the occasional cracking and popping of the ancient ice shift beneath our feet. We were greeted with a spectacular sunrise that seemed to last for hours and enjoyed the summit of Ischinca mostly to ourselves, save one party of three. After an hour on the top, we made our way down back to basecamp and rested. We feasted on the finest Lomo Saltado in the Ishinca valley provided by Peter’s father Emilio, a retired guide whom is one of the best camp cooks around. With full bellies and gratitude we enjoyed another beautiful alpine sunset and promptly got into our sleeping bags for some good earned rest. Photos to come!
RMI Guide Alan Davis
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Seth Waterfall calls in from the Roof of Africa, Kilimanjaro.
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How exciting for you all. It must have been breath taking. Hope you got some pictures Mark. Much love Mom
Posted by: Cornelia Miller on 8/13/2013 at 8:55 pm
Awesome! You made it. Hope you got some pictures from the top, and at sunrise—how special. MA
Posted by: Mary Ann on 8/12/2013 at 10:11 pm
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mike Uchal
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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Any smiley faces in the pancakes? Glad you got some rest. Big storms here (well, yes, it is all relative) but all is well. :)
Posted by: KConstantine on 6/22/2013 at 9:25 pm
Pancakes, huh? Well, OK. But you know, the other teams are reporting Pop Tarts. Since we live at 9500 feet, Bill and I are sure proof that Pop Tarts are the best high altitude food ever made. But if you guys want to eat pancakes, carry on.
Love to Steve & Grasshopper from Lisa, Bill, Taii, & Togo
Posted by: Lisa Mackey on 6/22/2013 at 6:56 pm
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Pictures are very cool. Continued Success!
Posted by: Brigitte on 6/15/2013 at 10:41 pm
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James and the team,
Greeting…glad to see everyone is making safe and steady climbing, having fresh snow overnight, and eating well. Stay strong and enjoy majestic views on the mountain covered with snow. Praying for safe journey. Can’t wait to see awesome pictures!
Posted by: Soonja Choo on 6/4/2013 at 5:02 pm
To James Choo -
Just learned that Walter Glover will be doing the Mt. Rainier 5-day Summit Climb, June 13-17.
-Larry Seaton
Posted by: Larry Seaton on 6/4/2013 at 2:29 pm
Posted by: JJ Justman, Casey Grom
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,000'
Hey; hope all is going great…have not heard from your guide for a couple of days; be safe.
Dad
Posted by: Jeff on 5/30/2013 at 9:15 pm
Dave,
I hope you are having a great time. I can’t wait to hear all about it!
Love, Renee
Posted by: Renee Kodey on 5/29/2013 at 9:05 pm
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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
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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
Tear it up!! You are doing something I always dreamed of doing.
Posted by: Phil Kostrzewski on 3/25/2015 at 8:07 pm
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