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Alaska Seminar: Enjoying Training in Nice Weather

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 7,300'

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Well today we began our day a little earlier than usual. We elected to go for a little glacier tour this morning and with how hot its been during the day the cool temps felt nice. We went to the base of Annie's Ridge and had a little glaciology talk from a rad location. On the walk back we saw a big ice fall release on Mt. Foraker which was lovely, they are always impressive no matter how many times you see them. We chilled out this afternoon hiding from the afternoon sun. We regrouped for a crevasse rescue station. Everyone is sending and building mechanical advantage systems to haul climbers skyward. We are also organizing our gear for a move tomorrow up towards Kahiltna Dome which sits at 12,525'. If the weather plays nice, hopefully we will be back in 4 days. RMI Guide Jason Thompson

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Mexico: RMI Team readies for summit attempt on Pico de Orizaba

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico

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After an excellent rest day in Puebla where we explored the cobblestone streets, museums and pyramids we packed up and hit the road. In Tlachichuca we finalized our mountain equipment and enjoyed a great lunch at the climbers' compound run by our friend Dr. Reyes. Loading the truck and piling in saved us a long approach to the mountain. Once at the hut we had a big dinner and hit the sack. Tonight we will try our luck on Pico de Orizaba.
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Kilimanjaro: Waterfall & Team Check In from the Shira Plateau

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 12,200'

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Hi this is Seth. We are up on the Shira Plateau headed to camp. Its been an excellent day on the trail. The weather has been fantastic and we are looking forward to a hot lunch in camp. Tomorrow we will head to the Barranco Valley. RMI Guide Seth Waterfall

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Roger I am so happy that you made it. Now you can say I told you so.Rest an Enjoy the safari. Cam

Posted by: Cam on 8/25/2014 at 6:04 am

Roger Hope you are taking lots of pictures. So proud of your progress. Looks so challenging. Good luck.  Cam

Posted by: Cam on 8/21/2014 at 7:41 am

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Mt. Rainier: June 28th Update

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 12,700'

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The Four Day Summit Climbs led by RMI Guide Brent Okita & Kel Rossiter were forced to turn this morning due to avalanche danger. The teams reached 12,700’ on Mt. Rainier before turning around. Brent radioed in at 6:44 am as the teams were taking a rest break at the top of Disappointment Cleaver in white out conditions. They will continue to Camp Muir to repack and rest before continuing their descent to Paradise later this morning.
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Mt. Rainier: Seminar Trains at Camp Muir

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 10,000'

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The Expedition Skills Seminar team awoke at Muir with sunny skies. We spent the day training outside going over basic climbing skills. Later this afternoon the weather rolled in and we retreated back into the comfort of our bunkhouse. There we continued training where the team safely learned self rescue out of a crevasse. Tonight we will enjoy dinner, lecture on high altitude medicine and tell some tall tales along the way. RMI Guide JJ Justman
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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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Everest Base Camp Trek & Lobuche: Wedel & Team Arrive at Everest Base Camp

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest BC Trek and Lobuche

Elevation: 17,575'

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Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 6 pm PT

The whole team has made it to Everest Base Camp! A perfect day. There weren’t many people on the trail from Gorek shep and no huge yak trains so we made great time.  We stopped at the base camp rock (which is the entry point to camp) took some photos and then walked another 45 minutes to our camp. Everyone was surprised at the size of camp - it’s over a mile long! And it’s on the edge of the glacier so imagine lots of rock on top of ice. We settled in with an amazing meal and got a tour of our home for two nights - dining tent, sleeping tents, bathrooms and even a shower!
We spent the afternoon staring up at the Khumbu icefall, the glaciers surrounding us, taking warm showers and just enjoying this remarkable place.
Everyone is so strong and doing great even at 17,500ft!

RMI Guide Jess Wedel and the Lobuche team

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Vinson Massif: Cifelli & Team check in from Camp 1

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Vinson Massif

Elevation: 9,100'

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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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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

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Denali Custom Expedition: Hahn & Team Return to Talkeetna, Celebrate Great Climb

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 348'

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 1:11 AM PT The longest day. The weather remained stable and perfect... to a scary extent. Some of us lay awake last night at 14,000 just listening to the violent detonations of rock hitting ice and snow at terminal velocity. The high temps were to blame and those high temperatures were part and parcel of the prolonged good weather that allowed us to summit. For those monitoring the rockfall, it was a relief that wake-up time was at 11 PM. Best to be up and busy eating and packing then to be hearing rock and imagining worst case scenarios for a team passing Windy Corner ridiculously close up under the cliffs. We were walking at 12:30 AM and soon got to see the battlefields where car-sized chunks of granite had left deep tracks and impact craters on either side of the “trail”. Sure enough, in the zone where rockfall danger demanded our fullest attention, the track began to go over crevasse after crevasse and crappy bridge after crappy bridge. We struggled (as every one does) the then, surprisingly, the route got better. We were pleased to find things frozen up and easy travel far below the point where we’d been told to expect freezing. Once at 11,000' the nature of travel changed. We traded crampons for snowshoes and ice axes for ski poles. The morning/evening light was brilliant on Denali. Conditions on the lower glacier were way better than we expected. We just kept trudging as the light changed and found ourselves walking up Heartbreak Hill starting at 9:30 AM. It was 11:30 before we were at the “upper strip” on the SE Fork with all of our Basecamp caches relocated from the lower strip. Our pickup arrived just after 3 PM. We loaded and lifted off and flew into smoke as the pilots pointed their Otters toward Talkeetna. We got out of the planes in down jackets... immediately appreciating that the ambient temp at TKA was over 90 degrees F. Afternoon was then spent drying gear and reconnecting to the world. We met for a celebratory dinner at the West Rib and discussed our good fortune. Day 19 was a long one, but also a very good one. Best Regards RMI Guide Dave Hahn
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Sounds like a scary end to your trip! Glad everyone is safe.  Hope you all are enjoying a Great dinner, hot shower,  and comfy bed!

Posted by: Shannon Smith on 7/9/2019 at 7:11 pm

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Mt. McKinley: Beren & Team Reach the Summit!

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Elevation: 20,320'

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June 20, 2014 - 10:16 pm PT Hello, this is Jake calling from the summit of Denali with our crew. Everyone did a wonderful job today and I'm super proud of how everyone kept it together. We had a little flurry of conditions in the morning and then had just about the most beautiful day you could imagine on top. Thanks to everybody back home for the support. And now we are gonna get down to the business of getting down, so we will call when we get back to camp and look forward to seeing everybody soon, alright. Bye. June 21, 2014 - 2:54 am PT Hello, this is Leon, Katie and Jake just calling in to let everybody know that most of us are asleep back at camp. The rest of us who are not will be shortly. A beautiful climb and we will touch base on our way out of here. Good night. RMI Guide Jake Beren


RMI Guide Jake Beren calling in from the Mt. McKinley summit!


RMI Guide Jake Beren calls in from high camp after successful Mt. McKinley summit.

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HURRAY, George!!  BRAVO - what a celebration - You are a GREAT GUY !!! LOVE YA !~~~  R ‘n L

Posted by: Rosemary and Larry on 6/23/2014 at 12:42 pm

Congrats Jared!

Posted by: James on 6/23/2014 at 6:19 am

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Mt. Rainier: Four & Five Day Summit Climbs Reach Summit

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Elevation: 14,410'

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The Four Day Summit Climb led by JJ Justman was approaching Mt. Rainier's crater rim at 6:50 am along with the Five Day Summit Climb led by Mark Falendar. JJ reported clear skies above and light wind. The teams will return to Camp Muir and then continue their descent to Paradise. The Expedition Skills Seminar – Kautz climbed through the Kautz ice chute this morning. Their team made good work of the route and they were going to enjoy a short break off Wapowety Cleaver as this will be their high point for the trip. The team will return to Ashford later today. We look forward to seeing the teams back at Rainier BaseCamp this afternoon. Congratulations to today's Four and Five Day Summit Climb teams!
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Looks nice sittin on top of the world!  Can’t wait to hear about it.

Posted by: Brian Worthington on 6/19/2014 at 2:57 am

So sorry you were unable to summit, Justin.  Glad you and the team were able to do the ice chute.  Very proud of you and anxious to have you back home, where it’s 90 degrees!  Love , Mom & Dad

Posted by: Mom on 6/18/2014 at 6:33 pm

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