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Posted by: Brent Okita, Zeb Blais, Ben Liken, Robby Young
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,060'
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Casey, I’d recognize that jacket anywhere. Larry, the beard is looking great. Hope you are having a blast. Missing you and all the gang. Looks chilly there. It’s 98 degrees in the shade in Houston. Enjoy.
Posted by: Cindy Calder on 7/12/2013 at 7:43 am
Hey Casey and Larry!!!! You guys look great!!! We will be following y’all all the way to the top.
Posted by: Holley Harris and Cindy Calder on 7/11/2013 at 8:47 pm
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Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Leon Davis, Mike King
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 18,000
Greetings from the Khumbu Valley!
All is well here at 14,000ft and the team is doing great.
Today was a planned rest day to help our bodies adjust to the ever thinning air up here. And that’s what we mostly did. We split into two groups with one exploring around camp and seeing what yaks do when they’re not carrying loads on their backs, and the other went off in search of Yeti’s. Which took us up a nearby hill and just over 16,000ft. Unfortunately we didn’t see any yetis, but we did have some amazing views of the Valley and could see Cho Oyu, and Makalu (both 8000m peaks) in the far off distance.
The remaining part of the day was spent reading, writing, and napping in the warmth of the sun room of our tea house.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the Base Camp crew!
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Hi Dad! Glad the weather improved a bit and your team is eating well :) Meera and Rina have been giving me updates from your calls. Things are going well here in the Hague, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Qaddafi yesterday. Good luck with the move to 17,000. I miss you!
Love,
Maya
Posted by: Maya on 6/29/2011 at 2:09 am
DAD HERE NOW. THINGS GOING GREAT. LEAVING THURSDAY. AVAILABLE ANYTIME. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Posted by: BCK on 6/28/2011 at 8:29 pm
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Sam Hoffman, Bailey Servais, Calvin Jiricko
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
Friday, June 27, 2025 10:38 pm PDT
Dispatch 14.2 – Storm Day 2
As forecasted, today was a better day. It was sunny and calm… and we didn’t go climbing. The guide team felt that the recent snowfall needed at least one good sunny day to settle and reduce the avalanche hazard. As it turned out, all other teams on the mountain came to a similar conclusion—no teams moved today.
We ended up making pretty good use of the day, though. We roped up and took a field trip to the Edge of the World! Since we are camped in the middle of a large glacial basin, it’s easy to forget just how high we’ve already climbed. A short walk to the edge is a quick reminder. It was thrilling today to climb a rock at the edge and look down a few thousand feet to the Kahiltna Glacier—where we camped a while back.
Back at camp, Calvin gave a well-received instructional session on avalanche beacons, and Sam put all his culinary skill into boiling water for our freeze-dried dinner.
We hope to carry up onto the Buttress tomorrow.
– RMI Guide Dave Hahn & Team
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Stay safe y’all and glad you got to look down at how far you’ve already come. Here’s for clear climbing and good weather!
Posted by: jen ostrich on 6/28/2025 at 1:28 pm
Glad about the weather. Keep smiling.
Posted by: Richard Harmetz on 6/28/2025 at 11:47 am
Hot meal and warm, cozy bed awaits…so proud of you!!
Jk
Posted by: JK on 4/17/2014 at 10:39 pm
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