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Amazing, truly amazing! Prayers and God bless.
Posted by: Sherry Hartzler on 4/16/2015 at 8:35 am
What an awesome adventure for all of you! I could not be more proud of my brother-in-law, Tom.
Posted by: Karen on 3/30/2015 at 8:28 am
Posted by: Adam Knoff, Nick Hunt
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
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Posted by: Daniel May, Joey Manship
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Alaska Seminar
Explored the crevasses and hidden corners of the Ruth Gorge under a flawless blue sky—no clouds, just pure Alaskan magic. Spent the day weaving through ice and granite, soaking it all in. Came back tired, happy, and hungry. Wrapped it up with a late dinner and the kind of sleep that only comes after a hard day in the mountains.
RMI Guide Dan May & Team
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Ruth Glacier Seminar May 2, 2025
Posted by: Walter Hailes, Nicole De Petris
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
Elevation: 19,348'
RMI Guides Walter Hailes & Nicole DePetris checked in from the summit of Cotopaxi this morning. It was a cold day with not many views but the route was good and the entire team reached the summit.
Nice work everyone!
RMI Guide Walt Hailes calls from the summit of Cotopaxi.
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Ecuador Seminar February 4, 2025
Posted by: Dustin Wittmier, Mike Bennett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
Today was eventful. We have now all been up for 24 hours and are feeling the effects. Our day actually started last night with a 10pm wakeup to attempt Antisana. By 11pm the team was on the move, although lightning in the relatively short distance and clouds in the vicinity were worth keeping an eye on. As we climbed higher, intermittent clouds were upon us, with even a light drizzle from time to time. Looking in all directions, clouds surrounded the mountain and gave an eerie sense. Compounding these difficulties was also the very dry condition of the glacier. Navigating the dry glacier at night required the utmost attention to efficient footwork. In the end, there were too many factors working against us and we made the decision to turn around just above 17000'.
Every member of the team began the climb and made a valiant effort. While it is disappointing to turn around, the more we climb the more we understand that it is all part of the experience. By now, we have a team that truly enjoys spending time together and works together as a unit in the mountains. That means as much to me as standing on any summit could. To celebrate our new friendships and an overall successful time in Ecuador, we went to a nice group dinner. Jaime, our lead Ecuadorian guide, joined and we all enjoyed recounting freshly minted memories from this journey. As we depart, it is bitter sweet. It may be some time before any of us cross paths again, but we are all excited to reunite with family back home in the coming days (except me - follow the Ecuador Seminar blog!).
RMI Guide Dustin Wittmier
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Summit or no summit, those are some pretty sweet night/low light shots!
Posted by: Some guy from Puyallup on 2/2/2024 at 8:20 am
Bummer you couldn’t summit! But You know better than anyone Dustin, Its about the experience!!
Farmer Dave
Posted by: Dave Kestel on 2/2/2024 at 3:32 am
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Seth Burns, Daniel May
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 348'
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 11:57 pm PT
The team has arrived in Talkeetna with all of our bags!
Yesterday, we spent the day doing the hard work of packing for a three week expedition. It is hard to visualize how much you will actually need and hard to come to terms with the sheer weight of the equipment needed for a Denali Expedition. There are no porters here. We have to carry everything we need on our own backs, but that’s what makes Denali special. You can’t pay your way to the top.
At the moment, we’re waiting in a dreary Talkeetna for a weather window to fly. We’ll be hanging out in the hangar, practicing and refining the skills needed to climb “ The Big One”, and crossing our fingers for an opening.
Wish us luck!
RMI Guide Dominic Cifelli
RMI Guide Zeb Blais calls in from high camp after their successful summit.
On The Map
Just phoned RMI and the team is down theountain and will be in Mendosa today or tomorrow! Wow- the trip down is certainly faster than the trip up! Just thought I would post this update for those who are wondering what happened to our team!
Posted by: PKW on 1/15/2015 at 8:50 am
Haven’t had an update in many days. Are you all partying it up in base camp now?
Posted by: Kim Wright on 1/15/2015 at 7:42 am
Posted by: JJ Justman, Elias de Andres Martos
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
Elevation: 12,000'
Posted by: Adam Knoff, Lindsay Mann
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 12,500'
Stay strong. Sending you a warm toes and the hope for a summit prayer. You are amazing!
Posted by: Ginni Fennema on 7/1/2014 at 2:10 am
Stay strong and thinking of you all. Sorry for all the snow you are getting. I hope you all can summitt!! Kris and Jon
Posted by: Kris on 6/30/2014 at 7:56 pm
Stay vertical and enjoy the popcorn. It’s the best on earth.
Posted by: Jeff Tracy on 8/23/2019 at 4:18 am
Many thanks for news
have a good next step
best regards
Posted by: jean lambotte on 8/22/2019 at 11:35 pm
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