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Hi Will, We have been following your progress everyday and keeping the family informed. We are all rooting for you and your team. The pictures we have seen are incredible. Look forward to hearing all about the climb when you return. Keep up the good work! Love and prayers, Mom & Dad
Posted by: Pat & Bill Ivy on 6/17/2014 at 6:20 am
Jake- Maggie was excited to hear how much you miss her :)Hope the weather cooperates for you and the team, stay warm!
Posted by: Alan Wander on 6/16/2014 at 9:29 pm
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Safe travels everyone and enjoy. Looking forward to some great pictures, although I wish I was there in person. Don’t forget a bear souvenir for the best SIL ever.
Posted by: Amy johnson on 5/30/2014 at 9:10 pm
I hope you are enjoying this moment and soaking it all up. Cover yourself with mud and run around. It is good for the skin. Sending love from Girdwood. I will see you in a few weeks.
Posted by: Sarah Johnson on 5/30/2014 at 4:23 pm
Casey Grom Checking in from Everest Base Camp
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Posted by: JJ Justman, Billy Nugent
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,200'
JJ, Billy, Katrina, Steve, Lindsey and Brian(?) were AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for the expert instruction, professionalism, the laughs and most importantly for making sure we all were able to make it back home safely and in one piece. Best of luck to all of you.
Sincerely,
Two-timer(Roger) and Treadmill(Debbie)
P.S. Sheik Rules!!
Posted by: Roger and Debbie on 8/31/2013 at 12:03 pm
Posted by: Bailey Servais, CJ Rogers
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
On August 19th the Mt. Baker Climb team led by RMI Guide Bailey Servais summited via the Easton Glacier route. After a successful summit the team spent one more night at Sandy Camp before descending the rest of the way back to the trailhead yesterday for the conclusion of their trip.
Way to go climbers!
Posted by: Casey Grom, Sam Hoffman, Calvin Jiricko, Nina Bridges, Brendan Oates, CJ Rogers
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb August 9-12 led by RMI Guides Casey Grom and Sam Hoffman reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today with all of their climbers. It's a beautiful bluebird day and the teams climbed strong. They started their descent from the crater rim around 7 am. Once back at Camp Muir they will take a quick break before continuing the remaining 4.5 miles to Paradise.
Congratulations to today's climbers!
Posted by: Dustin Wittmier, Henry Coppolillo
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
Elevation: 18,875'
Upon arrival at Antisana basecamp, we had no views of the mountain and a light drizzle. Upon departure it was beginning to storm again: rain, hail and lightning. But right in the middle was a perfect weather window for climbing.
We awoke to fog in camp, which we continued to ascend through until reaching about 17,300’. From that point, the clouds would remain below us and we climbed into a starry, calm night. We reached the summit just a bit after sunrise and it was perfectly still, so we hung for a while.
The route on Antisana is not particularly long, but it is complex, featuring heavily crevassed terrain. At the bergschrund, a steep pitch of belayed climbing takes you to the summit plateau where an additional 20 minutes of high-altitude walking takes you to the summit. Due to these various complexities, our group took just over 10 hours round trip for a route that ascends 4,080’.
Back at camp we enjoyed a lovely breakfast before spending several hours in transit to the town of Latacunga and Hacienda La Cienega, where many members of the team reported sleeping eight or nine hours straight through. The wine and comfy beds were well deserved.
We are now sitting on the bus, making the several hour drive south towards Chimborazo. We will stop in the town of Ambato for hilariously large burritos before continuing to Riobamba, where we will stay the night. Summit day on Chimborazo is Saturday night into Sunday morning and we are hoping for continued good weather.
RMI Guide Dustin Wittmier and team
Holy Smokers that is Awesome to climb in clear skies at the summit!!! Way to go !!!!
Posted by: Dave Kestel on 1/21/2023 at 3:08 am
Posted by: Brent Okita, Zeb Blais
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 12,300'
Great week at the beach. Hope you are staying warm, Courtney! We are thinking of you always. Love, mom
Posted by: Susan Allen on 12/14/2014 at 6:51 am
Diego (from Ecuador) says you have to try lechon or hornado if you get a chance!
Posted by: Liz Dean on 12/12/2014 at 12:28 pm
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