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Posted by: Mike King, JJ Justman, Steve Gately
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 13,800'
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Posted by: Adam Knoff, Nick Hunt
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
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Sorry I have been slacking. Was aiming for a daily hello from home. I missed sorry. Hope you guys are having a great trip. Can’t wait dr you to get back so we can hear all the stories. Happy hiking!
Posted by: Martha on 1/5/2014 at 1:19 pm
Safe climbing as the team gets closer to the summit!
Go team go!
Matilde
Posted by: matilde on 1/4/2014 at 6:14 am
Posted by: Casey Grom, Raymond Holt
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 11,200'
The Five Day teams led by RMI Guides Casey Grom and Ray Holt were unable to make a summit attempt due to unsafe route conditions. Recent rain and low temperatures brought significant snowfall and created icy conditions on the upper mountain—conditions that a couple warm days will improve.
Instead of summiting, the teams spent two days at Camp Muir focusing on additional training, including a skills session up at Ingraham Flats. They are currently descending from Camp Muir and are expected to arrive back at our Ashford Basecamp later this afternoon.
Hey team,
I’ve been thinking about y’all. I’m sorry you didn’t get the chance to summit, but there will be other days and opportunities. I’m glad everyone is safe.
Randy
Posted by: Randy Salo on 8/19/2025 at 6:34 am
Posted by: Dustin Wittmier, Daniel May, Lacie Smith
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 20,310'
Friday May 31, 2024 7:16pm PDT
On Summit!
Saturday, June 1, 2024 12:55am PDT
Returned to 17,000' Camp safely at 10pm and planning to begin descent tomorrow morning.
RMI Guide Dustin Wittmier & Team
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Denali Expedition, May 12, 2024
Sharon and Sarah,
Congratulations On quite the accomplishment. Waiting word from you to come pick you up in Talkeetna.
Hope the descent is going well.
John/Margaret
Posted by: John on 6/1/2024 at 5:48 pm
Congratulations Dustin and Team!!
That is Just Awesome!!!!
Posted by: Dave Kestel on 6/1/2024 at 12:43 pm
Posted by: Jess Wedel, Sam Marjerison
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest BC Trek and Lobuche
Elevation: 11,300'
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Tashi Delek!
Last night we got to spend the night in a very special place - a traditional teahouse with views overlooking the oldest monastery in the Khumbu Valley - the Pangboche Monastery. We had a very quiet and serene night since we were the only team staying there. We woke up early, had our usual coffee, pancakes, some version of eggs (plain omelette? Veg omelette? Fried eggs? We like them all!) and got to walking.
April is one of the busiest months in the Khumbu Valley with Trekkers and Everest climbers all making their way to base camp. While we were one of the few teams walking downhill, we passed team after team after team heading up. A highlight of the morning was FINALLY seeing a baby yak. We’ve been keeping our eyes out and have seen some yak teens but today we got to see a full on baby fluff! We watched him stumble between his mama and another yak and even buck and get a little sassy from what we suppose was a bug or some other nuisance. The cutest.
After nearly five hours of walking, we arrived back in Namche. And boy, does it feel good. We’ve run into lots of friends and fellow climbers, we had a big lunch at Eat Smart (our favorite non-teahouse food of the trip!) and spent the afternoon enjoying the excited energy of this little city during the climbing season. We’re so happy to be back at Base de Camp Teahouse that has hot showers in the room and some pretty incredible views.
One more day of walking to Lukla tomorrow. It’s hard to believe this trip is nearing its end.
RMI Guides Jess and the Lobuche team
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Everest Base Camp Trek & Lobuche, March 16, 2024
Our Team arrived in Mexico City over the last two days. We met and enjoyed a quick dinner last night after a nice meet & greet. This morning we’ll head for an acclimatization hike on the extinct volcanic remnants of La Malinche. It’s a long day to the top and electric storms sometimes thwart our efforts. Regardless of our high point it’s a nice hike to stretch the legs after a long flight and wake the lungs up in preparation for the high altitudes on Ixta & Orizaba. We’ll stay in some small cabins to sleep around 10,000’ for the night and check in once we get back into cell coverage tomorrow morning. Until then, we’ll enjoy the rolling corn planted countryside and dense pine trees surrounding our hike and cabins. Thanks for checking in.
Posted by: Mike King, Avery Parrinello, Dominic Cifelli
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
On The Map
Glad everyone is happy and well. Hope you are all enjoying your rest day. Love seeing the amazing photos and reading the blog each day. Great news about the other teams successful summit climb. Thinking of you all. Sue and John Rogers x.
Posted by: Susan Rogers on 6/14/2019 at 6:36 am
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Good luck, love the pictures. Have a great time.posted by your aunt Joan
Posted by: Joan Hansen on 6/8/2014 at 6:51 pm
Hey, Paul, Tyler and Garrett! Man, I wish I was w/ you guys, I know it’ll be a great experience. Paul, make sure you get your diet Dr. Pepper fix to wash down a standard in the morning. Rest up, guys, u gonna need it.
Gotta go now, my cigar needs relighting…
Ben
Posted by: Ben Alvarez on 5/29/2014 at 5:10 pm
Posted by: Leon Davis, Eric Frank
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Michael…We are enjoying your blog posts. Checking in with Abby today. Love, Mom
Posted by: Diana King on 1/19/2014 at 6:28 am
Bissell, for some reason, my messages do not seem to be getting through. The kids and I miss you terribly, as does Atticus of course. The pictures are wonderful and I try to imagine what it must be like to be surrounded by such beauty. So proud of you. Love you.
Posted by: Carmen on 1/19/2014 at 6:13 am
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