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Posted by: Mike Walter, Solveig Waterfall, Steve Gately
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,000'
Posted by: Adam Knoff, Ben Liken, Sean Collon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Great effort on everyone’s part
Great time. Great day great memory’s
Posted by: Stan Golovac on 5/25/2014 at 5:49 am
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Robby Young, Josh Maggard
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 9,700'
Looks amazing - good luck to the whole team (from Marko’s coolest sister)!
Posted by: Tatiana on 5/19/2014 at 6:01 am
Glad to hear everything is going well. Good luck to the team. Robert take care.
Love, Lisa, Joe, and Gabe
Posted by: Lisa Hohn on 5/17/2014 at 11:47 am
Posted by: JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
nice to see you arrived and are on your way. have a great climb. wishing you all great weather.
Dawn
Posted by: Dawn Pearson on 8/8/2013 at 3:18 pm
So glad the 3 Meffes are stateside- we all can’t wait to hear about your awesome adventure!
Susan
Posted by: Susan Clayton on 8/8/2013 at 9:13 am
Hello again everyone,
The team had a good nights rest last night and today was just a short 3 hour hike up to 15,000ft to our high camp. Everyone is excited and maybe just a touch nervous, which is very normal!
The team has just wrapped up lunch and discussed in great detail the plan for tomorrow’s climb. Everyone knows what we’ll be wearing, what will be in the pack, as well as the schedule.
Our game plan will be to wake at 10:30pm and have a quick breakfast at 11, then hopefully hit the trail around 11:30pm. The weather is still being a little fickle and it’s currently sleeting here at camp. Hopefully that will taper off here soon and we’ll have a calm night for climbing.
The team has been doing great thus far and I am expecting us to reach the summit in 7 to 8 hours if things go according to plan.
We had another trivia challenge, and one lucky winner will get a phone call from the summit.
So everyone back home please keep your phones handy and if you receive a call from a strange number please answer. We are 8+hrs ahead of the east coast time zone.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the RMI summit bound team!
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Right on! 15,200. So close. If the special phone call for trivia win was around a chemistry question, I’ll give Ben the win. If the trivia win was around picking high quality girlfriends, I will not be giving Ben the win. Just joshing you man. Push hard to the summit!
Posted by: Ed DaPra on 1/30/2025 at 11:42 am
Posted by: Casey Grom, Mike Bennett, Walter Hailes, George Hedreen, Tom Skoog, Margo Kerr
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb June 9 - 12 led by RMI Guides Mike Bennett and Walter Hailes reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. The weather was fairly calm and winds were decreasing. The climbers enjoyed some time in the summit crater before starting their descent from the crater rim around 8:40 am. They are now heading back to Camp Muir. Once packed up they will continue down to Paradise.
Congratulations to today's climbing teams!
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Seth Burns, Daniel May
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 11,000'
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Sunday, June 18, 2023 - 9:54 pm PT
After an early wake up of 0330 and a quick breakfast the team began the ascent toward 11,000' Camp. The brisk morning air called for thick gloves and layers that were quickly shed as the sun broke over the peak, illuminating the lower Kahiltna Glacier. The suns rays consistently beat down on the team and in combination with the still air caused an almost equatorial heat, despite the ambient air temperature being near freezing. The vastness of the Kahiltna cannot be understated. While sitting on the top of Ski Hill we speculated we could see nearly 15 miles to where the glacier took a turn out of view. Outside of the vibrant, tropical colors worn by the climbers, the only other colors were the icy blue of the sky, white snow, and black rocks jutting out from cliff sides. Despite the lack of other visual stimuli the shear beauty of this area strikes the team with awe every morning when they rise from their tents.
RMI Climber Travis Sturckow
Beautiful shot! Good luck Joey and team!
Posted by: Jenni on 6/20/2023 at 6:16 am
this is incredible. WOW. it’s as though you all are on the threshold between worlds! you all are AMAZING! and props to whoever is taking these epic photos.
sending good vibes to all and a big hug to Saurabh!
eagerly awaiting the next expedition update :)
-Lucy
Posted by: Lucy on 6/19/2023 at 10:32 pm
Posted by: Steve Gately, Avery Parrinello
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 9,131'
If this summit of Shuksan happened on July 22, 2019 between 9am and 10am, I have photos of 3 on the top. I would like to share them. Quite amazing shots considering how far away I was. I was on the roadway leading to Artist Point. The Big Glass gets the results!
Posted by: Brit Reese on 7/28/2019 at 6:06 pm
We hope you get out soon. Nicky and Bob must be chafing at the bit. good luck!
Posted by: Frank Haasbeek on 5/25/2014 at 5:12 am
Steve and Team,
Got a little worried when I saw no update this morning. Glad to hear all is well and you have combined groups.
Hope things clear before “tent fever’ has everyone grabbing their ice axe!
Hike well and be safe.
Dad
Posted by: Bill Gately on 5/24/2014 at 2:28 pm
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