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Posted by: Eric Frank, Geoff Schellens
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Hope you guys made it to the landing alright… looking forward to hearing the next update! Keep it real Lt!
Posted by: Luke Gowdy on 6/2/2014 at 8:58 pm
Cheers to a safe landing on the glacier! So begins your great adventure. Happy climbing, guys!
Posted by: Kelly Gunderson on 6/2/2014 at 5:10 am
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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Hate to brag, but our days just keep getting better. Tarangire National Park is delivering. We are still in the park -by the way- in a tent camp miles and miles away from the park entrance. There are no fences between our tents and the animals we were lucky enough to see all day long. Supposedly, the lions haven’t figured out how a zipper works yet, so we’ve got that going for us.
We saw good lions today, but they were the sleepy kind. Five lionesses taking naps in a riverbed. We saw distant and sleepy cheetahs -two of them- but they were too far away and too sleepy for photography. Just when we were thinking that was a little unfair, we got to see a mother cheetah feeding a gazelle to two of her pups… up close. It was stunning. Our team enjoyed giraffes up close. We particularly liked elephant families frolicking in mud. The team got used to seeing massive baobab trees, easily sixty feet around and possibly thousands of years old. A high point of the day, for certain, was when Johnson took us along an immense swamp shoreline at the golden hour when the light was magical before sundown. None of us could believe how many animals and birds we were seeing and how few humans. We’d given all the other cars the slip and Africa was beautiful all around us. It is our final night of Safari… we still haven’t seen a leopard but we are certainly open to a little luck for the morning commute.
Best Regards
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
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Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari August 5, 2025
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Ben Luedtke, Mike Bennett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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EAT.
SNOW.
LAY.
Today, is another rest DAY.
But, tomorrow we will PLAY.
RMI Climber Andrew
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Mt. McKinley Expedition June 9, 2025
This is your moment!!! Love and hope to you all, that your imagined dreams become reality!!
Posted by: Julie Couturier on 7/1/2025 at 4:39 am
Let’s go!!!! Praying for the break in weather and safe journey up! Miss you Mikayla, you got this! Stay safe - love Mack!
Posted by: Mack Thompson on 6/27/2025 at 11:41 pm
Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 7:11 am PST
Summit Chimborazo, walking down from high camp. Another blog and more pictures later!
Saturday, February 17, 2024 - 4:14 pm PST
We are settled in for the night at Chimborazo High Camp. One final climb for the team, wish us luck.
RMI Guide Dustin Wittmier & Team
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Ecuador Seminar February 6, 2024
Hello everyone! We all had a fantastic day down here. This morning was cool and damp as we loaded up the bus around first light with a broken cloud layer just above us at 12,000 feet.
A three-hour drive got us up to the base of Ixta where we went for another quick acclimatization hike up a sandy road. Clouds blocked our view of Ixta and Popo before a squall of snow rolled in and dusted us with about a half inch. We got a good laugh watching 100 runners participating in a 5k having a slippery descent down the road as they pelted each other with snowballs.
Once the snow passed, we got spectacular views of both Ixta and Popo covered in a fresh coat of white snow.
We’re finishing up preparing our equipment for our ascent to Campo Alto (high camp) on Ixta tomorrow. Our local staff is preparing us a Mexican feast. Tomorrow is the first day of forecasted sunshine!
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The trail dogs will show ya the way! Be sure to hold your pole bag when setting up tents at high camp
Posted by: Whit on 1/20/2020 at 8:42 pm
Yaaaaay!!!! I’m so excited for you all. What an awesome feat!
Posted by: Charity on 8/7/2018 at 4:22 am
Whoo-hoo!!! Great job!!!!!!!! Awesome news!!
Posted by: Derek Nicholson on 8/6/2018 at 9:49 pm
Posted by: Tyler Jones, Bryan Mazaika, Nick Scott
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 11,000'
Sory about the bad weather gollub. Rained in CT for 2 days strait so I kno how u feel.
Mikey
Posted by: Mikey b on 6/19/2018 at 9:14 am
Really sorry about those PB cups. They will taste even sweeter when you return…
Glad to hear you all are breathing thicker air and moving strong in the storm. Thanks for letting us stay part of this journey. You are all an inspiration and I am proud that my kids get to hear these stories of their adventurous uncle.
Thinking of you Dave and team on the decent.
Gumdrop.
Posted by: Beth on 6/19/2018 at 8:40 am
Hey Darrin,
The pics look great! I’m sure the views real time are crazy….keep hammerin away I wiil all be worth it at the summit!
John Bone
Posted by: John Bone on 12/25/2014 at 6:10 pm
Merry Christmas Colin! We miss you here, celebrating Christmas with Mom & Michael. I am following your climb & eager daily to get updates. We love you, Stevi, Curtis & Eboni
Posted by: Stevi on 12/25/2014 at 5:58 pm
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