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Posted by: Mike King
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Torres del Paine
The high pressure system ended abruptly with rain and wind this morning. The team got up earlier than they’d like after the long day over the pass. There was a glacier hike to get up for. After a short briefing they zipped out on a RHIB for a four hour walk on the Grey glacier, the consensus was it was very picturesque and the glacier water tasted good.
We still had to hike four hours to Paine Grande. This section of trail is rocky and when raining can be slick in some places. The area between Grey and Paine also reflects the wildfires that have swept through the park. Barren landscape at first glance, but upon closer inspection there’s wild flowers, nice rock formations and a lot of blue ice floating in Lago Grey. We got soak, 4 times and the Patagonian winds blew out the squalls and dried us out. We are at the Refugio eating dinner, enjoying the many views out the windows. Will likely get to watch some of the Super Bowl and we have 26km tomorrow if our side hike into the French Valley goes the distance.
Thanks for following along,
RMI Guide Mike King
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Torres del Paine Trek, February 3, 2024
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Posted by: Casey Grom, Christina Dale
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 11,300'
On The Map
On The Map
Congratulations All!!! Great weather too. Good luck on the next climb.
Posted by: sesixth on 1/26/2015 at 9:35 pm
Congratulations on another one Baby! Wish I was there with you guys.
Posted by: Sydney on 1/26/2015 at 4:19 pm
Posted by: Mike Walter, Steve Gately, Solveig Waterfall
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 7,300'
On The Map
Steve and Team,
Glad to here all are safely down low. Hope the weather breaks so the bird can get you guys back to some hot showers.
Hike well and be safe.
Dad
Posted by: Bill Gately on 5/30/2014 at 2:50 am
Posted by: Leon Davis, Mike King, Katrina Bloemsma
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Hi Katha,
you look great!!
Enjoy this fantastic experience. Looking forward to catching up with you afterwards.
Big hug
Katharina
Posted by: Katharina on 5/19/2014 at 10:18 am
Posted by: Jess Wedel, Sam Marjerison
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest BC Trek and Lobuche
Elevation: 4,383'
Namaste!
Hello from Kathmandu – where the whole team (and all of our bags!) have arrived.
We spent yesterday recuperating from the long flights and trying to make sense of that 12-hour time difference. Everyone stayed awake long enough for our first of many team dinners on the rooftop of Mezze.
We had a full day today preparing for our trip – going over the schedule, checking all of our gear and picking up any last-minute items we needed from Thamel.
This afternoon, we hopped on the bus and explored Kathmandu. We started at one of the largest spherical stupas in the world – the sacred Boudhanath. We learned about the ancient art of Thangka and received blessings from the llama. Then we headed to other side of town where we held our water bottles close as we walked the steps to the top of Swayambhunath temple – also affectionately known as the Monkey Temple. I’m happy to report no monkey was able to snatch anything from this team.
We ended our day with a meal at OR2K in Thamel where we enjoyed huge platters of delicious hummus, falafel, and buttery naan. Trust me when I tell you, we will all sleep well tonight with full bellies and so much anticipation for what’s to come.
It’s always lovely to spend a couple days in the vibrant, sound-filled city of Kathmandu but we are all looking forward to the peace of the Khumbu valley.
Tomorrow we’re off!
RMI Guides Jess Wedel, Sam Marjerison and team
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Everest Base Camp Trek & Lobuche, March 16, 2024
Please take care of Wayne, he cooks my favorite sea bass.
Posted by: Lonnie Blasdel on 3/20/2024 at 7:47 pm
Looking good, Steve D! Great photos! Have fun all!
Posted by: John & Janice Reuther on 3/20/2024 at 1:59 pm
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Ben Luedtke, Michael Murray
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 19,600'
Look,
If you had, one shot, or one opportunity,
To seize everything you ever wanted,
In one moment.
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Yo.
My face is dusty,
I'm not weak, pack feels heavy,
There's something on my puffy already,
Dom's spaghetti, we're nervous.
But on the surface, we are calm and ready,
To rest step, but we keep on forgetting,
What snacks we bear,
How many puffy's should I wear?
We open our mouths, to get the pressure breath out.
I'm not choking, how,
We are not joking, wow,
The time is now, breaks up,
Over, pow!
Snap back to reality,
Ope there goes vanity,
Ope was that rabbit? Beef stew,
It's that bad, but it's all that I got,
So I guess I'll just have it.
We know we've gotta get up and go,
It don't matter, we're dope,
We know that, and we're tired,
But not stagnant, we know,
When we go back to our mobile homes,
That's when we check on our snacks again,
Yo, I'm going choclatey.
Better go capture this moment and not let it pass us and,
We're gonna lose ourselves in the moment,
These moments, we own it,
And we'll never let them go.
If we only get one shot, we won't miss our chance to go,
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime,
Let's go."
All MC lyrics aside, this team truly is ready to go. We are ready to make one final push towards our ultimate goal of standing on the summit of Cerro Aconcagua. Here we are at 19,600 feet with our packs packed, our bellies full, and our excitement unable to be contained. Tomorrow's summit day will test us both physically and mentally, but we are ready to rise to the challenge and give it our all. I want to give a huge shoutout to all friends and family who have been following us on this journey. Stick with us a little longer as our biggest day is right in front of us. See you all tomorrow!
P.S. - Happy Birthday Eddie :)
RMI Guide Ben Luedtke & Team
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Aconcagua Expedition January 12, 2024
I am so excited for all of you! Today is a great day for up!
Go get your summit!
Posted by: Michelle DeMers on 1/27/2024 at 6:50 pm
Best birthday song ever! Thank you all. That was simply amazing. I’m very thankful and humbled.
You all are going to do it. All the training, studying and planning leads up to the next 24 hours.
You’re all such strong athletes and you will dig deep inside of yourselves for what is going to be an epic finish.
Posted by: Eddie DaPra on 1/27/2024 at 6:38 pm
Hello again everyone!
The team had a good night’s rest last night and today was just a short 3hr hike up to 15’000ft to our high camp. It started out sunny, but then quickly clouded up thankfully making for great hiking temperatures. The Equatorial sun at this elevation is quite intense, a little break was needed.
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 right around 11:30pm. The team has been doing great thus far and I’m expecting us to reach the summit in 7 to 8hrs if things go according to plan.
As per usual on a Casey climb, one lucky trivia 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.
Wish us luck!
RMI Guide Casey and the Summit Bound Crew
Good luck everyone you guys are almost to the top!! Wishing everyone a safe journey to summit. Kirsten you better brush up on your trivia.
Posted by: Kate Nayda on 9/10/2023 at 6:01 am
Incredible photos!!! Chris’ son, Bodhi, says that “Dada is silly for jumping in the air!” We look forward to the next update. Thank you for keeping us updated. Safe travels!
Posted by: Lindsey Stover on 2/13/2024 at 9:27 am
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