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RMI Guide Alex Barber Annapurna Update

March 28, 2015

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Annapurna Expedition March 27 - Update Enjoying the hotsprings of Tatopani while the helicopter does all the heavy lifting... sort of a ridiculous way to start an expedition. March 26 - Update In Tatopani tonight, we made several attempts to fly into Annapurna Base Camp today through low visibility and heavy rain. The low visibility prevented us from touching down though. Flying with less than 1,000 m visibility is quite hazardous with cliffs rising high above all around you. Hopefully with the more stable weather in the morning we will be able to fly into Base Camp tomorrow. For now our Helicopter is parked in a rudimentary soccer field in the small village of Tatopani. Pretty comical and has created quite the stir among the local population. RMI Guide Alex Barber

Ecuador: Grom & Team at the Base of Cotopaxi

December 17, 2014

Posted by: Casey Grom, Leon Davis

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador

Hello again everyone. We've spent the last two days relaxing in Chilcabamba and are finally ready for our next climb. The team packed up this morning and headed closer to Cotopaxi. Our home for the next few hours is another nice hacienda call Tambopaxi, and sits just a short distance from the base of Cotopaxi and will be our launching point for tonight's climb. Our plan is to wake up around 10pm, have a quick breakfast and hopefully be out the door close to 11. Then we'll hop in our bus and drive to the base of the mountain where we'll begin our climb. Based on how well this group did on Cayambe, I'm guessing it will take us around seven hours to reach the summit if all goes well. Keep your fingers crossed for us! RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew

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I’m with you in spirit. Stay strong on the climb. best of luck, you guys and gals, you can do it.
Love you Sydney, take care of them Casey and Leon.

Daddy

Posted by: Roger Osmun on 12/17/2014 at 9:11 pm

Go Team!Thinking of you all as you make for the summit.

Doug - be safe and climb with grace.
Love, Belladonna

Posted by: Donna on 12/17/2014 at 5:58 pm

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Mt. Elbrus: Grom and Team Explore Moscow

July 27, 2014

Posted by: Casey Grom

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Southside

Hello everyone and welcome to RMI's July 25th Mt. Elbrus trip! After some very long flights the team safely arrived yesterday, we briefly touched base about today's plan before folks retired to catch up on some much needed sleep. Today we had our official team meeting over breakfast at our hotel. It was hard to concentrate while enjoying plenty of fresh bread, cheeses, meats, juice and other delightful things. Once our bellies were full we stumbled out the door to explore the Kremlin and Red Square which is only a short distance away. A few folks visited Lenin's tomb and a few of us wandered around the area enjoying the site. We met our tour guide around 10:30 am and spent much of the day with her visiting St. Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin, and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Our tour guide even took us on a brief tour of the amazing Moscow subway - it has a 194 different stops and most are elaborately decorated and incredibly clean! We did visit the famous Red Square but for unknown reasons it was closed and blocked off today. Afterwards we took a short break where most of us took cat naps to help adjust to the almost 12 hour time change and then headed back out for a quick dinner before calling it a night. Everyone is doing great! RMI Guide Casey Grom and Team

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Gregory enjoy the climb. We wish all a safe adventure. God bless Mami.

Posted by: Josie on 7/28/2014 at 5:31 pm

I hope you all have fun! Kym and Liz, be nice to Casey and have a great and safe trip. He’s a super guide and a lot of fun.

There were rumors on Twitter last week that the Russian government had decided to close Red Square.

Eric

Posted by: Eric Y. on 7/28/2014 at 8:53 am

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Mt. Rainier: Five Day Climb Turned by High Winds

May 15, 2024

Posted by: Hannah Smith, Josh Geiser, Sam Marjerison, Nick Sinapius

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 11,200'

Our team woke to winds high enough to hold you still and push you around. We pushed to first break at Ingraham Flats where we decided that would be our high point. A lot of steep terrain above would not have been fun to be on in any amount of wind. Everyone has been enjoying a bit more rest before making our way back down to Paradise later this morning.

On a bright side, a fox was spotted in camp. It appeared to be healthy and quite quick at running across glaciers.

RMI Guide Hannah Smith

Mexico’s Volcanoes: Wittmier & Team Are Rested And Ready For Orizaba

October 13, 2023

Posted by: Dustin Wittmier

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico

Elevation: 14,000'

Alright, we are rested and have pressed the reset button. A rest day in Puebla is always well deserved for a group that has been tromping around in the mountains and enduring long bus rides. Rest day activities included all the standard stuff: museums, sampling local coffees, the bouldering gym, walking around the historic city center and a nice team dinner.

We are now on the bus, headed for Tlachichuca and it's a nice morning. Everyone is hopeful that the weather will be better than on Ixta, where we were slammed by rain and wind associated with the category 2 Hurricane Lidia, the eye of which passed just to our north. That was certainly an experience. We're looking for something less dramatic on Orizaba. Stay tuned for an update tomorrow afternoon!

RMI Guide Dustin Wittmier

Mt. Rainier: Four Day Climb Teams on Top!

June 13, 2019

Posted by: Andy Bond, Steve Gately

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

The June 10 - 13 Four Day Climb teams led by RMI Guides Andy Bond and Steve Gately reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. Andy reported light winds, sunshine and clear skies. The teams began their descent from the crater rim around 7:30 AM. Once back at Camp Muir they will repack and continue down to Paradise. Their program concludes at Rainier BaseCamp this afternoon. Congratulations to today's climbers!

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Saw the groups departing the other day. Excited they were successful! Hoping I’ll be one of those folks making the trek next year. Congrats on an amazing achievement!!

Posted by: Michelle on 6/14/2019 at 7:22 am

Andrew & Kyle. You made it!!! Hope you had a beautiful view!
Congrats!!!

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MIssion Saipal: RMI Guide Hannah Smith & Team Depart Base Camp, Head Down Hill

November 7, 2018

Posted by: Hannah Smith

Categories: Guide News

We woke this morning to a gorgeous view. With the help of daylight, we found a water source and enjoyed a cup of coffee. Perched on a grassy valley hillside, you could see snow capped mountains across the way. We all pointed at the ones we would climb if we had time, but unfortunately we do not. The col we went up and over steepened to a degree we were not comfortable going down so we headed back uphill. We arrived back at our Base Camp, but this time nothing was there. Everything has been packed up and headed downhill. We said goodbye to our home for the last 18 days, and made our way to what we call our jungle camp. Tomorrow we keep heading down hill back towards civilization, but on our way we are going to make a couple pit stops at the villages of two of the girls. Our sleeping bags our calling us. It's been a long day and last nights sleep wasn't the most comfy. Have a lovely day, RMI Guide Hannah Smith

Machu Picchu: Elias and Team At Winaywayna

August 5, 2014

Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Peru Seminar

Elevation: 8,700'

Hello, this is Elias and the Machu Picchu trekking team. We are at Winaywayna and we are having a wonderful time on our awesome trek. Tomorrow we will wake up very, very early to [broken] two hours [broken] that will lead us into Machu Picchu where [broken]. Tomorrow we descend to beautiful [broken]. We will be checking in tomorrow from Machu Picchu. [broken] RMI Guide Elias de Andres Martos

RMI Guide Elias de Andres Martos checks in from the Machu Picchu trek.

Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Explore the Mountains

July 29, 2014

Posted by: Casey Grom

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Southside

Elevation: 7,500'

All is well here in the Baksan Valley, at the base of Mt. Elbrus. We've settled into our comfortable hotel here in Cheget, which doubles as a ski town in the winter. Picture a lush green valley surrounded by many large snowy mountains! We woke to a beautiful morning and finally we were able to get out and stretch our legs a bit. We made the most of the local ski lifts, (to save our knees of course) and hiked up the neighboring peak to start our acclimatization. It started off a little cloudy today, but eventually cleared for some decent views of Mt. Elbrus. After our ascent we headed back down to town for a nice lunch and headed over to the local climbing shop to pick up a few last minute things. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, getting our bags packed and just wrapped up another enjoyable Russia dinner with some wonderful Georgian soup. All is well here and we'll check in again tomorrow! RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew

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Good luck to everyone!! Greg I am excited for you and your dad for this adventure but I still can’t wait to see you when you get back!!

Posted by: Tiara on 7/29/2014 at 11:04 pm

Greg & Gregory Waltz. Good luck, we are tracking your progress.

Posted by: Eduardo A de Aragón on 7/29/2014 at 7:53 pm

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Mt. Elbrus: JJ Justman and Team Fly to Cheget

July 7, 2014

Posted by: JJ Justman

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Elevation: 11,000'

The RMI Mount Elbrus Southside team departed Moscow. We jumped on a plane and wound up in the ski town of Cheget. Let the climb begin! Check out the video below. RMI Guide JJ Justman

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Mike have a good time & have fun Poppy

Posted by: Bruce Archer on 7/8/2014 at 6:56 am

Live the Rocky like film! Peter and friends - Good luck on your ascent! Looks like quite a challenge, which is what you all want! Have fun, too.

Posted by: Diana Olney on 7/8/2014 at 5:38 am

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