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Posted by: Tyler Jones, Blake Votilla, Caleb Ladue
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 17,000'
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Congrats team
Very exciting and very thankful to hear you are heading down safe. Please be careful on your way down and cannot wait to hear the stories upon Dan and Eric’s return.
Thanks to the RMI guides for keeping our loved ones safe.
Karen
Posted by: karen Stewart on 6/11/2016 at 6:26 am
Congrats all! Now hurry down Mr. President Oxygen because I’m trying to plan your next expedition :-)
Posted by: First Lady Oxygen on 6/10/2016 at 8:56 pm
Posted by: Billy Nugent, Mike King, Sean Collon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Great looking team you have there ! Stay safe & brng home lots of stories!!
Posted by: Irma Ross on 6/22/2015 at 4:09 pm
great picture !
Posted by: MARK AND HELEN WALSH on 6/22/2015 at 1:46 pm
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I can just hear Colin saying, “I could eat”. So excited for you guys!
Posted by: Alli Jelen on 1/4/2015 at 4:01 pm
Almost there! We’re all excited for you to summit!!
Posted by: Sandy Evans on 1/4/2015 at 10:14 am
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So good to hear your voice! Earlier, I read the blog about the trivia question and thought that you might know that stuff! Enjoy the summit
Posted by: Joanne on 8/2/2014 at 4:46 am
Have fun on your summit climb! Casey is great at getting everyone to the top safely and with a smile on their face.
Posted by: Eric Y. on 8/1/2014 at 10:49 am
Posted by: Nick Sinapius, Tate Hughes
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Paradise July 31 - 5 August led by RMI Guide NIck Sinapius ended their program on a high today, reaching the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. The team gathered on Ashford last Thursday to begin their training, check their equipment and pack their packs. The following morning they loaded the van and headed to Paradise. The spent the next four days training on the lower slopes of Mt. Rainier. The team enjoyed nice weather as they learned and practice mountaineering skills to prepare for them for their Mt. Rainier climb and also future mountaineering adventures. Today, with their summit attempt complete, they are now on the descend and will return to Paradise later today. Their program will conclude with a celebration of their accomplishments.
Congratulations to the Paradise Seminar team!
PC: Nick Sinapius
Good evening from beautiful Guanacos camp!
The sun is setting and it’s a radiant orange and pink sky surrounding our tents. This is our third night here and we are feeling good. Today we carried a load of gear up, up, up to Camp 3 - new altitude record for the whole team at 19,600 feet! The saying of the day was “stress the system, rest the system.” We stressed our bodies moving up to that altitude in the hopes that it will help us on summit day. But before our headaches were too bad, we started downhill back to Camp 2. We got back in the early afternoon and then it was time to rest the system.
We prepared for our summit push with a big talk about what to expect, what to carry, tips and tricks to stay warm and so much more. We know some anxiety is normal as there are so many unknowns as we head uphill but preparing as much as we can helps. Jack also led us in some improv games where we laughed and joked and that helped too!
Tomorrow we head to Camp 3 with a hopeful summit on the horizon.
RMI Guide Jess Wedel and the "Skittles" team
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Paul, here you go again—-waiting to get on the glacier—-I hope you can get there soon, watching you and rooting for you all daily. Ben
Posted by: Ben Alvarez on 5/31/2014 at 3:37 am
Best of Luck to you Dave and your team, hopefully the sun shines bright for the climb
Posted by: Dave on 11/28/2016 at 3:15 am
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