Most Popular Entries
Posted by: Dave Hahn, JJ Justman, Billy Nugent, Mark Tucker
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest
Elevation: 13,950'
On The Map
Posted by: Walter Hailes, Jack Delaney
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
We are on the final part of our climbing adventure, the summit push. We moved camp a couple hours uphill today to Aconcagua's High Camp and are settling in for a short night. If the weather holds we will wake early to climb and the next time you will hear from us will be a message from the summit!
Well done guys! Huge accomplishment. I hope to hear some great stories. have a good down climb.
Posted by: Saxby on 1/26/2022 at 9:57 pm
Congratulations Jack and team! Looking forward to all the details soon!
Posted by: Linda Delaney on 1/26/2022 at 9:31 am
Posted by: Brent Okita, JJ Justman, Mike King, Nick Hunt, Walter Hailes, Steve Gately
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Thanks again to JJ and Brent as well as all the other guides for a great climb! So glad to be a member of the first summit team of the season! You guys are truly amazing and I had a wonderful experience with RMI!
Posted by: Chad Burgert on 5/16/2013 at 8:42 pm
A. Summer - Getting high, elevation-wise that is
Posted by: Mark Addams on 5/16/2013 at 7:23 am
Posted by: Grayson Swingle, Josh Hankin, Tatum Whatford
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
RMI Guide Grayson Swingle and his Mt. Baker team all reached the summit this morning! They will descend from the mountain today.
Congrats Wes and Dan!
Posted by: Sara Gerlach on 8/15/2021 at 2:09 pm
RMI Guide Jake Beren calls in from the Pico de Orizaba summit.
On The Map
11 PM sure seemed like it came early last night. Some got a little sleep, some got none, but we all got up to go climbing. We had an 11:30 “breakfast” before leaving Barafu High Camp just after midnight. It was magically clear and calm. We could see the lights of Moshi and a thousand other towns. The moon didn’t rise until about three so there were plenty of stars to see as we marched by headlight. Naturally, all the other climbing teams were getting going at the same time, so Naiman -who led the way- had to do some bobbing and weaving to get us free of traffic jams. Eventually we broke free and were able to set our desired pace up the steep, zig zag of pumice and lava steps. We took short breaks every 60 to 90 minutes, generally adding clothing layers as we got higher and colder. It was still dark when we hit the crater rim at Stella Pt at 5:48. We took a short break and the guides broke out thermoses of sweet black tea which the team devoured. Then we walked the rim to Uhuru as daylight slowly came on. There is a lot to look at on a 19,000 ft stroll at sunrise. We hit the tippy top… Uhuru… at 6:47 AM There were a few tears and cheers, then a bunch of happy photographs. We sat to eat and drink and then -after 25 minutes on the top of Africa- we began our descent. The team made good time, boot skiing down thousands of feet of loose pumice. In three and a half hours we were back at High Camp. Our staff welcomed us with cups of fruit juice and joyful songs. Tosha -our chef- prepared a 15,200 ft pizza lunch to fortify us for our continued climb down. The team pulled out of High Camp at 11:40 AM and got down 5000 ft of rocky and dusty trail in three hours. It is clear and sunny still at 10,000 ft Mweka Camp. Our team is tired but happy. We’ll sit down to our final dinner on the hill in a few minutes and we’ll review the highs… and the hard parts of an excellent day. There will certainly be a few mentions of the amazing job our guides and staff did to get us living out a dream.
Best Regards
Congratulation all.
Well-written recap - Evokes memories of ‘‘09.
Waltero
Posted by: Waltero Glover on 8/22/2022 at 2:58 am
Wow! Wow! Wow!!!!! Congratulations everyone! So proud of you ALL!!!
Looking forward to hearing all about it Kim!! What a HUGE accomplishment!
Enjoy your last bit of time in Africa! Soak in that earthy smell for me!
Love,
Alisha
Posted by: Alisha Palmer on 8/21/2022 at 6:26 pm
Posted by: Paul Maier, Lindsay Mann
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
WOOOHOOO!!! Way to go everybody!
Dan- can’t wait to see you soon <3 <3 <3
Posted by: Roz on 7/6/2013 at 9:28 pm
On The Map
Enjoying the blogs and the great photographs. The wind and falling rocks still sound to be giving you great problems. Most teams appear to have the same thoughts by putting the safety of their teams above everything else.It appears to be the same situation at both camps.I understand that SBC have a time limit on their expedition whereas CBC have a much longer window, until the monsoon season.I doubt teams would have the patience to hang about that long. I wish you all well with successful summits.Cheers Kate
Posted by: Kate Smith on 5/4/2012 at 5:36 pm
Go get ‘em guys. Love the updates.
Posted by: Charles Mixson on 5/3/2012 at 5:47 pm
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Seth Waterfall, Billy Nugent
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Vinson Massif
Elevation: 16,067'
_Vinson_(Zoom)_1.png)
Dave Hahn from the Vinson Summit
Congratulations Everyone! Sounds awesome!
Posted by: cheryl on 11/27/2011 at 12:02 pm
Great job Billy and team. We’re so proud of your accomplishments.
Posted by: Jan Minorini on 11/27/2011 at 8:09 am
Posted by: Brent Okita, Henry Coppolillo, Trevor Katz, Sam Hoffman, Mike Bennett, Evan Redman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Five-Day climb led by RMI Guides, Brent Okita and Henry Coppolillo, reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. They enjoyed absolutely beautiful day on top this morning with a great route and enjoyable weather.
They will enjoy a casual walk back down to Camp Muir to do some more training this afternoon and tomorrow morning. The team will return to Basecamp tomorrow.
Nice work team!
Great job everyone! Sorry I couldn’t climb with you.
Posted by: David Jesmer on 6/25/2023 at 9:01 pm
What a pitiful attitude Bob has!! Wishing your team a safe journey back home. That is very admirable for Mark to have stayed back with the Sherpa team! Again it says a lot about the quality of a team you all are!! God Bless each and everyone of you!!!!! Tammy
Posted by: Tammy Doppenberg on 4/26/2014 at 4:47 pm
Oh Spen,
Tuesday’s not gone. There’s a lifetime of Tuesdays left for you. That mountain is not going anywhere. You’re young and strong and we got your back. Love you, Weasel,
Momma
Posted by: jan pipkin on 4/25/2014 at 1:46 pm
View All Comments