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Posted by: Tyler Jones, Bryan Mazaika, Nick Scott
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,000'
On The Map
On The Map
What an accomplishment! Congrats!!!
Posted by: Brinkley Pound on 7/28/2017 at 11:17 am
Posted by: Solveig Waterfall, Jessie Poquerusse, Megan Budge
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Congrats…. well done
Posted by: Richard Murphy on 7/8/2017 at 10:10 am
Posted by: Jake Beren, Steve Gately, Megan Budge
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 7,800'
On The Map
Your text just make our day
Stay safe and warm if possible
Prayers to all the team
Posted by: Mom and Dad Zabinski on 6/3/2017 at 6:21 pm
GOD SPEED !
Posted by: Jerome on 6/3/2017 at 6:06 pm
On The Map
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Posted by: samanta on 6/1/2017 at 2:16 am
Congrats, Yoder and all the team. Safe travels back to NY! :) Morse Family
Posted by: Jody on 1/30/2015 at 11:40 am
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU!!!! So very proud of you all.
We LOVE you, Paul!!!!
Xoxo, Beth, Mia & Zoe.
Posted by: Beth on 1/29/2015 at 7:01 pm
Posted by: Casey Grom, Leon Davis
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador
Was up a 2am sending good thoughts toward Cotopaxi. Hope you all summit and that Richard won the trivia contest!
Posted by: Stacey Cost on 12/5/2014 at 4:02 am
Topo and Leon? This team has the BEST guides! Good luck team!
Posted by: Meredith on 12/4/2014 at 10:07 pm
Posted by: Casey Grom, Dominic Cifelli, Josh Geiser, Seth Burns, Avery Stolte, Will Ambler
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 12,300'
The Four Day Climb led by RMI Guides Casey Grom and Dominic Cifelli reached 12,300' on Mt. Rainier early this morning. The team reached the mid-point of Disappointment Cleaver, but the strong winds of 40 - 50 mph forced the team make the decision to descend safely back to Camp Muir. They will return to Rainier Basecamp in Ashford later this afternoon.
Congratulations Team!
That photo looks like something out of a movie—pretty otherworldly.
Posted by: Some guy from Puyallup on 5/25/2024 at 10:06 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
New Post Alerts:
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
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 7:47 am PT
Everything went just like clockwork today for the start of our adventure. We were up early, eating breakfast and shuffling duffels at Rivertrees Inn. We actually drove away to start the climb several minutes before the 8 AM intended launch. Ninety minutes in the bus brought us to the Machame gate of Kilimanjaro National Park. At 6000 ft, this was to be our starting point. Inevitably there was a little time spent getting the team permit paperwork finished, and some time spent getting porter loads sorted. But we were able to start walking through the forest a little after 10:30 AM, not bad at all. Freddy, one of our longtime local guides led today’s charge up the hill. We began with a gradual climb on a road, which eventually turned into a trail upward through the rainforest. We considered ourselves lucky to have a fair bit of blue sky and sunshine for the first day, which is very often spent under or within thick clouds. As well, we seemed to be a few hours ahead of most other teams which meant that the track through the woods was pretty peaceful. We took several breaks to eat snacks and drink tea, but we kept at the hard work of gaining altitude and by 3:30 we’d reached Machame Camp at 10,000 ft. Our amazing staff had our camp built and ready for us to move in when we arrived. We only had to clean up and show up in the dining tent for tea time. Easy. Tosha, our world class chef is serving up dinner at 6:30 and the team is anxious to enjoy a good meal, see some southern hemisphere stars and get a good night’s rest.
Best Regards,
Matt Hill, hang in there! We are planning a full reception at the Blanford Rec Center when you get back. There may even be a famous rapper from L.A. there to sing with bubbles.
Posted by: Paul Downs on 6/13/2018 at 1:20 pm
Really glad to hear of your resourcefulness ! I’m sure your igloo is much bigger than the on David made with his siblings in the front yard long ago..
Be warm and happy !
Stay strong.
Love,
David’s Mom
Posted by: Ruth on 6/13/2018 at 9:12 am
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