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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
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,
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: Brent Okita, Billy Nugent
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Great job. Look forward to see the photos!
Posted by: Jzk on 9/29/2016 at 11:03 pm
Sean & Leslie,
Congratulations, know your enjoying the spectacular views
Posted by: BJWelch on 9/29/2016 at 12:30 pm
Posted by: JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Love the updates! So excited for all of you! Have a fantastic time and be safe! Xo
Posted by: Jamie on 8/8/2015 at 7:08 am
Dale and team, wishing you all the very best! How you are ELL having fun and taking it in!!
To the young folks. Take care of Mr Dale!!!
Posted by: Ken nason on 8/7/2015 at 3:58 pm
On The Map
Booyah - a high pressure system! Thinking of you all scrambling up those fixed lines. G Barber, you have these dialed! Hats off to the guides for putting your team in a good summit position. Enjoy the amazing views to high camp! xoxo, Ker
Posted by: Kerry on 5/31/2015 at 11:26 am
Wow! You have amazing guides! Looks like the weather is perfect for you guys! Go for it!! Good luck at high camp and on summit day. We’re thinking of you. Take care!
Posted by: Joyce Tocher on 5/30/2015 at 2:47 pm
Posted by: Jake Beren, Christina Dale
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
On The Map
Glacier training, is that like Ricky Bobbie facing his fears with a cougar in the car? Know you’re having a great time Brian and Brad. Drinking a cup of coffee, thinking about that glacier, and sleeping at 15K feet…BRRRR
Posted by: Clinton and Sharon on 2/9/2015 at 7:37 am
Good luck tonight! Have fun and be safe!
All my love,
Syd
Posted by: Sydney on 2/8/2015 at 5:41 pm
Posted by: Billy Nugent, Katrina Bloemsma, Billy Haas
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 13,800'
On The Map
Lucy - Great going. Enjoy your day off. We hope you have great weather for the rest of the climb. We miss you. Love, Carter, Walker and Christopher
Posted by: Carter on 1/18/2015 at 9:17 am
Glen, we are with you - in thought anyway. It is good to see photos, so we can see, too. Now, your training is paying off!
Posted by: Jerry y Rhonda on 1/18/2015 at 8:11 am
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
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