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Posted by: Brent Okita, Sam Hoffman, Drew O’Brien, Nick Sinapius, Raymond Holt, Ben Siegel
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Five Day Climb May 23 - 27 reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today. RMI Guides Brent Okita and Sam Hoffman led the teams. The group reached the crater rim around 7:45 am PT. This is our first Mt. Rainier summit of the 2024 season.
Nice work team!
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
After two successful summits of La Malinche and Ixta, team Mexico Volcanoes took our show back on the road to the small town of Tlachachuca to prepare for our climb of 18,500' Pico de Orizaba.
Our perfect sunny weather continued as we gear exploded and sorted on the lawn of our Mexican outfitter Servimont. After a quick lunch we loaded into the 4x4 trucks and 1964 Dodge Powerwagon that take us to our basecamp. A couple bouncy hours later, we unloaded, dusted off and set up the tents for a quick sleep.
11:30pm dawned calm and star-lit, and we made quick work of the lower part of Orizaba. As we neared 17,000 feet, the sun came up and gave us the spectacular and classic pyramidal mountain shadow that Orizaba is famous for.
As we climbed higher, it became clear that rumors of a very icy summit section were true. We watched as multiple teams above us on the steep summit headwall found more of the bullet-hard ice we’d found lower on the glacier, and winds strong enough to put them down on that ice multiple times.
We had a chat as a group and concluded that our 18,000 foot high point (highest for all but the guides!) was certainly the best spot to turn around. It was a hard decision as Orizaba was our biggest goal. But ultimately we all agreed that safety on this huge exotic mountain was number one.
We descended into a hot sunny afternoon and enjoyed our final evening with a delicious dinner, then made our way to the airport in the morning to some fond farewells.
Until next time Orizaba!
Thanks to the team for a great trip and way too many memories to list here!
RMI Guides Joe Hoch & Sam Hoffman
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Mexico's Volcanoes February 3, 2024
It’s a miracle!!!
Rain and snow clouds. But this team stuck with it.
100% on top
Everyone doing well and headed back to high camp.
All team members safely down to high camp and doing well.
Everyone is tired, which feels about right.
Packing up, then a huge lunch, then we’ll make our way down to some thick air at Mweka camp.
It’s also raining again!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the summiteers
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Kilimanjaro January 6, 2024
Way to go Andrew and team!! You guys crushed it!
Posted by: Rahim Charania on 1/14/2024 at 1:57 pm
Such great new. The smiles say everything. Congratulations!
Posted by: Brenda Cerkoney on 1/14/2024 at 9:57 am
It's a beautiful day to be in the mountains and the Five Day Climb teams took full advantage. RMI Guides Casey Grom & Alex Halliday led their teams to the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning, reaching the crater rim just after 5 am. Blue skies, lights winds and good route conditions were the theme today. The group will return to Camp Muir and then continue their descent to Paradise later today.
Congratulations to today's climbers!
Congratulations to you all‼️
Especially to my son, Chris Cornue❣️
Continue the success….the triumph….the journey…..
AND ENJOY the beauty❣️
Posted by: Pam Best on 6/27/2021 at 3:53 pm
Posted by: Hannah Smith
Categories: Guide News
If only we could control the weather…
Good Lady Luck on alternate peak!
-MA
Posted by: Mary Ann on 11/5/2018 at 9:49 pm
Hey you gave it your best shot! I’m sure the Team all benefited from the incredible experience! You are all my heroes.
Mich
Posted by: michelle the mom on 11/5/2018 at 8:23 pm
Yay! Congratulations
Posted by: Kim Uncapher on 5/30/2024 at 7:35 am
Nicely done. Heading there June 25. Are all summit attempts via the cleaver vs. Ingram direct?
Posted by: Ed on 5/29/2024 at 5:44 am
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