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Posted by: Solveig Waterfall, Mike Walter, Billy Haas
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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Run Forest Run! Kansas City is behind you Adrienne.
Posted by: Pat OBoyle on 1/12/2015 at 8:30 am
Congrats to you Green Bay Packers, JJ. What a hoof biter of a game!!!
~ Horatio
Posted by: Horatio on 1/12/2015 at 6:58 am
Posted by: JJ Justman, Steve Gately, Chase Nelson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 13,800'
Best of luck to the team, especially to Debbie!
Posted by: Barbara Schwarz on 12/22/2014 at 7:53 am
Let your mind have the dream it desires and let your body have the peace it deserves.
Posted by: Chris on 12/21/2014 at 10:17 pm
Posted by: JJ Justman, Megan Budge, Blake Votilla
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Posted by: Eric Frank, Geoff Schellens
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 11,200'
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Happy birthday, Kimmy!! Hope you had a great day making your way back down! Your trip looks like it’s been absolutely incredible. So proud of you and can’t wait to hear your voice again soon!! xox
Posted by: Corey on 6/18/2015 at 1:18 pm
Hi Kim, GREAT! WOW ..We are so excited for you & the amazing RMI team!! Trish & I look forward to seeing you In ALASKA & telling you in person how proud we are of you & the entire team!!! See you real soon!! Travel safe & stay well! Love, Dad
Posted by: SHEL on 6/17/2015 at 8:53 am
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Robby Young, Josh Maggard
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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Keep up the good work, Matt! Here’s a terrible pun for your trouble: ‘I have kleptomania, so when it gets really bad, I take something for it.’ Stay warm and safe, and enjoy the view!
Posted by: Scott on 5/24/2015 at 9:52 am
Jon and Team,
Congratulations on hiking up to 14,200 base camp! In spite of the snow and ice pellets you all persevered and succeeded. Thank you guides for your wisdom.
We continue to pray for your safety, cooperative weather and good health.
With caring thoughts to all,
Hugs,
Mom and Aunty Karen
Posted by: Kemai on 5/23/2015 at 10:52 pm
Posted by: Billy Nugent, Katrina Bloemsma, Billy Haas
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 13,800'
Hey Glen, wow quite a bit of excitement! Kudos to you and the team to for getting the carry up to Camp 1 in spite of all the commotion and the late start. Love, Katalina
Posted by: Katalina on 1/19/2015 at 6:14 pm
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David, Good Luck. That’s a damn high mountain!!
Posted by: Lloyd on 1/11/2015 at 9:06 pm
G returned safely from Colorado this afternoon, and we had a nice visit with Irena. It finally warmed up a bit this weekend, but it is snowing for the fourth time since you two left. Should have given me lessons on using the snowblower. Had a great dinner with the Dunnes, Sullivans and Josses last night. Everyone missed you and had lots of questions about your trip. Pat has been looking for you on the live feed from base camp, but so far no Jenny or David sightings. Have a good day tomorrow. Be safe! Love, Mom/Nan
Posted by: Nancy Hines on 1/11/2015 at 8:25 pm
Posted by: JJ Justman, Steve Gately, Chase Nelson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 15,500'
RMI Guide JJ Justman calls in from Aconcagua Camp One.
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Merry Christmas JJ! Can’t wait to get down there, good luck, see you soon! Sue
Posted by: Sue Mamer on 12/25/2014 at 9:03 pm
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Ben Luedtke, Michael Murray
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 10,550'
Life is a series of stories, so you might as well make them good ones. We’re only three days, but pretty sure this will be a good one.
Fueled by last night’s asada feast and our bellies full of Malbec, and well rested after a night slept tentless under a show of stars unrivaled by any planetarium or AI manipulation, we set out this morning for 11 miles of the high desert’s finest.
Led by the galloping gait of our fine Irishman, an unreasonably large number of doctors, the poet who engineered yesterday’s post, a reformed lawyer and our hockey-stick-wielding air force officer, we owned the trail like the parking lot scene in Reservoir Dogs.
The Vacas valley treated us to long views of the mountains to come, galloping burrows, a lone guanaco and the Rio Vacas flowing with enough force to make us eager to walk upon the snow that must be powering it.
That same river forced us into our first sketchy scramble and our first bit of exposure. Good to get the juices flowing.
After finally rolling into our campsite - with another posh welcoming spread - Dominic choreographed a photoshoot in front of our first view of the great mountain we hope to summit.
All in all, today we showed that although we are dirty, and sweaty, and stinky … this group is STRONG and worthy of this mountain.
We are not, however, without weakness. In the last few days our greatest fears have temporarily shifted from “how are we going to handle the extreme altitude?” to irrational anxiety about the elusive scorpions, the phlebotomist black flies and whether we lost our toothbrushes.
Until tomorrow … onward!
Postscript: Best snack of the day - yellow bell pepper stuffed with leftover carne asada.
Climber Chris Lind
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Seems like the start of a great joke: “a doctor, a lawyer, and a poet go into a bar.” What’s not a joke is your team’s pace. You all are crushing it. Keep up the great work!
Posted by: Ed DaPra on 1/17/2024 at 2:57 am
Glad to see you guys are doing well. Hope to see these sites myself in the next couple of year or so.
Thanks
Posted by: Kevin Stone on 5/28/2015 at 8:15 am
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