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Posted by: Mark Tucker, Dave Hahn, JJ Justman, Billy Nugent
Categories: Expedition Dispatches
Elevation: 17,575'
RMI Guide Mark Tucker calls in after the puja ceremony.
On The Map
Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Guide News Everest
Glad to hear that your mission is accomplished and that you will soon be returned to civilization. Well done, Team:
“. . . One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Posted by: NSB on 10/15/2011 at 8:53 am
Felicidades por la actividad. Ahora a recuperarse muy bien para continuar con el resto de actividades.
Saludos desde España.
Posted by: JM on 10/15/2011 at 4:26 am
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Mike Uchal
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Northside
On The Map
Hooray!! # 14!!! We’re so glad for you Dave and look forward to that celebratory MARGUERITA upon return. Its hot , dry, and beautiful in Taos; but we’ve followed you once again on the RMI Blogs and cannot quite believe the number of climbers you have to contend with!! But then you usually wait it out until almost the end of your permit, and are thus successful—we’re so proud of you!!!
Posted by: Jean Richards, Lily Woll on 5/29/2012 at 7:08 pm
Congratulations Dave, Melissa and Team. Dave, please do not ever act your age. You are an inspiration to all of us.
Posted by: John Wayne Rogers on 5/27/2012 at 5:59 am
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Joe Hoch, Ben Luedtke, Ellison Boord, Nicole De Petris, Charlie Harrison
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Five Day Climb August 20 - 24 reached the summit of Mt. RaInier on Tuesday, August 23rd led by RMI Guides Dominic Cifelli and Joe Hoch. The teams were able to spend time in the crater enjoying the beautiful morning. After taking all the photos, the teams started their descent to Camp Muir. Climbers enjoyed some rest and a final night on the mountain. They plan to start their descent to Paradise around 9 am. We look forward to seeing them at Rainier BaseCamp early this afternoon.
Congratulations team!
Congratulations Team, with a special shout out to Alex and Kristina Beuning. Lots of pride and love coming from this Mom
Posted by: Deb Anderson on 8/24/2022 at 8:08 am
Posted by: Hannah Smith, Dustin Wittmier, Erika Birkeland, Michael Murray, Ben Luedtke, Ellison Boord
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climbing Teams led by RMI Guides Hannah Smith and Dustin Wittmier reached the summit of Mt. Rainier early this morning. The team has clear skies and calm winds for their climb. A blue bird day! The team is back at Camp Muir and will begin their descent to Paradise shortly.
Congratulations Team!
Saturday, February 12, 2022
As I write this from my top bunk in the third row of five from the hypoxic altitude of 15,100 feet, I have a strange nostalgia of a sixth grade slumber party. With nine grownups stacked side by side, telling jokes and having laughs, I wonder if we aren’t actually at RMI’s Ecuadorian summer camp.
Hannah was a camp counselor in her younger years but come tomorrow, our activities should resemble more of a mountaineer trip than that bad 80s flick.
But, before we put the cart before the donkey, let’s hear about today.
It started famously with chirping birds, hot coffee and a lovely breakfast. This got everyone all fired up for our mega shopping extravaganza at Otavalo, Ecuador’s largest craft market. After we crushed our huevos, we then needed to carry our big bags down the street a ways to load up because the day before, Hector our driver, accidentally ripped a chunk of the entrance gate off with the bike rack and was put in the penalty box 50 yards away. Wait, I don’t think Ecuador has hockey.
Once loaded we left our beautiful hacienda and our brave group of summer camp mountaineers dispersed into the stalls of color and crafts ready to finagle the deal of a lifetime. I highly doubt this happened but with wobbly espanol I think we all managed something. Don’t worry significant others, you’ll probably get a gift.
After the market we had lunch at a sandwich shop shared with some “hot and rugged” older bikers, (that wasn’t my quote) and then proceeded to the secret rendezvous point where we did a covert transfer from the bus to the 4x4s.
It was here we finally found some real adventure! Fifteen miles up the windy cobblestone road, we hit a mud bog likely to make any redneck proud! With our trucks tearing up the track, only to fail 30 feet from gripable salvation, we worried we might not make it to the hut. I think we cheered, never fear Jaime is here! And he finally won the mud track battle. With all the trucks passed the crux we had a relatively smooth go up to the refugio.
A fine dinner of coke marinated chicken and water grass soup readied us for bed, so here we are. Snuggled up just waiting for someone to start snoring!
Find out tomorrow if that happened.
This is Entertaining Adam!! 2 blogs a day please! LOL Brings back Awesome memories! All the best!
Farmer Dave
Posted by: Dave Kestel on 2/13/2022 at 12:25 pm
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
It is always tough to leave the Plantation Lodge. It is just too comfortable and the people are way too kind and friendly. But we tore ourselves away because of Tarangire National Park. It is a worthy motivating force… the chance to see incredible numbers and varieties of wildlife on a seemingly unlimited expanse of beautiful land. We got rolling out of Karatu at 8:30 AM but couldn’t resist a fine shopping opportunity for some Tanzanian keepsakes a short distance out of town. We still made it out to Tarangire by late morning and immediately began seeing animals and then more animals and more animals still. At first it was just the flavors we’d already become familiar with (zebra, wildebeest, impala, waterbuck, eagles, vultures, giraffes) but then we started seeing new things. Family after family of elephants, each with a wee one just a few months old. We saw a python up a tree. We saw lions chewing on a zebra. We saw hartebeest and elan and bushbucks and Dik Dik. We looked up every likely tree for leopards… but they are still hiding from us. Then we finished the day at Lokisale Lodge, deep within the park. The staff gave us a friendly welcome and lit a fire for us to enjoy sunset by. They warned us gently of the wild animals roaming through the grounds of the lodge and then showed us to our deluxe tent cabins. We are about to eat our final dinner together, way out in East Africa.
Best Regards
The wind came in at 2:50 this morning. It had been up above, already working high camp since 11 or midnight but we hoped it would forget to come down to visit. Thankfully it didn’t blow hard down here, although we could hear it howling elsewhere. And it eased off of camp by sun up at 10:40 AM, making it a bit easier to get out for breakfast. We were getting sunshine but there were big and serious storm clouds raking the peaks above. It was an easy decision to sit put… a storm day was declared. There was plenty to do, as far as toughening up our little camp. The kitchen/dining pit needed to get deeper in the ice for protection, snow block walls needed to be quarried for the tents. We alternated between snacking, napping and working hard. Forecasts call for the storm to continue tomorrow (Thursday) but there is reason to believe that things will be better on Friday. Cold fingers crossed.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn and Team
RMI Guide Elias de Andres Martos checks in from 17,000' in Tibet.
You guys got Four Loko’s in Basecamp?
ROADHOUSE
Posted by: Horatio C.B. on 4/11/2014 at 1:45 pm
Best of luck and prayers for the safety of all. Be careful and have fun!! And don’t bet Tuck in cards!!
Posted by: Bill McGahan on 4/11/2014 at 10:42 am
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