Most Popular Entries

Ama Dablam: Elias & Team Enjoy Day in Namche

October 26, 2018

Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ama Dablam

Elevation: 11,300'

Greetings from Namche again! We enjoyed a good day here, acclimatizing, eating local food, and taking a stroll to greet our main objective, Ama Dablam, who towers in the distance from an incredible overlook above town. The skies were blue, and Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse and Tamserku were also out for us. The climbers are doing great, and we're all pretty motivated, excited and determined to nail this, the first stage of our trip by hiking around Gokyo in Style. Tomorrow we depart uphill again, so stay in the loop! RMI Guide Elías de Andres Martos and team.

Mt. Rainier: Four Day Teams Unable to Climb due to Weather

September 10, 2018

Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, JM Gorum

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 10,060'

The Four Day Summit Climb September 7 - 10, 2018 led by RMI Guides Pete Van Deventer and JM Gorum were unable to make a summit attempt. High winds and precipitation kept the groups from making their summit attempt. They will be descending from Camp Muir to Paradise this morning and will return to Rainier BaseCamp in the early afternoon.

Leave a Comment For the Team

Mt. Shuksan: Frank & Team Check in After Training Day

August 13, 2017

Posted by: Eric Frank

Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades

Good afternoon. This is Eric Frank calling in from the south side of Mount Shuksan. Just sitting in my tent here listening to the rain pitter patter on the outside. On the plus side, I would assume that most of the smoke from British Columbia has been knocked down. It's been raining here since around 11 p.m. last night. It rained hard throughout the night, well into the early afternoon today. We were able to get outside to do a little bit of training- built some anchors, did some crevasse rescue before the cold and heavy wet mist chased us back into our tents. So we have our fingers crossed that things are going to be looking up for tomorrow. Right now we're just getting prepared, doing our part to get ready to go climb Mount Shuksan in the morning. So hopefully we will be calling you mid-morning with a report from the top and hopefully some better weather. Looking forward to it then. Bye. RMI Guide Eric Frank

RMI Guide Eric Frank calls in from Mount Shuksan.

Leave a Comment For the Team

Mt. Rainier: June 14th Summit!

June 14, 2017

Posted by: Tyler Reid

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

The Four Day Summit Climb led by RMI Guide Tyler Reid tagged the Crater Rim of Mt. Rainier early this morning. Tyler reported blowing snow and strong winds from the west as they climbed into a cap. The team spent a short time on top before starting their descent to Camp Muir. Congratulations to today's team!

Leave a Comment For the Team

Denali Expedition: Haugen & Team Are 100% to the Summit!

June 28, 2016

Posted by: Mike Haugen, Pepper Dee, Bridget Belliveau, Hannah Smith

Categories:

Elevation: 20,310'

June 28, 2016 - 6:56 pm PT Hi, it's Mike Haugen and the team, we just reached the summit of Denali. It is about 5:30 in the afternoon Alaska time. Everyone is doing well, we are 100% to the summit. Beautiful weather, we plan to have a nice safe descent. We hope everyone is doing well. We love all of you. Have a great day.

RMI Guide Mike Haugen calls in from the summit of Denali.

On The Map

McKinley: Day Fourteen - Carry to 16,000’

May 15, 2007

Posted by: Seth Waterfall

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 14,000'

Carry Day! Today we made our first trip up the fixed lines from 14,000’ to the West Buttress proper. Everyone, guides and climbers, ascends the fixed lines via an ascender attached to the fixed line. We also use our climbing rope for extra protection. This is the most effective, safest way to ascend the steep slopes below the West Buttress proper. The NPS installs and maintains these ropes with help from the guides. It’s a tough haul getting up but the view from the top of the fixed lines is great. It’s two thousand feet down on either side. On one side there is the Peters Glacier, the other side looks back down to the 14,000 ft. camp. What a cool spot! The wind was kicking up when we reached the top of the fixed lines so we had everyone clip into anchors and take a break while the guides dug a cache for our gear. We have left 5 days of food and fuel here for our use when we move to high camp at 17,000’. After filling in our cache we returned down the fixed lines to our lovely home at 14. The camp is looking very nice after a few rest days. We’ve made a sign out of snow that lets folks coming in to camp know who we are and our snow walls protect our tents nicely from the wind. We even made a television set and remote control out of snow, however the reception here in the Alaska Range is not very good.

On The Map

Leave a Comment For the Team

Mexico: Cifelli & Team Stretch Legs Before Orizaba Summit Day

March 1, 2024

Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Ben Luedtke

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico

Elevation: 14,000'

At last night’s dinner the evening ended with our friend from down under from a time zone very far in the future, still yet to be determined instigated a game of rock-paper-scissors between the Rock Wallaby and the Kangaroo. The Rock Wallaby won the fierce battle and humbly I’ve succumbed to defeat commencing the start of writing this blog.

This morning as soon as we started out in Hectors Sprinter van a war between Canada and USA almost broke out 5 minutes into our ride when my new friends started picking at my Canadianism’s. When Woody tried to claim Canadian Maple Syrup’s origin to Vermont, the line was drawn…. The Maple Leaf is on our on our flag.. end of debate!!

We arrived in Tlachichuca and were graciously greeted by Dr. Reyes at his family owned 150-year-old Soap factory turned hotel. We got our gear sorted, had delicious lunch and all started to pile into trucks until we noticed JP all cozied up in the comfy truck. After some very harsh bullying, JP made the walk to the back of what we now call the Mobile Mexican Sauna exchanging places with Kat even though he has fake motion sickness….Koodo’s to JP!

As we took off we noticed one of our guides who I will remain nameless sitting in the front seat of the air conditioned truck ready to fluff his pillow for a nap.. We named him marsh mellow Ben… opps SOARee Ben! In case you were wondering how we made out in the locked from the outside Mobile Mexican Sauna… ask TK, the air is clean, cleans all your pours out… he was waiting for the air break after one hour and so on every 15 minutes until the end of the trip… our cries for help writing on the humidity drenched windows which may be an UN violation?!?! All fun, just kidding!

We finally made it to Orizaba high camp at an elevation of 4300 meters. We set our tents up and went for a true “stretch the legs” 2.5km hike. Topped off by one of the best mountain dinners ever!

Tomorrow we are going to follow the Process following the precise Dom-units fueled by bore up to the Orizaba summit.

P.s. I’m scratching my head why we don’t fly in and out of Puebla..

Climber Rich Morrison

New Post Alerts:
Mexico's Volcanoes February 24, 2024

Leave a Comment For the Team

Denali Expedition: Young & Team Cache Gear, Prepare to Move to 11,000 ft Camp

June 1, 2019

Posted by: Robby Young, Nick Scott, Joe Hoch

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska

Elevation: 7,800'

Friday, May 31, 2019 - 9:41 PM PT What a great day it’s been! We were optimistic when our alarms went off at 4 am that very little snow slid off the top of our tent. The snowfall forecasts under produced and we were up and attem and out of Camp by 6:30 am getting a carry and cache in at the 10,000’ corner. Light snow and clouds kept us cool and happy all day, and despite the lack of views, we were treated to some amazing light on the surrounding glaciers off and on all day. We made it back to camp in time for some afternoon naps and finished our day with a Nick Scott Quesadilla Fiesta for the ages. Gourmet salsas, perfectly hydrated beans, and chicken pepper combos were the rage. Seconds were in high demand. Good conversations were had and then it was time to hit the hay for what looks to be a good day to move camp to 11,000’ tomorrow. Until then, have a great night and we’ll let you know how it goes tomorrow. RMI Guides Robby, Nick, Joe and Team Quesadilla Fiesta

On The Map

Aconcagua: Tucker & Team Arrive in Mendoza

January 13, 2018

Posted by: Mark Tucker, Hannah Smith, Avery Parrinello

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua

Hello from Argentina! The team all arrived in Mendoza, minus a couple of bags. We all got acquainted at our first meeting; sharing some stories and giving some background. After a fantastic meal we are well fed and ready for some rest. It will be a big day tomorrow- permits, more shopping and transfer up into the Andes. Our next stop should be at around 9,000 feet. But first, the missing bags must arrive, which could show up tomorrow. Then we will finish our gear check and move forward with the adventure ahead. Everyone is A-OK. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

Denali Expedition: Walter & Team Check in from 17,000’ Camp after Summit Day

June 2, 2017

Posted by: Mike Walter, Robby Young, Lucas Haaland

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 17,000'

June 2, 2017 Hey guys, it's Mike Walter checking in early Friday morning up at High Camp on Denali. We had a successful summit yesterday in beautiful weather, barely a breath of wind, nott a cloud in the sky, great views. We got to spend nearly an hour on this on top, and everyone returned back to camp safely. We have the stoves fired and we are going to pack up here shortly and start our movement downward and hopefully be back in town tomorrow. We will be in touch and keep you posted. RMI Guide Mike Walter

RMI Guide Mike Walter checks in from 17,000 ft Camp after summit bid.

Check Availability

Most Popular Entries

Ama Dablam: Elias & Team Enjoy Day in Namche

Mt. Rainier: Four Day Teams Unable to Climb due to Weather

Mt. Shuksan: Frank & Team Check in After Training Day

Mt. Rainier: June 14th Summit!

Denali Expedition: Haugen & Team Are 100% to the Summit!

On The Map

McKinley: Day Fourteen - Carry to 16,000’

On The Map

Mexico: Cifelli & Team Stretch Legs Before Orizaba Summit Day

Denali Expedition: Young & Team Cache Gear, Prepare to Move to 11,000 ft Camp

On The Map

Aconcagua: Tucker & Team Arrive in Mendoza

Denali Expedition: Walter & Team Check in from 17,000’ Camp after Summit Day

On The Map

Contact Us

Privacy Policy

Translate

Log In

Register With Us

Check Availability

Most Popular Entries

On The Map

On The Map

New Post Alerts:Mexico's Volcanoes February 24, 2024

On The Map

On The Map

New Post Alerts:Expedition Dispatches

New Post Alerts:
Mexico's Volcanoes February 24, 2024

New Post Alerts:
Expedition Dispatches