Most Popular Entries
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mike Uchal, Pepper Dee
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 7,800'
On The Map
Mike, can’t help but follow your teams adventures with prose like that! Climb strong.
Posted by: Bob on 6/15/2015 at 6:11 am
Looks like a serious adventure. Good luck from here on up!!!
Tim
Posted by: Tim on 6/28/2018 at 12:44 pm
Hi Kim, Great to know that all your travels went fine. We are excited to follow the updates daily on the RMI blog. Travel safe & stay well! Much success to you & the team on your upcoming adventure!!! Love, Dad
Posted by: SHEL on 6/24/2018 at 1:20 pm
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Jess Matthews, Jenny Konway
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,000
On The Map
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Ben Liken, Bridget Belliveau, Hannah Smith
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 17,200'
.jpg)
CONGRATULATIONS! You guys are all amazing! Now you just have to get back down safely!
Posted by: Ray DiZazzo on 7/8/2016 at 7:39 am
Go team, go!
Posted by: Kelly on 7/7/2016 at 10:49 pm
Posted by: Tyler Jones, Mike Uchal
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
On The Map
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 3:33 AM PT
We've arrived at high camp on Kilimanjaro! Summit bid tonight!
It was a short and mostly uneventful move from Karanga camp up to Barafu camp, which is our launching point for the summit. The team did great and we arrived in just over 3hrs with amazing views most of the way, although it was quite windy and very busy.
We've had our summit talk where we discussed our plan and the teams strategy for tomorrow. Final packing is taking place as I write this and we'll have dinner shortly, then it's off to bed for a little sleep before the climb. Weather permitting, we’ll have an early start to avoid the crowds and hopefully reach the summit with less climbers. As per usual, I'm expecting the ascent to take around 7-8 hours with breaks to reach the "Roof of Africa".
Keep your fingers crossed for us, and there's a chance, if time allows, some of you back home might receive a satellite phone call from the summit. So keep your phones handy. My best guess is we'll be on the summit around 7-7:30 in the morning, Tanzania time.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the summit bound crew!
New Post Alerts:
Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari January 9, 2025
We were in clouds from daybreak at Shira Camp today. We could still see Kibo, Kilimanjaro’s central peak, from time to time but mostly we saw clouds and more clouds. It was not necessarily bad for walking though. We got on the trail just before 8 AM and walked up gently inclined slopes toward Kibo. The trail was much less steep than yesterday’s workout, but we still gained altitude steadily. By noon we’d reached our intended high point for the day, 15,200 ft at the base of the “Lava Tower” we were denied the big views as the clouds were particularly thick and a little cool there. That did not stop us from enjoying a picnic lunch provided by our amazing kitchen staff.
We were certainly ready to get lower, so we followed Omar down the steep track leading to the Barranco Valley. Omar is one of our five local guides. Yesterday we followed Happyson and the day before that Godlove. It didn’t take the team long to go from the “Alpine Desert” vegetative zone to the Moorland. We came down into a garden of Giant Senecios and Lobelias. Dropping to 13,000 ft we rolled into Barranco Camp at about 2:30 PM. Eventually the clouds parted to reveal Kibo with its hanging glaciers and ice fields as well as the Great Barranco Wall -our challenge for tomorrow morning.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn & Team
New Post Alerts:
Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari August 10, 2024
Posted by: Sam Hoffman, Calvin Jiricko, Miles Watson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Paradise Team reached the top of Mt. Rainier Early this Morning in 6 hours and 35 minutes. The team spent the week learning advanced mountaineering skills as they trained on and then ascended the Paradise Glacier to Camp Muir for a summit attempt via the Disappointment Cleaver route. RMI Guide Sam Hoffman reported a clear and calm day on the summit! They will descend via the Muir Snowfield this afternoon.
Congratulations Team!
Go Miki!!!! I can’t wait to see your pictures. You got this girl!!! Love you!
Posted by: Christine on 6/22/2015 at 10:28 am
Matthew, Aaron, & Stephen—Congratulations take many pictures and have a safe trip down. Love Dad
Posted by: Michael Brown on 6/22/2015 at 7:46 am
View All Comments