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Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos, Chase Nelson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Seminar
Posted by: Billy Haas, Blake Votilla, Mike Walter
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 11,000'
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hey my love - Rogan - its your better half - all is good at home and rather cold. Hosting a boy from Westville and his name is Dean he is double the size of Robin and Andrew - big boy and yet he is U14C like Andrew - had a good supper and all relaxed and ready for bed - early start to the morning as the boys have to be at Pretoria before 8h00 - only going to get home around 16h30 Saturday… I have made arrangments for Jenna to say with Daphne for the day tomorrow as I do not see her wanting to stay at the rugby all day. Will hopefully get a call from you sometime Saturday - Robin will be with Shan so you will only be able to chat to Andrew and Jenna - I hope you guys are all doing well and heading up that mountain. Hopefully the weather is good for your guys—Keep going and be strong. Love you xxxx
Posted by: melanie on 5/13/2016 at 10:53 am
Hey Rogz, all is well at home and rather cool this side of the world but nothing compares to what you are all experiencing. Going to fetch the boys this afternoon - Friday and then we have rugby the whole day Saturday - yippee for me and you know how I love RUGBY xxx Off to hospital Monday morning before 6 - wish me luck - all will be fine and I have sorted everything out for lifts too school and home again. Maybe I will get a chance to actually do some reading whilst I rest and get my knee sorted… Thinking of you. Love you and miss you lots - Take it easy and be careful please xxxx Wishing for blue skies for the rest of the trip so you guys can keep climbing xxx
Posted by: melanie on 5/13/2016 at 2:31 am
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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Almost didn’t see the hippos. You were so close!!
And the gazelle with zebra herd.. amazing shots.
Nice to see the group photo!
Posted by: Andrea/ Mom on 8/15/2015 at 1:09 pm
Posted by: Eric Frank, Bridget Belliveau, JM Gorum, Megan Budge
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,800'
A lovely day out.
After a night of less than stellar sleeping due to gusty winds and adjusting to the altitude we awoke to still skies and lovely sunshine. We ate a quick breakfast and we packed up all the gear we would carry up to cache at Camp 2 (Guanchos 3). The slow trudge uphill was a test and a new highest altitude reached for a majority of the team. Even though the air was thinner by the step we moved smoothly and efficiently.
Once we arrived at Camp 2, we sorted our gear and lounged about for an hour stressing our bodies to ready them to stay at this new altitude of 18,000'. Tomorrow we will move to up to make this camp our home, but today we followed the tried and true acclimatization method of climbing high and sleeping low. After returning to Camp 1, everyone relaxed for the rest of afternoon and enjoyed the now thick seeming air. After a hearty dinner of loaded mac and cheese it was off to bed for what will hopefully be a more restful night of sleep.
RMI Guide Jack Delaney and the team
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Aconcagua Expedition January 18, 2025
Jambo from Barafu Camp, 15,200', where we're getting ready to go to the summit tonight!
We enjoyed our shortest walk of the week this morning with the route being direct and quite enjoyable. Traversing around a significant bit of the mountain has allowed us to enjoy Kili from many aspects. And now we can finally see the route that will take us to crater rim, and from there, the summit!
The team is feeling well and we're all primed for tonight's midnight start. The weather has been incredible and I don't see it changing any time soon.
A hot lunch in half an hour will be followed by an early dinner then bed as we prepare ourselves for the big climb.
Wish us luck tonight and we'll follow up tomorrow.
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Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari, July 27, 2024
Great picture of the TEAM! Such an accomplishment! Keep on keeping on! Can’t wait to see the summit picture! Go Carrie and Jeff!
Posted by: Annette Reaves on 8/3/2024 at 4:16 pm
Prayers and good thoughts, Kayla, as you and your team begin your climb to the summit.
Maxine Byrnes
Posted by: Maxine Byrnes on 8/3/2024 at 3:53 pm
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Jackson Breen
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 9,400'
Saturday, May 11, 2024
We got most of our food and fuel pushed all the way to 11 today. We went into the day with a plan to carry as high as we could and made sense. It's been quite snowy on the Kahiltna below Kahiltna Pass. We were in the sun in the morning but it looked socked in above, so we dragged our feet a bit. We didn't see much evidence of wind, and a could of teams headed up, so with some trail breaking ahead of us, we decided to go. As expected, the light turned flat pretty quickly. But we were moving along well. We caught the last team in front of us around 9,700', and trail breaking became our job. We had a chilly breeze coming from behind, and we thought we might just lose it and get some better visability around the corner towards 11,000'. That worked, and then we were only 20 minutes from camp, so why not go the distance! It was a proud effort from the team. We dropped our loads, stowed sleds on packs, and with minimal weight on us for the first time on the trip, stretched our legs out on the descent. It had snowed yet more below, so we broke trail back downhill again, but made easy work of that. It was pretty pleasant and surreal, with snowflakes filtering silently down around us, and the snow on the ground absorbing every sound, we moved through a silent, empty landscape, the sound of our own passage swallowed up. It was a long day capped with a restorative bowl of ramen and then off to sleep.
Wow folks!! Great job!!! Happy that it was a successful climb, and all are set for a safe return!! Rebecca, so proud of you for reaching your goals!!! Whoot Whoot!!!
Posted by: Kim Dean on 7/6/2016 at 6:08 pm
Way to go everyone! Special shout out to Rebecca! So proud of you!!!!
Posted by: Mary Louzan on 7/6/2016 at 4:45 pm
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