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Denali Expedition: Walter & Team Resting at 11,000 ft Camp

May 13, 2016

Posted by: Billy Haas, Blake Votilla, Mike Walter

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 11,000'

May 13, 2016 - 3:11 pm PT We're here at 11,000' resting and acclimating for our move to 14,000', which will hopefully happen tomorrow. The weather is great right now, and we expect that to persist through at least tomorrow. Hopefully our next correspondence will come from 14,000'. Conditions and weather are good, and we are well rested, acclimated, and eager. We're ready to make the move! RMI Guide Mike Walter

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Hi Rogan, you must be well acclimatised by now so hopefully you can start your climbing tomorrow once again. That’s what you trained for isn’t it? I wish you good luck with the weather and the climb.
We are having late drizzly rain today, we are gratefull for this rain as I think it will be our last till next summer, temps have dropped to 18 but will rise again when the wet front moves on.
I hope you are well and enjoying your snacks, thinking of you every day, am so proud of you, always have been. Love you stukkend, mom xx

Posted by: Daphne Carew on 5/14/2016 at 2:34 am

Hi there kid Adelle..still resting i see. Move the butt and get up the mountain. Onwards and upwards i always said when i last climbed Everest.. Kids are fine and chubby. Dean is playing guitar like a dream. There is a lot of talent in that little soul. Kaela is studying a lot and has tests coming up so we shall see. Very much like her mamma in that you cant tell her anything. And i have so much to tell!!! Anyways we look forward to the blog everyday. Please thank the bloggers for the families left on Mother Earth. Enjoy your time and bring me a Yeti back. There should be one around the next corner. Bring Jaco a Unicorn….you just never know. Actually just bring yourself back. Love you SOOO much! ME.

Posted by: Maureen on 5/14/2016 at 2:03 am

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Mt. Rainier: August 25th Teams Summit!

August 25, 2015

Posted by: Casey Grom, Solveig Waterfall

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

The Four Day Summit Climb led by RMI Guides Casey Grom and Solveig Waterfall reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning shortly after 7 am. Casey reported clear skies, light wind, and chilly--but not too cold--temperatures. The teams will spend some time on the summit before beginning their descent. We look forward to seeing them in Ashford this afternoon. Congratulations!

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I just want to say thanks to everybody on the team. It was so cool to see my daughter Sarah so happy about her accomplishment! Thanks to you all! Hopefully we will meet again somewhere.

Posted by: Duane Sanders on 8/29/2015 at 2:41 pm

Congratulations to Jim, Eric, and Kevin! I’m very proud of you guys. I can’t wait to hear all about the trip. Have a safe trip down!

Posted by: Sara on 8/26/2015 at 7:08 am

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Mt. Elbrus: Justman & Team Explore St. Petersburg

July 21, 2015

Posted by: JJ Justman

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Elbrus Southside

Hello from St. Petersburg!! Today our team had an incredible tour of some of the beautiful sights of the city. No doubt it is the perfect way to end a great adventure here in Russia. We visited several cathedrals as well as The Hermitage, which holds some of the greatest art pieces in the World! Enjoy the video below but to be honest...it doesn't do it justice. You have to see it for yourself!! Also stay tuned for Part Two...the team will be taking a boat tour of the gorgeous canal systems that makes St. Petersburg known as "The Venice of The North". RMI Guide JJ Justman

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JJ / Team. ..Congratulation on successful climb. ..JJ you are quickly becoming my favorite cinematographer…Elbrus was 2010 for me…Your videos made me feel like I had returned. ..Best + Bls…Waltero

Posted by: Walter Glover on 7/22/2015 at 9:57 am

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Mt. Rainier: Okita, King & Teams Summit in Beautiful Weather

July 11, 2018

Posted by: Brent Okita, Mike King

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 14,410'

This morning our Mt. Rainier Summit Climb teams reached the highest point in Washington in beautiful, clear weather. The teams also met up with our Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons team that ascended from Camp Schurman. After many high-fives and handshakes, they all began their descent down their respective routes. A great job by all teams!

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Great job Climbers! Can’t wait to hear all about it & see pics. We’ll have dinner for the team & Rick’s favorite cookies tonight. Your Mammas love you!! Mamma Kerr :)

Posted by: Mamma Kerr on 7/11/2018 at 2:44 pm

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Denali Expedition: Walter & Team Making Good Progress

May 22, 2018

Posted by: Mike Walter, Robby Young, Alan Davis

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 11,000'

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 7:45 PM PT Another day of beautiful weather let us descend back down to ~10,200' to dig up our cache of supplies and haul it back up to our 11,000' camp. The rest of the day was spent hydrating, resting, and preparing for the next step of this climb: establishing a cache at ~13,700', just past Windy Corner. If the weather holds, that will be our plan for tomorrow. We're making good progress now, and we are all excited to exchange snowshoes for crampons and trekking poles for ice axes. Stay tuned as our progress continues. RMI Guide Mike Walter

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Mike,
I hope the weather Gods are good to you this year. If you have room in your packs going down, rather than throw all that valuable stool down a crevasse, ship some to me for my fecal transplants. Business is booming.
Buenas suerte amigo.

Posted by: Dr Dave on 5/23/2018 at 5:40 pm

Hello Dave Head, Shane Kidd and Team hello from Las Vegas we love you guys so proud and love you stay safe we will continue to pray for your safety and good weather KEEP ROCKING !! you got his.

Love Mom and Dad #2

Posted by: Ken peterson on 5/23/2018 at 1:42 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Hahn & Team Descend to Mweka Camp, Recap Summit Day

February 6, 2018

Posted by: Dave Hahn

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 10,000'

As planned, we were up and getting ready at 11:30 last night. It was a calm and clear night with just enough moon to see by but not so much that the stars were washed out. We set out at 12:40 AM. There were headlights well up the mountainside already, which was a pretty thing to see, but it also made clear just how far and high we had to go. We took hourly rest breaks, and sure enough, we put more clothing on at almost every pre-dawn break, until we basically had it all on. Those were cold hours, anticipating a 6:30 sunrise. It caught us at about 18,000 ft and instantly made life a whole lot easier. We pulled onto the crater rim at Stella Point after seven hours on the go. Another hour and ten minutes got us over to Uhuru, the true summit. It was magical walking along the crater rim and checking out the glaciers and the lay of the land on the roof of Africa. High fives and handshakes were in order on the top. There may have been a tear or two, and of course a bunch of pictures. We started down after thirty minutes. Our clear day was already going cloudy, but that kept some sun off of us for the descent, which was a good thing. At 12:10 PM we were back to Barafu. A great sit down lunch in our dining tent did wonders to restore our strength, we packed up and started down toward Mweka Camp just after 2 PM. When the rain and hail hit halfway through our 4 hour, 5,000' descent, it wasn’t totally unexpected. We couldn’t very well run down the tricky rock trail to escape the showers. Ultimately it meant that we had to watch every single slippery step on the way to camp at 10,000'. The rains quit as we got in at 6 PM but life was a little soggy and muddy for our final night on the mountain. We’re not complaining though... on the contrary, we’re feeling lucky that we got perfect weather exactly when we needed it for climbing. Best Regards RMI Guide Dave Hahn

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Cheers to all! An awesome accomplishment. Now relax and have even more fun!

Posted by: Your favorite aunt on 2/7/2018 at 11:51 am

You rock! What an experience.

Posted by: Karen Crompton on 2/7/2018 at 2:51 am

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Denali Expedition: Jones & Team Building Walls at 14,000’ Camp

June 7, 2017

Posted by: Tyler Jones, JM Gorum, Bryan Mazaika

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley

Elevation: 14,000'

June 6, 2017 Today we woke up to the expected winds on the upper mountain. The temperatures are creeping up slowly but the winds are keeping us low for a day, or a few. This means we acclimate by doing light activity and a bit of lifting. We started with a hot drink and traveled back to the edge of the world to outstanding views. Afterwords, the team all piled into the cook tent for a round of blueberry pancakes. Building walls around our camp, creating a mountain castle, filled the next few hours as we fortified our outpost. We now have the best walls and the best views in camp! A fellow RMI team lead by Jake, Steve, and Megan arrived at 14 today, and our group was happy to lend them a hand setting up camp. We are now surrounded by friends in a beautiful camp. Everything is in its place, and we are ready to move uphill when the mountain allows it. RMI Guide Tyler Jones

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Fingers crossed for clear weather and being able to push ahead at the soonest opportunity.

Go John and the rest of the team!

Posted by: SoCal Gunns on 6/8/2017 at 9:56 am

Hi Dear Amir and Hi to all team members,
Hope all is OK with you and you have a pleasant and safe climbing. You are just at it!! You are on a hard journey. Years ahead you look back and you enjoy remembering an unforgettable, amazing and exciting experience in fighting physically and spirituallly against hard rock stones in your way up. Your ascent is symbolising how you need to move forward and pass the barriers patiently and humbly but resolutely. Tomorrow morning I will be climbing Claun Bastami at 4300 meter height, beginning at 4 am and coming down in the afternoon.
Please take good care of yourself, preserve your skin from the intensity of sun and stay well!
Hadi, Mitra’s dad

Posted by: Hadi on 6/8/2017 at 6:51 am

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Mike King & Team’s First Views of Aconcagua

January 1, 2017

Posted by: Mike King, JM Gorum

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua

Elevation: 10,550'

The team is currently resting in the sweat lodges that are their tents. This camp is known for its windy conditions and without steep ridges and peaks to block the sun, escaping the wind means roasting like a Kenny Roger's chicken. As we continue the trek to Base Camp the size of this valley only grows as the Vacas River gets closer to it's source. After seeing Aconcagua for the first time today, everyone is looking forward to the cold temperatures at Base Camp. Tomorrow we finish the trek, here's to calm winds and strong backs for the team. RMI Guide Mike King

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have good weather and great climb, thanks mike for the up dates

Posted by: mark and helen walsh on 1/2/2017 at 11:01 am

Love reading the updates! Just want my brother to know I’m thinking of him and enjoying the climb vicariously!! Best of fun to the team…enjoy each day!!! XXOA

Posted by: Andrea on 1/2/2017 at 7:14 am

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Mt. Rainier: Expedition Skills Seminar - Muir Reaches the Top of the Cleaver

September 22, 2016

Posted by: Dave Hahn, Billy Nugent

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier

Elevation: 12,300'

The Expedition Skills Seminar - Muir led by RMI Guides Dave Hahn and Billy Nugent attempted to summit Mt. Rainier early this morning, but snow instability forced the teams to turn at the top of Disappointment Cleaver today. The is headed back to Camp Muir and will spend their remainder of their time on the mountain training before descending to back to Rainier Basecamp tomorrow afternoon. Congratulations to today's team!

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We can’t wait to hear all about your adventure! We decided to combine your names (Fred & Jack) and dub you “Team Frack”..Lol. ....Go Team Frack !!! ~ Your Friends @ Toyota

Posted by: Dawn on 9/24/2016 at 10:11 am

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Kilimanjaro: Dave Hahn and Team Trek through the Barranco Valley

August 11, 2016

Posted by: Dave Hahn

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 15,200'

Things were a little breezy at Shira Camp this morning and it looked like it was nuking up on the crater rim of Kibo, Kilimanjaro's main peak. Our team had enjoyed the sunset at Shira, and the stars in the clear night sky, so a little wind didn't keep anybody from loving the sunrise as well. Our packs were on and we were walking straight toward Kibo by 8:20. As compensation for the breezes, we were granted sparkly blue skies above and a bright white sea of clouds below. We gained altitude steadily as today's walking was much easier than yesterday's rock hopping. In just a couple of hours we were up over 14,500 ft and breaking everybody's previous personal altitude records. We kept right at it, cresting at 15,200 ft beside the "Lava Tower" at noon. By this point we were right up under the glaciers and giant walls of Kibo. We'd climbed right out of the Moorland Zone of vegetation and into the Highland Desert Zone. The team had no troubles coming down the steep trails beyond the Lava Tower and so we got rid of about two thousand vertical feet on our voyage down into the exotic vegetation of the Barranco Valley. We checked out the Lobelias and the Giant Senecios as we went. It seemed the perfect afternoon for taking in a thousand new sights, from waterfalls to dark caves in the Lava and Basalt. Our new camp was already built and waiting for us just on the edge of the cloud sea and we were again amazed at the strength and speed of our loc al staff. Now we are settled in at 13,000 ft below the intimidating Barranco Wall... but the wall can wait until tomorrow. Tonight we'll watch the light change on Kibo's glaciers, rock walls, icicles and towers. Best Regards, RMI Guide Dave Hahn

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I can’t imagine what beauty you are seeing! If the skies are clear I bet the stars are amazing! Look forward to hearing all about it!

Posted by: Pam Bethea on 8/11/2016 at 9:03 pm

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