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The landscape looks incredible & the team looks happy & enjoying the adventure!
Posted by: John Arnold on 12/12/2015 at 6:48 am
Looking good everyone* Have Fun!
Posted by: Ron Birch on 12/12/2015 at 1:29 am
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Hoping this is the team w/ Scott Faulkenburg & Julie. If so, hope you’re having a blast and enjoying an epic climb! Wish we were there with you. Have a blast, and be safe!
Posted by: Chris & Judy Beaudette on 7/16/2015 at 6:53 pm
Posted by: Christina Dale, JT Schmitt
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
Posted by: Billy Nugent, Katrina Bloemsma
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 16,200'
Hey Randy (AKA - Mountain Man),
Enjoy your day off. Hope your climb to Camp 2 goes smoothly and the weather there is not too much of a challenge.
Stay strong and be safe.
Love you,
Dad
Posted by: Dad on 1/22/2016 at 6:36 am
Buenos dias querido Randy (Good morning dear Randy) I am sure that you will make your goal. Arrive safe to the top of the mountain. Good for you that you are learning Spanish ( Bueno para ti que estes aprendiendo espanol). Receive all my love and blessing from God,
Posted by: Luz Irwin on 1/22/2016 at 6:31 am
Posted by: JJ Justman, Christina Dale
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
See you all at basecamp in a few days!
Posted by: Dave Vee on 12/7/2015 at 9:08 pm
Looks like one heck of a game crew - not sure the mountain is ready for all that energy. Wishing you perfect weather and friendly mules. And save room for pizza at base camp!
Posted by: Peter Rogers on 12/7/2015 at 4:24 pm
Posted by: Dustin Wittmier, Will Ambler
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
A dozen bright eyed cyclops laboring through the labyrinthine network of undesigned trails, clinging to each breath knowing the next will have less to offer. A cough escapes. For some of us this is the highest we've been, for all, the highest in recent memory. More to go.
Many hours later our team reached the summit of Iztaccíhuatl under a warm sun and brilliant blue sky. No small feat. And neither was the return. Though the views of the day extended far beyond the dusty trail of the night. Deep glacial valleys whose soft rock has been reworked by more recent year's liquids- delicate degradation of cyclopean castle walls. A gently erupting neighboring volcano, dispensing its vapors toward the valleys below.
Now as we look back up through the haze, the bittersweet, almost somber, feeling of a difficult journey tholed holds the occupants of our van; pensive and grateful.
RMI Guide Will Ambler
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Mexico's Volcanoes November 8, 2025
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Nick Sinapius, Ben Thorneycroft
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 14,000'
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 6:37 pm PT
We took a full and proper rest day today. It has been snowing more or less all day in camp, and the winds started to pick up a bit this afternoon. That made it easy to take a long breakfast, rest and read in tents, and take naps throughout the day. We spent a bit of time building some snow walls, which everyone got quite excited about, and some more time reviewing fixed line techniques for when we go higher. We are working on a reindeer sausage jambalaya for dinner, and we'll see if the snow and wind let up over night.
RMI Guides Pete, Nick, Ben and team
With you every step of the way! Stay strong and happy thoughts!! You both are so strong and unstoppable!!
XOXO
Posted by: Chris & Andrew on 12/28/2015 at 8:15 pm
Way to go David! This team ROCKS! Worth all the pre-trip prepping. My thoughts and prayers go with you. Love, Mom.
Posted by: Pat Taylor on 12/28/2015 at 2:59 pm
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