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Posted by: Billy Nugent, Eric Frank
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Ben Luedtke, Mike Bennett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 11,000'
June 15, 2025 - 8:38 pm PT
Gooooood evening Denali blog followers and welcome back to your personal tell all of mountain news, gossip, and glory. Today, just like the itsy bitsy spider we climbed that spout again. We were gently awoken by our guides at 5:30 and left for a 6:45 start back down the mountain to our cache below. At 10,000 feet we… and by we I mean our relentless guides… dug out our cache filled with snacks, solar panels, clean clothes, and summit gear. And thank god I was reunited with my cheese. ‘Twas a short jaunt back up to 11,000' Camp where we enjoyed bagels with bacon and honey jalapeño cream cheese. Contrary to yesterday’s blog, the American Canadian peace balance now falls in the hands of the Oilers and Panthers.
We then got a quick refresher course on how moving up the rest of the mountain will go as we ditch our snow shoes and move into crampons. A few of us gathered in a big circle and traded cheeses of all kinds until we made certain none of us would ever poop again.
Tomorrow we await to see what the weather brings in hope of moving more gear up to the next cache.
I continue to think about and question why a person takes on an effort such as this. Perhaps there’s answers we think the mountain holds, perhaps a bottomless pit of an ego we are trying to fill, the need for contrast from our everyday lives, or maybe it’s just the love of mountains and pushing ourselves to the jagged edge of our capabilities. No matter the reason, it’s an honor to be here with such talented and kind human beings. Sitting here at 11,000 ft our team has no idea what the future holds, to that I raise a toast to my fellow climbers at all stages on Denali… To the mountains we are meant to summit, and the ones we are not, may we enjoy the company, the views, and the climb either way.
I want to say thank you to my parents, I wouldn’t be here without you, and a special shout out to Moose Hockey Alaska, and the 525 bulldogs, YBYSA!
Love,
RMI Climber Mikayla
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Mt. McKinley Expedition June 9, 2025
Here’s a shout out to the team… You all got this. And here’s a special shout out to Mikayla DeMers AKA my sweet, bad-ass, airplane fixing, jeep driving, mountaining climbing, hockey pucking, doggie-wrestling, airplane flying, extra cheese eating daughter! That’s almost scratching the surface. So now it is time for Papa’s inspirational sayings! Mikayla, remember that you eat an
elephant (Mt McKinley) one-bite at a time… It’s no hill for a climber… slower is faster… slow and steady wins the race (the climb)... you are blooming where you are planted… and no matter what, know that you’ve pushed yourself to new heights. New heights that only a fraction of a percent of people will ever get see. Remember, although you may have weather delays, that slower is faster and it will give you time to adjust to the altitude.
I love you bunches… think warm thoughts! Cyber hugs are flying your way at the speed of light!
Posted by: Dan DeMers on 6/25/2025 at 4:46 pm
Mikayla! I am so excited to read up on your adventure! I was amused by the cheeses and hope you have been able to have a few bms since this posting! You are brave and adventurous! I am praying for a safe journey! Looking forward to pictures!
Posted by: Angela Snyder Miller on 6/22/2025 at 9:18 pm
Posted by: Elias de Andres Martos, Robby Young
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Peru Seminar
Elevation: 14,800'
Good Luck!! And I hope the weather is good for you!
Mike Mangano
Posted by: Mike Mangano on 7/6/2016 at 4:47 am
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Posted by: Christina Dale, JJ Justman
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Wishing you all a safe climb. Love hearing how it is going.
Chris, looking forward to seeing your great photos!
Posted by: Sally Schuler on 12/14/2015 at 12:23 pm
Glad to hear you’re all doing well! Sounds really cold up there, but I know you guys all dig that! Sending a shout out of “hello” to my pal Chris Villar. And hoping that you guys are all having a blast!
Posted by: Aaron Shumaker on 12/13/2015 at 12:15 pm
Hernandito mijo ,te felicito eres un gran luchador ,si este bamos preocupadas ,yo se que te gustan los retos y te preparaste pero si no sale las cosas es por algo ,no combenia.
Posted by: Janeth C Nietoja on 9/3/2018 at 11:43 am
Congratulations, honey. I am so proud of you!
Posted by: Lindsey Nieto on 9/3/2018 at 8:15 am
Posted by: Robby Young, Hannah Smith
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
Great job everyone! Love you, Fab Four!
Posted by: Jana on 8/21/2018 at 5:21 pm
Congratulations! Have a great time celebrating this accomplishment!
Posted by: Beth Jensen on 8/21/2018 at 11:31 am
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro
Lots of eyes on you guys, green with envy and sparkling with vicarious excitement.
Posted by: Ann Blake on 8/2/2017 at 7:11 am
One of the highlights of my life, for sure. Thanks to the RMI team for the positive experience and seamless operation.
Posted by: Dan Colavito on 8/11/2015 at 12:12 pm
Awesome!! Hope it was all you dreamed of team!!!
Posted by: Gretchen on 8/8/2015 at 3:29 pm
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