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June 13, 2024
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Sam Hoffman, Sam Marjerison, Nick Sinapius
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 7,300'
Dave Hahn & Team are Flying onto the Kahiltna Glacier! Follow along with us as they begin their climb of Denali.
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June 13, 2024
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Sam Hoffman, Sam Marjerison, Nick Sinapius
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Wednesday June 12, 2024 11:29pm PDT
A big day in Talkeetna. It was cloudy and rainy, but that didn’t prevent us from starting out with a breakfast meeting at the Swiss Alaska Inn, introducing the team and discussing expectations and strategies for the climb. We carried on by regrouping over at the airplane hangar to sort equipment and get packed. We broke things up with an excellent briefing from the National Park Service. Denali climbing ranger, Alan Davis spoke to us about current conditions and the need to prioritize safety on the mountain. K2 Aviation - our flight service- then let us know what to expect in regards to getting on and off the mountain via ski plane in variable weather conditions. We then buckled down and put in a few serious hours getting organized for the climb. This was capped off with a formal weigh-in, a prelude to loading up the airplanes -which we hope will take place tomorrow morning. The team then relaxed at Mile High Pizza Pie in the heart of Talkeetna. Enjoying dinner and the drizzle from low clouds. We are set and excited to get on the mountain.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn & Team
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June 13, 2024
Posted by: Hannah Smith, Devin Guffey, Josh Geiser
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 11,200'
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 8:40 pm PDT
Clothes and food in our packs and headed down to our cache. The round trip only took 2 hours and we were back in our tents relaxing. Relaxing is the main focus from now through tomorrow. The team has earned a rest day to recover from some big days and to recover for a big carry day on Friday. We are trucking along and right on schedule. Hopefully the weather keeps holding and we keep hitting all our target days. As we get ready for bed, light snow falls on our tents It’s a soothing sound to fall asleep to. As always keep up the good weather vibes and throw in there some sleep like 10-pound baby vibes.
Thanks for following along!
RMI Guide Hannah Smith and Team
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Hey Hannah and Team! Very Cool pictures! I keep sending thoughts of perfect weather for your climb to the Top of North America!!!
Farmer Dave
Posted by: Dave Kestel on 6/14/2024 at 4:28 am
June 13, 2024
Posted by: Mike Walter, Drew O’Brien, Michael Murray, Avery Stolte
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
After several days of training and climbing, the Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons team reached the summit of Mt. Rainier yesterday via the Emmons Glacier. The team reported high winds overnight and delayed their departure from Camp Schurman. Winds abated and they had a nice climb to the summit. The team returned to Camp Schurman for their final night on the mountain. This morning they will break camp, descend to the trail head and return to Ashford.
Congratulations to the team!
PC: Drew O'Brien
The Four Day Climb June 10 - 13 led by RMI Guides Brent Okita and Mike Haugen has reached the summit of Mt. Rainier. The teams were walking into the crater rim at 7 am. They plan to spend an hour in the crater and then will begin their descent to Camp Muir. The teams will continue down to Paradise later today and return to Rainier BaseCamp to conclude their adventure.
Congratulations climbers!
Congratulations to the team!! Its so exciting to see summits happening with more frequency! As a fellow team member (in a few weeks), I’d love to know what this year’s route looks like. Would anyone be willing to share your Garmin/GPS tracks? Thank you!
Posted by: Lance on 6/13/2024 at 9:11 am
June 12, 2024
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Seth Burns, Nicole De Petris
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 7,800'
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - 2:13 pm PT
Stuck at Basecamp
Today was going to be the day, the start of the trip. The launching point of our grand adventure. We were ready. We had practiced our ice axe arrest, learned how to rig our sleds, and relearned how to use the bathrooms here. The CMCs. We went to bed anxious, ready, and excited. But that’s when the snow started, and kept going. We were socked in a cloud with no sign of any mountains around us and no viable window for a move to our next camp. So we sat and sat and drank coffee waiting for our time to come. When the sun finally showed itself, it was just too warm (I know, shocker) to head out. The biggest crevasses on our climb form on the lower Kahiltna and with the mushy snow from the strong sun/ warming temps plus the variable weather, we stayed at Basecamp. We’ll try again tomorrow to get to the base of Ski Hill, our Camp 1.
Wish us luck!
RMI Guide Dominic Cifelli
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Hoping the weather holds! Best of luck to the team!
Posted by: Cheryl Goossen on 6/13/2024 at 9:25 pm
Hope for good weather.
Posted by: Steven McKinley on 6/12/2024 at 6:58 pm
June 12, 2024
Posted by: Casey Grom, Mike Bennett, Walter Hailes, George Hedreen, Tom Skoog, Margo Kerr
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb June 9 - 12 led by RMI Guides Mike Bennett and Walter Hailes reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. The weather was fairly calm and winds were decreasing. The climbers enjoyed some time in the summit crater before starting their descent from the crater rim around 8:40 am. They are now heading back to Camp Muir. Once packed up they will continue down to Paradise.
Congratulations to today's climbing teams!
June 12, 2024
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Sam Hoffman, Sam Marjerison, Nick Sinapius
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 348'
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 10:17 pm PT
Our climbing team came together today. After years of planning and anticipation and training… twelve of us got together in the Anchorage airport and got started on RMI’s final Denali Expedition for 2024. We made it with all of our gear and without flight cancellations… it all worked out. We boarded the Denali Overland van for the big drive up to Talkeetna. The windshield wipers were on for much of the journey and the spectacular mountain vistas were… shrouded, for the most part. We broke up the trip with a stop at the last big supermarkets -in Wasilla- where we rounded out the trip menu with some fresh food for down low on the mountain. We got back in the van then and made it up to Talkeetna by 5:30 PM. Having settled our gear in the airplane hangar, we checked in to the comfortable Swiss Alaska Inn and then made the short hike over the railroad tracks and into downtown Talkeetna. The rain seemed to be keeping the tourists in check so we had a quiet dinner at the brewery and then walked down to the mighty Susitna River to gaze at the water and the clouds (where there might normally be mountains). The team then walked past a few perfectly good bars and watering holes to turn in early and be ready for what promises to be a big day of packing and prepping for the climb tomorrow.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
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SOOOOO exciting!!!!! thinking of you all on the way up, and can not wait to see the summit pictures! love you KATIE!!!! mom
Posted by: barbara theiss on 6/13/2024 at 8:39 am
Step by step, all the way to the top! You’ve got this Tony!!
Posted by: Brenda on 6/13/2024 at 8:20 am
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 11:29 pm PT
Good evening readers!
Today we woke to squirrely clouds, moving in and out. Snow would start and stop. We dragged our feet and when the weather looked right we made our move. It was a long, heavy, tiring move to 14,000' Camp. It snowed for parts of it, we were in the clouds for most of it, and had a few moments of blasts of heat. The team did well and is excited to be one step closer. We ate a late dinner of mac and cheese and are now snuggled in our sleeping bags. Everyone has earned a good night's rest. Tomorrow we will back carry and then relax the rest of the afternoon. Thanks for the good weather vibes. Keep them coming!
RMI Guide Hannah Smith and Team
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Woooo!! 14K!!! Keep it up! So proud of you Shane!!
The Nutts
Posted by: Allie Lewis on 6/12/2024 at 2:46 pm
Keep trekking’ Darg!
Posted by: Audrey Ferrara on 6/12/2024 at 12:37 pm
The team has arrived in Talkeetna with all of our bags!
Yesterday, we spent the day doing the hard work of packing for a three week expedition. It's hard to visualize how much you'll actually need and hard to come to terms with the sheer weight of the equipment needed for a Denali Expedition.
There are no porters here. We have to carry everything we need on our own backs, but that is what makes Denali special. You can't pay your way to the top.
We’re currently loading up the planes and trying to fly to Basecamp. Wish us luck!
RMI Guides Dominic Cifelli, Seth Burns, Nicole DePetris and team
PC: Dominic Cifelli
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Doc,
Enjoy that fresh air and pure snow.
See ya when you come down the mountain.
Jason
Posted by: Jason R. on 6/21/2024 at 11:01 am
Go Rock Star Rossi! I will be pulling for you and the team all the way up the mountain.
Posted by: Dylan on 6/12/2024 at 4:13 pm
So inspired by all of you! Looking good! So excited to follow along and take part in this adventure from a distance. Go Tony go!!
Posted by: Rosemary Bakker on 6/14/2024 at 7:06 pm
Yes!! It’s getting real now!! This is everything you’ve worked for Tony! So excited to follow this journey!
Posted by: Brenda on 6/14/2024 at 3:02 pm
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