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September 7, 2019
Posted by: Ben Ammon, Alex Halliday
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb led by RMI Guides Ben Ammon and Alex Halliday reached the summit of Mt. Rainier Early this morning. Ben reported steady winds of 15 - 20 mph with a cap forming. The team spent a short amount of time on the top before starting their descent.
Congratulations to Today's Team!
September 1, 2019
Posted by: Brent Okita, Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The
Four Day Climb August 29 - 1 September reached the summit of Mt. Rainier around 7 AM today.
RMI Guides Brent Okita and Ben Ammon led the groups today. Brent reported windy conditions as they were approaching the crater rim. After enjoying the views the teams will return to Camp Muir and then continue their descent to Paradise. They will conclude their adventure at Rainier BaseCamp this afternoon and hopefully enjoy the festivities of Rainier Mountain Fest.
Congratulations to today's climbers!
August 24, 2019
Posted by: Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 9,131'
RMI Guide Ben Ammon and his team were 100% on the
Mt. Shuksan summit! The team is currently working their way back to high camp.
Congratulations to the Mt. Shuksan team!
August 23, 2019
Posted by: Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 6,000'
Friday, August 23, 2019 7:11 PM PT
The rains came shortly after we finished our breakfast this morning, and refused to let up until 3 o'clock this afternoon. We spent the majority of the day passing the time in our tents before finally getting out for a little training this evening. The views cleared in time for us to enjoy them while eating dinner, and we're all ready to head for the
summit tomorrow!
RMI Guide Ben Ammon & Team
August 23, 2019
Posted by: Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 6,000'
We had some nice cloud cover that kept our walk to camp nice and cool. Once we arrived the clouds cleared to reveal awesome views of the North Cascades and of our
Mt. Shuksan climbing route up the Sulphide Glacier. We are training to prepare for our summit attempt tomorrow.
RMI Guide Ben Ammon
August 17, 2019
Posted by: JM Gorum, Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb led by RMI Guides JM Gorum and Ben Ammon climbed above the clouds and reached the summit of Mt. Rainier early this morning. Ben reported clear skies and chilly temperatures. The team has started their descent and are en route back to Camp Muir.
Congratulations to today's team!
July 22, 2019
Posted by: Mike Walter, Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
RMI Guide
Mike Walter and team reached the summit of Mt. Baker via its iconic and forbidding North Ridge yesterday. Mike reported 100% team success and fantastic climbing conditions! Today, the team took in their last few views of
Mt. Baker before beginning their descent back to the Heliotrope Ridge trail head and the comforts of town.
Congratulations to today's team!
July 13, 2019
Posted by: Tyler Jones, Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The
Four Day Summit Climb teams led by RMI Guides Tyler Jones and Ben Ammon reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning. Tyler reported chilly temperatures with winds of 25 mph. The team will spend some time celebrating on the summit before starting their descent.
Congratulations to today's team!
July 5, 2019
Posted by: Ben Ammon
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The
Expedition Skills Seminar - Paradise Glacier team, led by
RMI Guide Ben Ammon, spent the week on Mt. Rainier. The crowning point was this morning. They reached the summit of Mt. Rainier! The week entailed various mountaineering skills, such as crevasse rescue techniques, anchor placements, ice climbing, belays, rappelling and much more.
We look forward to congratulating them on a successful week this afternoon!
Well folks, a lot has happened over the last 48 hours and I'm sorry to have been keeping you waiting. June 1, we woke up to somewhat clearing skies at 14,000' Camp and decided to pack up and get as far downhill as we could. Aside from an interesting GPS guided tour through an area known as the "Polo Field" the weather held out and we made it all the way back to the Southeast Fork of the
Kahiltna Glacier where we began our trip. We arrived just before midnight and quickly set up our tents, had a quick dinner and went to sleep with dreams of flying out the next morning. Well those dreams came true. This morning we woke to the sound of camp bustling with life when clear skies and the sound of basecamp manager Lisa's voice booming through the early morning with warnings that we should start getting ready to fly off. A few hours later we were in the sky heading towards Talkeetna. The trip has finally come to an end. It's been a fantastic three weeks here in the great Alaska Range and its bittersweet to see it end. We'll meet up for one last team dinner tonight before going our separate ways tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for following along. It's been a wild ride!
RMI Guide Steve Gately
Thank you to our team leads Ben, Nevin and Grayson for getting us safely up and down. And for the stupid jokes, well, thanks for trying.
Posted by: Dawn on 9/8/2019 at 1:37 pm
Jason? You made it? Watched our amazing lightning storm last night and sent you encouraging thoughts! Congrats.
Posted by: Ruth on 9/8/2019 at 6:54 am
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