Entries By mike walter
May 10, 2012
Posted by: Mike Walter
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 358'
Good evening from Talkeetna. The weather didn't cooperate with us today, and we were unable to fly in to Base Camp. The snow and clouds never lifted from the
Kahiltna Glacier, making it impossible to fly planes into the Range.
We were all suited up and ready for show time this morning, but our plans got put on hold. We waited around all day, hoping that the weather would lift and let us begin this adventure. We have all spent countless hours training and preparing for, and dreaming of, this climb. And we're all excited to see this adventure start and our dreams come to fruition. But we also know that this is a long expedition, and we must be patient. For now, we'll enjoy the creature comforts of life for another night...a good dinner, a warm bed, and a hot shower.
We'll touch base again tomorrow.
RMI Guide Mike Walter
On The Map
May 10, 2012
Posted by: Mike Walter, Pete Van Deventer
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 358'
Yesterday was the first full day of the
2012 RMI Denali season. After a great team breakfast at the historic Talkeetna Roadhouse, we headed to the National Park Service for our pre-climb orientation meeting, followed by a full day of packing and sorting our gear at the K2 Aviation hangar.
We're all excited for this trip to start, and optimistic that we will be able to fly on to the Kahiltna Glacier today. There are some clouds in the sky, and a little precipitation in the forecast, so we'll see if the planes are able to fly or not. Hopefully our next dispatch is sent from the glacier...either way, we'll keep you posted.
RMI Guide Mike Walter
On The Map
October 6, 2011
Posted by: Mike Walter
Categories: Mount Rainier
With the summer climbing around here over and the leaves starting to change colors in Ashford we are taking a look back at this season's climbs. Check out this
newspaper article about climber David Cox's 4 Day climb of Mt. Rainier. David reached the summit on July 27th with RMI Guides Mike Walter, Andy Bond, and Cody Doolan.
Congratulations David, nice climbing and thanks for sharing the article!
Hope you are on the way up so you can come down soon
Wishing you sunny days and good times. Be safe.
Posted by: mary doyle on 5/14/2012 at 10:19 am
tell coleman to take his time——we lost the goldman line any way….. all the best smoker
Posted by: josh jacobs on 5/11/2012 at 11:43 am
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