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Posted by: Leif Bergstrom, Erika Birkeland, Tom Skoog, Claire Pennell
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Elevation: 14,410'
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons July 7 - 12 team led by RMI Guides Leif Bergstrom, Erika Birkeland, Thomas Skoog and Claire Pennell, reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning around 6 am. The team will descend to Camp Schurman for their final night on the mountain. They have completed additional training during their days together including rope travel, cramponing, ice axe arrest, crevasse rescue, and expedition camping skills. Tomorrow they will return to the trailhead and make the drive back to Rainier BaseCamp in Ashford.
Nice work team!
Posted by: Casey Grom, Tom Skoog, Bailey Servais
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Black Diamond Team led by RMI Guide Casey Grom reached the summit of Mt. Rainier at 6:45am this morning. The team climbed above the clouds and had light winds and clear skies. After about and hour on the summit enjoying the views, the team started their descent and are in route to Camp Muir!
Posted by: Casey Grom, Tom Skoog
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
The Mt. Baker - Easton climb June 21 - 23 led by RMI Guides Casey Grom & Thomas Skoog, reached the summit of Mt. Baker on a beautiful day. The team climbed strong with 100% of the team on top.
Nice work team!
PC: Casey Grom
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!
The Expedition Skill Seminar - Emmons May 26 - 31, led by RMI Guide Seth Burns, Mike Bennett, Will Ambler and Thomas Skoog reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today via the Emmons Glacier route. The team hit the crater rim around 11: 30 am today and due to high winds and big gusts started their descent shortly after. They returned to Camp Schurman around 2:30 pm and will spend a final night at camp. They will start their descent tomorrow morning, getting back to the trail in the afternoon. We look forward to seeing them at Rainier BaseCamp tomorrow afternoon.
Congratulations team!
PC: Tom Skoog and Seth Burns
Posted by: Joe Hoch, Sam Marjerison, Tom Skoog
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 7,500'
RMI Guides Joe Hoch, Sam Marjerison & Tom Skoog led a team of skiers and climbers to 7,500' on Mt. Baker. Although the snow conditions were good, poor visibility with whiteout conditions prevented the team from going any higher. They were able to do some additional skills training and enjoyed the days spent on the mountain and skied really fun powder back to camp.
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Daniel May, Seth Burns, Drew O’Brien, Tom Skoog
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,080'
The Five Day Climb led by RMI Guides Dominic Cifelli and Daniel May completed their Orientation and Climbing School days and then ascended to Camp Muir on Saturday. Today they were able to do some training at Camp Muir, then packed up their gear and descended to Paradise. The team will conclude their program this afternoon at Rainier BaseCamp.
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Seth Burns, Mike Bennett, Tom Skoog
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,080'
The first trip of the Mt. Rainier season is always a special one and just like that, it has come and gone. We spent the week learning skills like crevasse rescue, rappelling, glacier travel, the basics of snow safety, and even some fixed line travel. It was a busy week! We didn’t make the summit and in mountaineering, that’s part of the game. Sometimes the mountain, no matter how much we want it, just says no to going up high. It’s a tough pill, but a worthwhile one to take in stride and with conviction that the decision was the right one. We’ll take home the skills, the memories, and the bug to come back and try again another day.
The weather is becoming wetter and windier and looks to be trending that way for our descent tomorrow. The hot food, showers, and beds in town will be that much sweeter.
Cheers to a great week and a great start to the season, Team!
RMI Guide Dominic Cifelli
Posted by: Andy Bond, Jess Wedel, Charlie Harrison, Nick Sinapius, Tom Skoog, Will Ambler
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb August 11 - 14 led by RMI Guides Andy Bond and Jess Wedel reached the summit of Mt. Rainier just before 5 am today. Andy reported a beautiful morning climbing in base layers with no winds and meteors filling the sky as they climbed toward the summit.
Congratulations to the team!
Your prep and hard work are blessed with such a spectacular view! Awesome!
Posted by: Ron on 8/19/2023 at 2:58 pm
Congratulations to the team on your Summit climb today!!
What a awesome accomplishment for each of you!
Posted by: Evans on 8/14/2023 at 7:32 pm
Posted by: Steve Gately, Ben Luedtke, Ellison Boord, Will Nash, Tom Skoog, Raymond Holt
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb led by RMI Guides Steve Gately and Ben Luedtke reached the summit of Mt. Rainier early this morning. RMI Guide Ben Luedtke captured the team in this photo on the upper mountian as they were ascending under clear blue skies. They are on the descent in route back to Camp Muir.
Congratulations Team!
Looking to be added to waitlist for a 4 or 5 (perferable 5) day Raineer trip.
hoping for 2nd half of August or September
website is not letting me sign up to waitlist
Look forward to hearing back from you folks
Posted by: Jay Salus on 4/23/2024 at 2:48 pm
Strong work team. Props to Mike & the crew. Hope to see you out there in a month!
Posted by: Joe Mueller on 5/31/2024 at 8:45 am
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