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 ..read more

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 gettin ..read more

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 ..read more

After several days of training and climbing, the Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons team reached the summit of Mt. Rainier yesterday via the Emmons Glacier ..read more

The Four Day Climb June 10 - 13 led by RMI Guides Brent Okita and Mike Haugen has reached the summit of Mt. Rainier.  ..read more

The Four Day Climb June 9 - 12 led by RMI Guides Mike Bennett and Walter Hailes reached the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning.  ..read more

We dragged our feet and when the weather looked right we made our move ..read more

High winds with higher gusts kept the teams from ascending any higher.  ..read more

The route was in great condition which made for smooth walking ..read more

All night the wind battered our tents and send snow swirling between the rain fly and tent body ..read more