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items: Day 3-Grand Teton Summit Day!
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Day 3-Grand Teton Summit Day!
type: item
creator: Shelli
date: 2009-08-11T18:19:14Z
subject: National Parks
subject: Travel & Tourism
subject: climbing
subject: expedition
subject: grand teton
subject: grand teton national park
subject: jackson hole mountain guides
subject: mountaineering
subject: summit
description: When I step onto the summit, I’m at first at a loss for words. The sights are astounding – truly awesome. I choke up, briefly, fighting back some happy tears, and I have goose bumps. The views are beyond words. No photos or videos I capture can possibly do justice in conveying what I’m experiencing right this moment. I want for the feeling to last. And aside from the awe-inspiring sights and resulting goose bumps, I want to explode and frolic and yell at the top of my lungs in response to our accomplishment. The post Day 3-Grand Teton Summit Day! appeared first on Have Media Will Travel.
encoded: Here are previous posts that provide backstory: Pre-Trip Post Trip Re-cap Day 1 Journal Entry Day 2 Journal Entry “We cannot lower the mountain, therefore we must elevate ourselves.” –“Todd Skinner, my late friend and climbing legend. “GOOD MORNING!” It’s the cheerful voice of one of our guides, Julia. It is 3 am, and this is our Grand Teton summit day wake-up call. <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-2098" title="DSCN4566" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN4566-460x304.jpg" alt="Ready, with headlamps on, for our summit day." width="460" height="304" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN4566-460x304.jpg 460w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN4566-225x149.jpg 225w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN4566.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px" /> Ready, with headlamps on, for our summit day. We didn’t sleep last night due to our nerves and the anticipation surrounding our bid to stand on the Grand Teton’s summit. We slept in the clothes we are wearing for today’s adventure so we’re up and at ’em when we hear Julia’s voice. I can’t get to the kitchen hut fast enough for some coffee. Thankfully it’s only a few minutes, and I’m on a seat in the hut quaffing coffee. A few moments later and I’m fueling up on a spinach and mushroom omelette. (By the way, JHMG’s food, and especially the coffee, are fantastic.) Life is good. Our backpacks are ready to go, having been prepared yesterday. We don our helmets with headlamps beaming. Our eyes are sort of open, and we head down the trail, our little light beams showing us the way. We descend over a boulder field, the Tepee Glacial moraine field, then through the Middle Teton glacial moraine field. Despite being sleep-deprived, I’m feeling charged up. We are on our way. Yeehaw! Today is what we came for. <img decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-2099" title="DSCN4578" src="http…

Day 2 of Grand Teton Expedition
type: item
creator: Shelli
date: 2009-08-08T16:44:46Z
subject: National Parks
subject: Travel & Tourism
subject: climbing
subject: expedition
subject: grand teton
subject: jackson
subject: jackson hole mountain guides
subject: mountaineering
subject: national park
subject: wyoming
description: We all agreed that the Grand Teton summit would be not be as formidable after today’s experiences. In fact, it now seems like a much smaller mountain, in mind at least, given the tests we faced, and passed, today. I’m not sure if that’s what the guides had intended with today’s climbing instruction, but at this moment, I feel certain it will serve us well on tomorrow’s Grand Teton ascent. But no doubt, we'll need to cowboy up for the event. The post Day 2 of Grand Teton Expedition appeared first on Have Media Will Travel.
encoded: This is PART 4 in a 6-PART series about my recent Grand Teton Expedition. For previous posts, here is a pre-trip post a recap, and Day 1 Journal Entry. When you’re climbing you live in the moment. Don’t anticipate. Think about and focus only on what’s in front of you in this moment. – Julia Niles, one of our fabulous JHMG guides, and also a Mountain Hardwear-sponsored athlete Kathy and I wake up around 6:30. Jamie and Jeff are already up – we can hear them getting out of their tent. As soon as I get out of the tent, I sniff some coffee. Yeehaw! I follow my nose, and the short path to the kitchen hut, where a few others are up and sure enough, coffee is on and ready to quaff. None of us slept that great, but thatâ€ s okay, itâ€ s beautiful out and weâ€ re going to learn how to climb today. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/SecondPic-Breakfast-IMG_06692-460x326.jpg" alt="SecondPic-Breakfast-IMG_0669" title="SecondPic-Breakfast-IMG_0669" width="460" height="326" class="alignright size-large wp-image-2000" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/SecondPic-Breakfast-IMG_06692-460x326.jpg 460w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/SecondPic-Breakfast-IMG_06692-225x159.jpg 225w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/SecondPic-Breakfast-IMG_06692.JPG 1635w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px" /> After enjoying a spinach omelette and some really good, strong coffee, we prepare for a day at the nearby crags. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-2002" title="OurGuides-beforeClimbingInst" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/OurGuides-beforeClimbingInst1-460x329.jpg" alt="Our excellent JHMG guides, Nate Opp and Julia Niles." width="460" height="329" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/OurGuides-beforeClimbingInst1-460x329.jpg 460w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/u…

Day 1 of Grand Teton expedition
type: item
creator: Shelli
date: 2009-08-07T12:38:36Z
subject: National Parks
subject: Travel & Tourism
subject: climbing
subject: expedition
subject: grand teton
subject: jackson
subject: jackson hole mountain guides
subject: mountaineering
subject: national park
subject: wyoming
description: This is Part 3 in a 6-part series about my recent Grand Teton Expedition. For previous posts, here is a pre-trip post and a recap. It is 9 am and we are headed to the Lupine Meadows trailhead. Most of us are caffeinated; all of us are awake, and our eagerness to get the show […] The post Day 1 of Grand Teton expedition appeared first on Have Media Will Travel.
encoded: This is Part 3 in a 6-part series about my recent Grand Teton Expedition. For previous posts, here is a pre-trip post and a recap. It is 9 am and we are headed to the Lupine Meadows trailhead. Most of us are caffeinated; all of us are awake, and our eagerness to get the show on the road, after months of anticipation, is so thick you could cut it with a knife. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0567-460x345.jpg" alt="Our team. From left, Jamie Johnson, JHMG guide Nate Opp, Jeff Johnson, me, JHMG guide Julia Niles, and Kathy Kloewer." title="IMG_0567" width="460" height="345" class="size-large wp-image-1852" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0567-460x345.jpg 460w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0567-225x168.jpg 225w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0567.jpg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px" /> Our team. From left, Jamie Johnson, JHMG guide Nate Opp, Jeff Johnson, me, JHMG guide Julia Niles, and Kathy Kloewer. Our guides from Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, Julia “Juice” Niles and Nate “Special” Opp, are waiting for us at the trailhead at 10 am sharp. Our rented backpacks are full, we are clean for the last time in a while, and have covered ourselves in sunblock. The first portion is a walk in the park. Nothing spectacular, pretty flat and mostly forested. We stop for our first break at 1.7 miles, taking our big, full backpacks off and drinking some water and snarfing a small snack. Then, we’re off again for another 1.25 miles that is beautiful and at a slight uphill grade. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN43151-460x340.jpg" alt="Still fresh and frolicking...about 2.5 miles into the hike to Corbet High Camp." title="DSCN4315" width="460" height="340" class="size-large wp-image-1847" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads…

A Recap of a GRAND Experience
type: item
creator: Shelli
date: 2009-08-05T22:56:52Z
subject: National Parks
subject: Travel & Tourism
subject: climbing
subject: expedition
subject: grand teton
subject: jackson
subject: jackson hole mountain guides
subject: mountaineering
subject: national park
subject: wyoming
description: (Click here for a pre-trip post I wrote.) I sit here today rested and showered, a little stiff and sore, and completely exhilarated. You see, yesterday I returned from my successful Grand Teton summit expedition. For some photos, click here. (BTW, thanks to Jason Kintzler and Brunton. Thanks to Brunton’s solar power and battery pack, […] The post A Recap of a GRAND Experience appeared first on Have Media Will Travel.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-1773" title="IMG_0519" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0519-168x225.jpg" alt="Packing my backpack on the front lawn of Jackson Hole Mountain Guides' office." width="168" height="225" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0519-168x225.jpg 168w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0519-345x460.jpg 345w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0519.jpg 960w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px" /> Packing my backpack on the front lawn of Jackson Hole Mountain Guides' office. (Click here for a pre-trip post I wrote.) I sit here today rested and showered, a little stiff and sore, and completely exhilarated. You see, yesterday I returned from my successful Grand Teton summit expedition. For some photos, click here. (BTW, thanks to Jason Kintzler and Brunton. Thanks to Brunton’s solar power and battery pack, I was able to keep my camera batteries are charged.) I think the best way to blog about my experience is to break it into days. Each of the expedition’s four days held enough hard work, stunning sights and accomplishments to warrant its own post. As it is, I’m a woman of too many words, and I think one gigantic post will be too much. Add to that, I’m still sorting through all the videos and the almost 1,000 combined photos our group took. So this post will be a general sum of the experience and provide a sneak preview of what will come over the next few days as individual journal entries for each day of the adventure. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-1774" title="DSCN4764_3" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN4764_3-460x345.jpg" alt="The majestic Grand Teton stands 13,770' tall and there's no easy way to its top." width="460" height="345" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCN4764_3-460x345.jpg 460w, https://www.havem…

Grand Teton Or Bust!
type: item
creator: Shelli
date: 2009-07-29T22:09:57Z
subject: National Parks
subject: Travel & Tourism
subject: climbing
subject: expedition
subject: grand teton
subject: jackson
subject: jackson hole mountain guides
subject: mountaineering
subject: national park
subject: wyoming
description: From Aug. 1-4, I’ll find myself on a guided expedition to summit the Grand Teton. I can’t believe it, and I can’t wait! The Grand Teton is a 13,770-foot-tall, rugged, beautiful peak in western Wyoming that I’ve looked at in awe many times. It is the tallest mountain in Grand Teton National Park, and the […] The post Grand Teton Or Bust! appeared first on Have Media Will Travel.
encoded: In early August, I will have my sights on the summit of the Grand Teton. From Aug. 1-4, Iâ€ ll find myself on a guided expedition to summit the Grand Teton. I canâ€ t believe it, and I canâ€ t wait! The Grand Teton is a 13,770-foot-tall, rugged, beautiful peak in western Wyoming that Iâ€ ve looked at in awe many times. It is the tallest mountain in Grand Teton National Park, and the second highest in Wyoming. It is one of the worldâ€ s most beautiful mountain peaks. Jackson Hole Mountain Guides will be guiding our expedition. Originally my husband, Jerry, was going to be along. It was to be Jerry, his brothers, Jamie and Jeff, and me. But Jerryâ€ s neck is not in good condition and has surgery scheduled in a few weeks and thought it wiser to give up his slot. Taking his spot is my dear friend Kathy Kloewer, also from Omaha. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0499-mg1-309x460.jpg" alt="The 13,770-feet-tall Grand Teton." title="IMG_0499-mg1" width="309" height="460" class="size-large wp-image-1599" srcset="https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0499-mg1-309x460.jpg 309w, https://www.havemediawilltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0499-mg1-151x225.jpg 151w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /> The 13,770-feet-tall Grand Teton. This is a pre-trip post to whet your appetite for the reporting Iâ€ ll provide about what is sure to be trip of a lifetime for us. OUR CAST OF CHARACTERS The headline for the two guys in our group could be Farm Boys Go Climbing. Jamie, 41, is 6â€ 3â€, 263 pounds. Jeff, 47, is 6â€ 3â€, 225 pounds. Jamie Johnson, of Omaha, younger brother of my husband, Jerry. So, in these guys I figure I have some strong farm boys who can carry me down – or up the mountain for that matter – if necessary. That said, I am a little concerned about whether there will be enough food provided on our trip to satisfy their appetites… Jeff Johnson, of Omaha, older brother of m…