Posts from the ‘Blog’ Category

  • Lobuche

    Pizza Party at Papas on Monday. Experience the Everest Region!

    February 9th, 2012 | REI, On the Verge, Nepal, | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    You are invited to join our 2013 Everest Trek and climb of Lobuche East. Meet expedition members from years past and see pictures of the beautiful Himalayas. 50% of all food purchased for the evening goes to benefit the expedition and help with our humanitarian work in Kumari (pick up a certificate from us  before [...]

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  • Island Peak

    On The Verge Showings in Tigard and Clackamas

    February 3rd, 2012 | REI, On the Verge, Nepal, | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    Experience an MLI Himalayan expedition as we mount a successful attempt of 20,305′ Island Peak. The film documents the dire need for health care in Nepal and the point is driven home when one of our own teammates becomes critically ill at 20,000′. A swift and efficient rescue must be launched to save her life. [...]

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  • Mark Smith on Wings of Steel

    Wings of Steel Slide Show by Big Wall Climber Mark Smith

    November 15th, 2011 | Blog | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Big wall climber, Mark Smith, presents a slideshow of  his route, Wings of Steel, the most controversial climb on El Cap. Journey back to 1982 and experience sabotage, starvation and slander as they put up arguably the hardest aid route on El Cap. The climb, trashed by locals as being a “bolt ladder” proved [...]

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  • MLI volunteers cleaning routes

    MLI Route Setting Day

    November 4th, 2011 | Blog | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    On Sunday, October 24, MLI volunteers scrubbed, drilled and brushed clean four new routes on our “private reserve” climbing area near Smith Rock State Park. The most spectacular line runs up the spine of a free standing column then steps across a void to end thirty feet up at a set of anchors. From here [...]

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  • Shoshon Tama-Sweet

    MLI Board Chair Featured in Christianity Today

    November 2nd, 2011 | Blog | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    Shoshon Tama-Sweet, current Board Chair of MLI, is featured on the cover of Christianity Today. The article highlights his work fighting human trafficking in Oregon and working to provide a safer environment for our young people to grow up in. Check out the full article Here.

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  • Washington

    Fire Season for MLI Partners

    September 4th, 2011 | Blog | Les Zollbrecht | 1 Comment

    Our family was just evacuation from Big Lake Youth Camp due to the Shadow Lake Fire burning just a few miles away near Mt. Washington. MLI has often partnered with BLYC and this weekend Les was helping out with a family camp. All told, nearly 500 people were evacuated from the Big Lake area on [...]

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  • Mount Daniel

    Adult Mountaineering Course

    August 9th, 2011 | REI, On the Verge, Nepal, | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    If you have ever wanted to learn the secrets of mountaineering, or just hone your skills while developing great friendships, then join us this September for a weekend adventure to Mount Daniel. On this beautiful climb, you will learn the essentials of ice ax use, non-glacial snow travel, camp craft and how to thrive as [...]

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  • North Ridge

    Snow School!

    June 22nd, 2011 | Blog | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    Escape the city and come embrace the snow and ice of the mountain. Enjoy this one day skills class covering the basics of ice axe and crampon usage, roped travel and crevasse rescue.

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  • Tent Peak Friendship Expedition Returns

    Tent Peak Friendship Expedition Returns

    June 1st, 2011 | Homesliderfeature, REI, On the Verge, Nepal, | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    After a month of work, travel and adventure in Nepal. The expedition has concluded. The team returned in high spirits having enjoyed the incredible views of Annapurna Base camp and the two week trek to get there. The attempt to climb Tent Peak was thwarted by deep snow and high avalanche risk. The high point [...]

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  • MLI LOGO

    Nepal Arrival

    March 19th, 2011 | Blog, Homesliderfeature | Les Zollbrecht | No Comments

    After one of the longest non-stop flights in the world (18hrs) the team made it into the beautiful airport of Bankok, then proceeded along the Himalayan giants to our destination of Kathmandu, Nepal.  At the airport we were met with warm greetings and marigold leis from the Independent Trekking Guides team, Jagat Lama and Chet [...]

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