Rainier Mountain Festival

Joe Horiskey

Co-owner and director of RMI Mount McKinley Expeditions in Alaska. Joe has been a guide with Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. since 1968, when he was hired at age seventeen. Thirty-eight years, and 235 successful summits later, Joe's passion and enthusiasm for climbing Mount Rainier has not waned. Since venturing north in 1972 when his party attempted 20,320' Mount McKinley, expedition climbing in Alaska has been his second favorite mountaineering destination. Over the years Joe has led 23 Mount McKinley expeditions. Some of his responsibilities at RMI include overseeing the numerous organizational details of our Denali (Mount McKinley) trips, as well as guiding on The Mountain. In 1982 Joe was a team member of the China-Everest North Wall expedition led by Lou Whittaker, and reached an elevation of 25,000'. Joe lives outside of Eatonville, Washington, with his wife, Marjorie, and their two children.

Lou Whittaker

Ed Viesturs

Dave Hahn

Melissa Arnot

Casey Grom

Seth Waterfall

Jake Norton

Tap Richards

Adam George

Craig Van Hoy