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The Ascent, Live

Rob Neal & Mike Turner  ·  Mount Adams, 12,276 ft  ·  South Spur Route  ·  June 4, 2026

Our entire philosophy is the climb. This June, you can watch it for real — every stage of The Ascent, tracked from the mountain by satellite.

Gear's packed. Route's mapped. The climb begins soon.

Summited — 12,276 ft.
Safely down. Thank you for being on the rope team.
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Climb Begins In

South Spur — 5,600 ft to 12,276 ft

The whole climb at a glance. The four waypoints are the stages of The Ascent; the gold dot is the rope team’s live position on the mountain.

7,000' 9,000' 11,000' I 5,600' II 9,000' III 11,500' IV 12,276'

I Cold Springs  ·  II Lunch Counter  ·  III Piker’s Peak  ·  IV True Summit

Watch the climb in 3D →

6,676'
Vertical Gain
Trailhead to true summit
~11 mi
Round Trip
Cold Springs & back
Class 2+
South Spur
Snow climb — axe & crampons
Pre-dawn
Summit Push
Alpine start, June 4

The Ascent

The same four stages we walk with every client — here, on a real mountain. Markers light as Rob & Mike reach them.

I

Base Camp

Discovery
Cold Springs Trailhead · 5,600 ft — the approach begins
II

Map the Route

Strategy
Lunch Counter · 9,000 ft — where every climber plans the summit push
III

The Ascent

Execution
Piker's Peak · 11,500 ft — the South Spur headwall, where the work happens
IV

The Summit

Results
True Summit · 12,276 ft — the view from the top changes everything

Live Check-ins

No check-ins yet — updates will land here, straight from the inReach on the mountain.

Where Rob & Mike Are, Right Now

Real satellite breadcrumbs from a Garmin inReach — no cell signal required on the mountain.

The live map opens once tracking is enabled.

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Bring a rope team

Two climbers, one rope team

Mount Adams isn’t a solo climb. Rob Neal and Mike Turner have roped up together for years — including two summits of Mount Shasta — long before they were business partners. On June 4, they tie in again.

Rob Neal

Founder, Summit Labs

Rob founded Summit Labs and built this platform. On Client Check — the product he and Mike build together — Rob develops the intelligence and the technology.

Mike Turner

Owner, Greater Oak Contracting · Athens, GA

Mike owns Greater Oak Contracting in Athens, Georgia. He drove the concept and the real-world requirements behind Client Check, grounded in the day-to-day of running a contracting business.

Summit Labs and this site are Rob’s. Client Check is the two of them together — Mike’s field, Rob’s build.

"The Ascent isn't just how we work. It's how we live."

Summit Labs runs every client engagement like a climb — Base Camp, Map the Route, The Ascent, The Summit. Same discipline, real mountain.

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