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Mount Rainier Climb 2008

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There was this notion about climbing this 14,410 ft glaciated peak, Mount Rainier, WA. Pat, Dave and I attempted it in July 2008. Although not an epic, the trip was... interesting.
  • Sneak peak of Rainier summit

  • Actually too much food

  • Packing the essentials, your doin it wrong

  • Pat with pack

  • End of maintained trail

  • First view of inter glacier

  • Deploy crampons

  • Ascending

  • Icefield

  • Clouds rolling in

  • Clouds

  • Group heading down

  • MP & Dave setting out

  • Today will be overcast

  • Dave

  • Crevasses and Little Tahoma

  • Crevasse

  • The guys

  • Trio

  • Dave switchbacking down

  • Dave back on snow

  • Crevasse and Camp Schurman

  • Glacier snow

  • Snowbridges

  • Ranger hut in fog

  • Checking out other camp

  • More ice axe work

  • Snowy stuff in vestibule

  • Other party

  • Steamboat Prow

  • Our tent

  • Tent plus Little Tahoma

  • Camp Schurman hut

  • Pat & big snowblock

  • Party ascending

  • View of Schurman

  • Flamingoes!

  • Summit vaguely visible on left

  • Collecting water

  • Crevasse

  • Cloud coming up

  • View from tent

  • Remnants of sunset

  • Slogging on inter glacier

  • Rise and shine... so this is where we are!

  • Orange cloud

  • Stiches closeup

  • Back up first headwall

  • Crap visibility

  • Looks fine this way

  • Dave in foggy tent back at Camp Schurman

  • MP's tent

  • Hey...it's US. We're BACK

  • Back at car

  • Gear plus Pat futzing

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