Mt. Rainier (6/8/15 – 6/10/15)
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:29 am
I just got back from my trip up to the summit of Mt. Rainier. I made the climb with Alpine Ascents out of Seattle. We drove from Seattle to Paradise Inn (at 5400 feet) where we gathered our gear and headed up the trail to Camp Muir.
There were 8 clients and 4 guides. We slowly made our way up the trail to the Muir snowfield. This is a picture looking down at the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center.
We finally reached Camp Muir (10,188 feet) after several hours of climbing. There are several buildings at Camp Muir including this five star accommodation for the guide services.
These are the wooden bunks used by the clients for their first night on the mountain. This is a picture looking directly in the door of the guide shelter.
This is a shot of me standing outside of the guide shelter.
Here is a shot of Camp Muir, the Cowlitz Glacier, the Cowlitz Cleaver and the Beehive.
The guides also had set up and five star dining facility.
The gentleman sitting on the right is Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa. I’ll write more on him later.
The next day we climbed over the Cathedral Rocks to the High Camp on the Ingraham Glacier (over 11,000 feet).
This is looking up the Cowlitz Glacier and Disappointment Cleaver to our route the next morning.
Lhakpa is busy setting our dining facility for the day.
We awoke around midnight and set off on our summit climb. Two of the clients and one guide returned to high camp after making it above Disappointment Cleaver. The climb was in the dark so I waited to take pictures while climbing down from the summit.
This is a picture on the summit crater. This is the crescent moon over the Columbia Crest. The sun is just starting to rise over the horizon.
To be continued…
There were 8 clients and 4 guides. We slowly made our way up the trail to the Muir snowfield. This is a picture looking down at the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center.
We finally reached Camp Muir (10,188 feet) after several hours of climbing. There are several buildings at Camp Muir including this five star accommodation for the guide services.
These are the wooden bunks used by the clients for their first night on the mountain. This is a picture looking directly in the door of the guide shelter.
This is a shot of me standing outside of the guide shelter.
Here is a shot of Camp Muir, the Cowlitz Glacier, the Cowlitz Cleaver and the Beehive.
The guides also had set up and five star dining facility.
The gentleman sitting on the right is Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa. I’ll write more on him later.
The next day we climbed over the Cathedral Rocks to the High Camp on the Ingraham Glacier (over 11,000 feet).
This is looking up the Cowlitz Glacier and Disappointment Cleaver to our route the next morning.
Lhakpa is busy setting our dining facility for the day.
We awoke around midnight and set off on our summit climb. Two of the clients and one guide returned to high camp after making it above Disappointment Cleaver. The climb was in the dark so I waited to take pictures while climbing down from the summit.
This is a picture on the summit crater. This is the crescent moon over the Columbia Crest. The sun is just starting to rise over the horizon.
To be continued…