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3
Sep 10

Top of the State: Mt Rainier

Mount Rainier stands 14,410ft above sea-level. It’s the tallest moun­tain in Wash­ing­ton, and it’s no won­der why peo­ple are drawn to it. On this climb we reached the sum­mit before sun­rise - still see­ing the lights of Seat­tle, Port­land, and the dark shades of the coast­line. We were first on the sum­mit that day. It was a bit chilly in the pre-dawn, but beau­ti­ful. Yearn­ing for warmth, we waited for the sun to start it’s sleepy jour­ney up into the hori­zon. See­ing the sun­rise from the top of the state was one of the high­lights of my summer. 

Sun­rise on Mount Rainier

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7
Aug 10

Weather Happens

June often brings the start of the moun­taineer­ing sea­son. This sea­son, how­ever, Moun­taineers were met with white­outs, winds, and pre­cip. It was enough to make many climb groups can­cel their climbs. 

Being con­ser­v­a­tive in the moun­tains is smart … Being too con­ser­v­a­tive might mean you will rarely climb in the Pacific North­west. No mat­ter the beta you get, noth­ing beats first hand expe­ri­ence. Fore­casts & con­di­tion reports are gen­er­al­ized. Beta is often days old. If con­di­tions do not exceed the group’s expe­ri­ence, it’s worth get­ting on the moun­tain and check­ing con­di­tions your­self. You will notice that most guide com­pa­nies rarely will can­cel their trips. There is always some­thing you can learn. If noth­ing else, play­ing on the lower parts of the moun­tain is one more expe­ri­ence under your belt. Chal­leng­ing weather is often the best learn­ing tool… Get out there, prac­tice skills, and make the most of it!

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2
Aug 10

The photo backlog

One of the down­sides of spend­ing most of my free time out­doors is the photo back­log piles up quickly. Seri­ously, I do no know how all the guides have time to be in the field AND write blog posts. Well, I guess they also don’t have a desk job. Hmm.… well, any­way, I finally took a week­end off and decided to start work­ing through some of the back­log from this spring. Feels good to finally get some of this posted… though you don’t want to know about how deep the video back­log is. Next post will be on some more recent trips this summer.

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