During dinner, as the sun set, a tremendous sight; the outline of the summit shone onto the distant reaches of the horizon seemingly hundreds of miles away!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Post Summit
I know I don't look enthused, but its all love on the inside. I slept 1 hour the night before summit day. I didn't eat enough (my fault), drink enough(I'm an idiot) or sleep. I didn't sleep for an entirely different reason. One that invloves a nightmare from my first Mt Rainier attempt a few years earlier. BUT we summitted and it felt AWESOME!!!
Eastern View
Hotel AM
Packing it up
Departure
wild flowers
Mt Rainier from the Muir Snowfield
Snowfield
Abi
Muir Snowfield
Gearing up
Ascent
My feet at Camp Muir
Glacier
This is a picture looking towards the glacier we would ascend through multiple switchbacks to reach the summit. My tent sits in the foreground. Strong, but normal, winds whipped at the tent wall most of the night and occasionally you could hear the glacier creak and moan as it inched down the mountain.
Sunset
High Camp
Dinner
Our makeshift kitchen at high camp the evening before our successful summit. The campsite is at about 11,000 feet leaving just over 3,400 feet remaining. Melting snow for water and cooking is an essential part of mountaineering since it is such a readily available source. In the background Gary digs a snowcave of sorts to sleep in that night.
Crater moon view
Crater's Summit
Takeshi
Ambrose Bittner
Jwalant Gurung
Jwalant Gurung, a founder and key figure in the planning and successful completion of the inaugural year of the 3 Summits Benefit climbing series, continues to raise awareness and funding for his home country of Nepal, one peak at a time. Seen here standing on the summit of Mt Rainier in '06, you can see Mt. Adams over Jwalant's shoulder.
Abi Devan
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