Devil's Tower -- The "Classic" Durrance route, Jul '00
Mt. St. Helens -- The "Standard" Monitor Ridge route, Aug '00
Mt. Rainier -- Training climb to Ingraham Glacier, May '01
Mt. Rainier -- Tahoma Glacier route, Jul '01
MT. RAINIER -- TRAINING CLIMB TO INGRAHAM GLACIER, MAY '01
This shot was taken on a beautiful May day from the "tourist trap" of Paradise. Paradise is the starting point for many climbs including the standard guide route to Camp Muir at 10,188 ft. This is the route we would take for a little, one day training exercise to the middle of Ingraham Glacier at around 11,200 ft. Great day for a climb!
Great pose at
6,800 ft. (Panorama Point) with Mt. Adams in the far distance. Shorts could be
worn on this fine day, but higher up it would get a little to cool for shorts.
Sunscreen is a must. Bad burns can happen rather quickly because the sun's rays
come at you at all angles when it reflects off the snow. In your nostriles and
on the roof of your mouth (if you breath with your mouth wide open) are places
where burns occur that you don't think about.
This shot was taken around Anvil Rock (9,584 ft.). It shows the upper
Nisqually Glacier, which flows down the mountain at a rate of 23 inches per day
(amazing if you think about it). The giant Gibraltar Rock (12,660 ft.) is to
the right in the picture. Camp Muir is located below and to the right of
Gibralter Rock. If you look back at the first picture, you'll be able to point
out Gibralter Rock and the Nisqually Glacier to the
right.
This is the famous Camp Muir. The route through Camp Muir to the summit is, as mentioned before, the standard guide route. You would have to pay a pretty penny to be dragged, I mean, guided up Rainier. The snow to the right is where the "real" climbers pitch their tents. The huts in the middle are for those who wear skirts while climbing. :o)~
Enough wise cracks . . . take me back to the top
This is a great shot of the soutwest face of Little Tahoma from Ingraham Glacier at around 11,000 ft. Notice the huge crevasses at the bottom of the picture. They were incredible up close.
I panned to the left, from the shot before, to take a better picture of some crevasses. Some of these were 15-20 ft. wide and so deep that all you could see was black. You kinda don't wanna fall in these.
We made it back down safely and it turned out to be an excellent
training day. I was a tad dehydrated though and had to hurl, but felt fine
after. The sign to the right is a sign that is next to the Longmire Ranger
Station. You pass it on your way up to Paradise (where the training route we
took begins). It wasn't taken on this trip, but wanted to include it because it
is such a fitting and ironic sign. So what does this make
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