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I had every intention of climbing Mt Rainier this Labor Day weekend but absolutely no expectation to. I say this because NOAA issued a winter storm morning that called for 1-2 feet of snow to be dumped above 7,000′ and high winds. With a forecast like that why would I even want to climb Rainier? The [...] This trip report may sound unduly harsh but if the saying “good judgment is the result of experience and experience is often the result of bad judgment” then this is a story of developing better judgment. I’ll apologize in advance for the length but even at over 2300 words it still does not encompass the [...] One of the many perks about living in Seattle is the proximity to big mountains. Last year when I climbed Rainier it was months of training, planning and praying for a good weather window. Now it’s “oh the weather is nice so lets go climb Rainier” and so I am. Yesterday I took someone up [...] Training for mountaineering and training for Rainier in particular is an expectations game. If you don’t know what to expect you fret over every little detail and want to make sure that your training regime is the “right” one for mountaineering. If you do know what to expect especially on a climb like the standard [...] Part II of my Mt Rainier climb up Disappointment Cleaver is really a completely separate trip report from Part I. Earlier in the week I missed the summit of Rainier because the altitude knocked my climbing partner on his ass. To add insult to injury, Mt Shuksan had repelled me due to sloppy snow conditions. [...] Cuil (pronounced COOL) has been getting a lot of press over the last day because it was founded by some hotshot ex-Google employees and what they are calling a Google killer. Yesterday was their first day online so I decided to check out what all the buzz was about. Wow, now this is where everyone points [...] I recently climbed Mt Rainier via the Disappointment Cleaver with a pair of REI Taku softshell pants and I have to say they absolutely rocked. I’ll admit that I was a little nervous about only taking softshell pants on Rainier. The mountain is known for strong winds and fierce weather after all and this was [...] I just got back from my nine day Pacific Northwest climbing trip. The first mountain on the agenda was Mt Rainier via Disappointment Cleaver. I envisioned this as a straight forward climb that would go fairly smoothly and for the most part it did and yet my attempt ended in failure. From North Carolina my climbing [...] ***updated – post trip I am heading to Mt Rainier to climb Disappointment Cleaver next week. Prepping for the trip I put together my Mt Rainier Gear List. Clothing |
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