Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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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 ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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 ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
On my last post I felt bad that I couldn't give a good description of the Fisher Chimney route on Mt Shuksan so I went searching for a bit and found this awesome video. Congrats to them for summitting.
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=XNEenbF0dG4
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
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I would like to be able to say that I have climbed the Fisher Chimney route on Mt Shuksan. Unfortunately I have not. The mountain said no and I listened.
What I did do though is go all the way to the base of the Fisher Chimney and I'll tell you ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
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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 ...
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