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Note 44.423 MOUNT-L 423 of 517 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 65 lines 29-AUG-1994 09:56 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 65 lines 29-AUG-1994 09:56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subj: Re: Mt. Rainier Date: 26-Aug-1994 Posted-date: 26-Aug-1994 > else on my rope had too!! It is a two day climb. Base camp is it 10,500 ft in > a stone cabin. You leave at 2 am the next day. BE IN SHAPE!! I always forget when I tell people how easy most climbs are for me than I am in EXCELLENT SHAPE and maintain it ALL THE TIME! I found Rainier easy this July even though I hauled a 90 lbs pack to Camp Muir at 10000 feet from Paradise. I even hauled a 25 lbs pack to the summit. I posted this before: --------------------------------------------------------------------- After returning to Seattle, I had extra time so I went to Mt. Rainier. I couldn't get any of my Logan cohorts to go, so I went solo to camp Muir to hook up with some others for the glacier travel. I hooked up with 2 other climbers but they bailed at 13000 feet when one of them was too exhausted to continue. I opted to continue solo since the glacier snow bridge hazard was minimal and was certainly less of a problem than being pulled over a cliff below a steep snow climb by someone you might be roped to. I easily made the summit and for 45 minutes I had the whole crater to myself with perfectly clear skies and a strong 30 MPH wind. Rainier truely is a beautiful mountain, it's just too bad that the high traffic makes climbing it a zoo for many. Since I went on a weekday, and I got ahead of all the other groups that morning, the typical weekend frenzy was not my experience at all. In fact, for almost 2 hours I saw no one at all, until the guided group showed up (about 15 people). I was surprised though, that there really was almost no visible signs of the high traffic execpt for the very beaten down path, wands, and something else unpleasant lurking frozen near a rock in the crater. Someone didn't blue bag it! I was very glad I went to Rainier. Even though it was only a 33 hour trip from car to car and wasn't technical in rock snow, or ice (except for glacier travel), it was a very nice 9000 foot climb to the summit at 14400. I still haven't figured out why I took 90 lbs to camp Muir. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, I can't even imagine mountaineering without being in excellent aerobic shape. On Rainier I was in no hurry at all. In fact I wanted to do some "mellow" mountaineering after 18 days on Mt. Logan in Canada. So I took frequent breaks and just sat down to enjoy the view, watch the other climbers move like little ants on the glacier, and meditate in my solitude on such a magnificent mountain. Also, I got only 3 hours of sleep at Muir because of a loud group that came in at 6:00 PM and then wanted bunk space at 9:00 PM. When I got back to Paradise I had plenty of energy, so I drove to a freind's parent's house in Buckley, WA to shower, have dinner, and fill them in on how nice Rainier was to climb. I even spent over 2 hours on the way down talking to other climbers/hikers/skiers. I would talk for 5 or 10 minutes and then finally put my backpack in the snow. It wasn't until after the climb that I weighed the pack and found out I hauled 90 lbs up. It's funny though, that I never considered the lack of facilities or the height of the climb to be any problem at all. Hell, I found the bunk space at Muir very nice and I came prepared to bivy outside. I guess my standards for mountaineering are a bit extreme compared with a average mountaineer, but believe me I don't hold a candle to the really hard core climbers. Willie Hunt
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