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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
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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:
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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.
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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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