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DigitalQuixote > On the shoulder of Mt Rainier is Little Tahoma. My daughter has climbed it and tells of a treacherous climb with lots of broken and falling rock. Helmets are the order of the day, for sure. Mt Rainier gets all the press, and it's well deserved, but I like this little peak, too.
DigitalQuixote > The ridge in the foreground is about a mile from where I'm standing. The mountain beyond is about 3 miles. But to get to the mountain proper from the ridge, you'd have to descend a few thousand feet and ascend again on the other side. This is not the preferred route to the summit.
DigitalQuixote > The glaciers of Mt Rainier are stunningly rugged. Crevasse filled late in the season with soft and crumbling ice late in the day. This is dangerous if you don't know very well what you're doing.
DigitalQuixote > On the shoulder of Mt Rainier is Little Tahoma. My daughter has climbed it and tells of a treacherous climb with lots of broken and falling rock. Helmets are the order of the day, for sure. Mt Rainier gets all the press, and it's well deserved, but I like this little peak, too.
DigitalQuixote > The glaciers of Mt Rainier are stunningly rugged. Crevasse filled late in the season with soft and crumbling ice late in the day. This is dangerous if you don't know very well what you're doing.
DigitalQuixote > The glaciers of Mt Rainier are stunningly rugged. Crevasse filled late in the season with soft and crumbling ice late in the day. This is dangerous if you don't know very well what you're doing.
DigitalQuixote > The glaciers of Mt Rainier are stunningly rugged. Crevasse filled late in the season with soft and crumbling ice late in the day. This is dangerous if you don't know very well what you're doing.
DigitalQuixote > Closer still. By now I'm about 2 miles into my hike. I am beginning to appreciate how rugged and "messy" a glacier really is. The climbers are beginning to pass me on the trail. On the first day, they climb to Camp Muir and sleep in a climbers' hut. They awake around midnight and ascend to the summit while the glacier ice is frozen and hard. When the sun rises, it warms up, and the ice gets too soft for a safe ascent. A day and a half to the summit, and half a day for the return.
DigitalQuixote > This was taken from a point about a mile up the Skyline trail. From here you can begin to appreciate the ruggedness of the mountain and its glaciers. Lots of folks climb Rainier's 14,410 feet each year. It's a two-day climb and my daughter, who's done it a couple of times claims it's HARD!
On the shoulder of Mt Rainier is Little Tahoma. My daughter has climbed it and tells of a treacherous climb with lots of broken and falling rock. Helmets are the order of the day, for sure. Mt Rainier gets all the press, and it's well deserved, but I like this little peak, too.
DigitalQuixote > On the shoulder of Mt Rainier is Little Tahoma. My daughter has climbed it and tells of a treacherous climb with lots of broken and falling rock. Helmets are the order of the day, for sure. Mt Rainier gets all the press, and it's well deserved, but I like this little peak, too.
On the shoulder of Mt Rainier is Little Tahoma. My daughter has climbed it and tells of a treacherous climb with lots of broken and falling rock. Helmets are the order of the day, for sure. Mt Rainier gets all the press, and it's well deserved, but I like this little peak, too.
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