WA Rainier #2! (mid May 2021)

To be updated. We summited Mt. Rainier again! Went with M, B, L, and Ana. It was a perfect sunny weather with no wind for the whole week! This was an expedition seminar, so we learned a lot of skills including crevasse rescue, ice climbing in a crevasse, ascender/rappel use, ice crampon use etc etc….
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OR Mt Hood Tilly Jane (mid March 2021)

To be updated. Learned back country skiing! Rented skis and skins from Ascent Outdoor. Went with B, L, N, W, and M. Hiked up ~3 miles with a big backpack. Melted a lot of snow on the snow stove. Drove and hiked up on Day 1, 1 run from the shed, 1 run from the…
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WA Olympic Peninsula (Late summer 2020)

(To be updated) We were going to bike to Yakima but instead, we biked around the Olympic Peninsula. Camped in the mountains for 2 nights, on the beach for 1 night, stayed at a cabin for 2 nights, at a hotel for 1 night. Took a ferry to Bremerton and from Clinton. Rained a bit.

WA: Mt. Rainier Part III Climbing

We spent the next two and half days on the mountain. Left Ashford around 8:30AM on Sunday and got back to Ashford around 2PM on Tuesday. You can see the itinerary here. We were in the 5 day summit club, which meant we climbed to Camp Muir on the first day, climbed to/from Ingraham Flats…
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WA: Mt. Rainier Part II Training

Day 2 is a training day. It happens about half a mile up from the parking lot in Paradise. We learned how to walk up and down on mountaineering boots and boots with crampons, self-arrest using an ice ax, rope-travel with other people, and team arrest. The class was about 3-4 hours. We also learned…
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WA: Mt. Rainier Part I Preparation

Mako and I climbed Mt. Rainier on May 1 with RMI Expeditions! Gear RMI has a gear list for each trip. We bought some gear earlier this year for classes with The Mountaineers and for climbing Mt. St Helens. For the Rainier climb, we rented from The Whittaker Mountaineering a harness, helmet, crampons, avalanche transceiver,…
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CA: Mt. Wilson

14 miles/5334ft. I didn’t realize that LA had so many great hiking trails right outside the city! There are many trails going up to Mt. Wilson Observatory. I went up from Mt. Wilson Trailhead. This is a very well-maintained trail and it took me 5 hours from the trailhead to trailhead. I read that it’s…
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