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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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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(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.
TO BE UPDATED. Biked from Seattle to Ipsut Creek. Camped there for 3 nights. Hiked on several trails from the Ipsut Creek Trail. M wrote a report on WTA.
When we moved to Palo Alto, we took a train down. As we neared Palo Alto, I asked M, “do you want to move back to Seattle on bike?” and his answer was, of course, yes! We biked a lot and enjoyed all the rides the bay area offered. Palo Alto was perfect since the…
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This is what we planned: And this is what actually happened: Forest fire started the day before we had planned to head to Cougar Hot Springs, so we had to follow an alternate plan. I’ll write more soon! UPDATED on 2020-05-19 I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I said “I’ll write more…
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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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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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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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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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