Pictures for Day 4 of:
Mountaineering Trip Report
7-21-08
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
Billy up at 11pm to get ready for travel to the summit.
Joel.
Mitch.
Luke.
Ron.
We left camp at 1:30am with a temperature of 20°F.
Luke, a little sleepy eyed and not enjoying the cold as we start the trail.
Glad we marked them yesterday.
Crevasses are not as easy to spot in the dark.
Glad we marked them yesterday.
Crevasses are not as easy to spot in the dark.
Joel and Ron.
Break time on the cleaver.
Ronnie.
Dan.
Luke.
Mitch.
Billy, hands out.
Joel, Luke, and Dan.
We started seeing a little more as the sun began to come up.
Looking down at Joel and Ron.
Looking up at Dan.
Looking down again.
Looking up at Luke and Dan.
The sun rise was an awesome contrast to the steep snow we were traveling up.
Joel and Ron.
Joel, Luke and Dan.
Another great view of sun rise against our route.
Crevasse.
Dan.
Joel and Ron.
Looking down on Little Tahoma Peak and the glacier next to it with all the crevasses.
Beautiful Sunrise.
Joel.
Scenery.
Dan.
Joel and Ron.
It is starting to look a bit arctic.
Joel, Luke and Dan.
Looking down.
Video during a fast break on the way up to the crater.
We are at just over 13k feet and it's georgeous.
Scenery.
Joel, Luke and Dan.
Looking over a set of crevasses we have to cross.
Joel.
Boot for size reference.
Luke, Joel and Dan.
Ron.
Luke.
Dan going up a slope with a crevasse on each side.
Luke following Dan up the slope.
Joel ready to start up the slope and Ron waiting in the back.
Joel ready to start up the slope and Ron waiting in the back.
Joel and Ron.
Mount St. Helens. You can see the part that blew out when it erupted.
Another great view down.
Joel, Luke and Dan heading up as another team comes down.
Joel, Luke and Dan.
Dan.
We know we are close to the top since we are seeing more rock.
Ron, Joel and Dan at the eastern edge of the crater.
Joel, Luke and Dan at the eastern edge of the crater.
Luke, pissing on the top of an active volcano.
Looking across the crater toward the the summit, Columbia Crest.
Looking toward a couple steam vents along the crater rim.
Dan and Luke went into one to check it out.
Dan playing with an ice bridge.
Ice bridge.
Hard to see in the picture but there was a fair amount of steam comming from the area.
The flash went off while taking a picture in the steam vent.
That showed the steam but you can't see anything else.
Luke's feet dangling over a ledge that goes down about 50 feet before it curves further under the snow.
We were already about 15 feet under the surface of the snow.
Dan and Luke in the steam vent.
Video of a look in one of the steam vents as Luke and Dan coming out.
Look around the area from the eastern edge of the crater.
Ron had to doctor a blister on his heel.
Chilling at the craters edge while we wait for the Southern Boy team to come up.
Dan napping.
Joel in the crater.
Look around from the center of the crater.
Joel, Luke (arms out) and Dan going across the crater. It felt like we were on the moon.
Ronnie, Mitch and Billy coming to the edge of the crater.
Dan coming o0ut on the other side of the crater.
Joel.
Ronnie almost to the crater.
Luke checking out the sun cups.
Billy, Mitch and Ronnie at the eastern edge of the crater.
Luke signing the log book.
Another set of people crossing the crater.
Dan and Luke went to another high point to take this picture of the summit, Columbia Crest.
The southern boys crossing the crater.
Dan and his brother Joel on the summit of rainier, Columbia Crest.
Luke on the summit of rainier, Columbia Crest.
A clear view down on the other side of the mountain.
Playing Dead.
All 7 of us on Columbia Crest!!
Ron on Columbia Crest.
Dan on Columbia Crest.
Video of our gang on Columbia Crest.
Starting back across the crater to head back down.
Looking back across the crater.
Starting back down from the crater's edge.
It was a nice 4+ hours. 62°F no wind and few clouds.
Joel and Ron.
A ladder was placed over a crevasse while we were on the summit.
Ron is crossing it.
The ladder with boards on it.
Luke on the ladder posing for a picture.
Luke enjoying the moment.
Ron.
Ron's boot by a crevasse.
Crevasse.
Crevasse.
Dan.
Scenery.
Looking down at Little Tahoma Peak with
Ingraham Glacier on the right of it and the Emmons Glacier on the left of it.
Scenery.
Joel and Ron.
Crevasse.
Crevasse.
Looking down.
Joel.
Luke.
Ron's boot by a crevasse.
Luke's ice axe by a crevasse.
Dan.
Crevasse.
Joel and Ron.
Joel and Ron.
Joel, Luke and Dan.
A closer look at the sun cups.
Ron.
Looking up.
The top of Gibraltar Rock.
Ron.
Looking past some sun cups to the Ingraham Flats area.
The Ingraham Flats camp area is on the flat spot of snow in the upper right of the picture.
Back on the top of Disappointment Cleaver.
Looking over the Ingraham Glacier.
Joel, Luke, and Dan on the cleaver.
Crevasses.
Back on the Ingraham Flats area.
Looking at Dan over Luke's Shoulder.
Looking across the crevassed area toward camp.
Joel.
Looking back up at the southern boys coming home late.
Ronnie, Mitch and Billy make it back to camp a few hours after the rest of us did.
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