Mount Rainier --- July 19 - July 21, 2004
On Monday, July 19, 2004, at approximately 12:45 pm, EEU, WCU, and I departed the Paradise Inn at 5400 MSL and began our journey towards the summit of Mount Rainier. Our plan was to climb to Camp Muir on day one, move to Ingraham Flats on day two, and summit on day three.
The beginning of the climb was sunny, although some clouds hung around the summit of the mountain. The weather turned foggy as we progressed up to Camp Muir, but cleared when we arrived at 6:00pm. The fog we ventured through to Camp Muir was the last we would see on our climb. The rest of the climb, from Camp Muir to the summit was greeted by clear skies and warm temparatures.
Here are some of the pictures we took along the way.
Steve Urbanski, August 5, 2004
001 Our RV at the parking
lot at Paradise
WCU is ready to climb
002 EEU just above the Paradise Inn
003 The summit enveloped by clouds from just above Paradise
004 Lower termini of glaciers jsut above Paradise
005 The trails below the glacier
The summit is in the background
006 Looking up at hikers with the summit above
007 The meadows above paradise at the lower
end of the glaciers
008 One of the many marmots along the trail
009 Climbers along the Skyline Trail
010 Another marmot
011 And, yet another marmot
012 Looking across the Paradise Inn to mountains
on the other side
013 Climbers crossing a lower glaciated portion
of the Skyline Trail
014 Climbers crossing a lower glaciated portion
of the Skyline Trail (Some are wearing shorts)
015 A look at the summit from about 7000 feet
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