Mt Rainier: Summit Climb via DC (August 98)
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View of Mt Rainier from Paradise
A Sea of Clouds below Camp Muir
Camp Muir Pinnacle
Looking Up at Gibraltar Rock
The Climbing Route to Cathedral Gap
Dawn in the Summit Crater
View Across the Summit Crater
Liberty Cap from the Crater Rim
Looking Down on Grand Park
The Final Steps to the Summit
Self-Portrait on the Summit
View of St Helens from the Summit
View of the Crater from the Summit
Descending the Upper Ingraham Glacier
Overhanging Serac
Panorama of the Ingraham Glacier
Traversing Below the Cleaver
Crevasse on the Ingraham Glacier
Camp Muir from Cathedral Gap
The Three Summits of Mt Rainier
To get away from the hordes of climbers and day-trippers at Muir, we had set up our tents on the upper part of the Cowlitz Glacier, about 100 ft uphill from the main camp. Hidden behind a snow ridge, we enjoyed relative peace and quiet at this location. Looking east, we see the stone Public Shelter and solar outhouses of Camp Muir, surrounded by the tents of climbers. Above camp is the rock pinnacle of Point 10188, with the Cowlitz Glacier descending off to the left and the top of the Muir Snowfield at right.
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