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| jtostenr | Route Climbed: Dissapointment Cleaver Date Climbed: July 24, 2005  | |
| Three of us left at about midnight, so we ended up dealing with the RMI people all the way up. The weather was perfect this weekend and made this climb very enjoyable. We hit the summit at about 7AM, as we were taking it pretty easy. We headed back to camp for a nap and some food. The hike out treated us with visits from a marmot and quite a few friendly deer. The flowers were amazing. Looking forward to next year, maybe we'll try the Ingraham Direct. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2005 6:39 pm | ||
| SITKAVET | Route Climbed: DISSAPOINTMENT CLEAVER Date Climbed: JULY 18TH 19TH | |
| THE THREE HUNT BROTHERS JEFF,TOM,AND DAVID SUMMITED WITH RMI LEAD GUIDE BRENT OKITA, HIS 300TH SUMMIT. | ||
| Posted Jul 22, 2005 8:35 pm | ||
| fat_squirrel | Route Climbed: Emmons Glacier Date Climbed: July 17th, 2005 | |
| After an unnsuccesful summit attempt the day before (high winds at 12.5K), we left Emmons Flats among some 10-20 other teams at 1:30AM. Despite frequent traffic jams, we made good progress and reached the summit near 7:30AM. The most interesting obstacle of the route was the bergschrund near 13.5K. I suspect that the kick-step ladder-bridge would be gone within the next day or two, which would make for a long traverse over the saddle to the north from the established route. It was quite windy near the summit, so we opted to stay on snow (rime ice) and head southwest directly into the crater rather than for the summit hill. Just over the crest, large sections of warm, steaming soil were exposed and there was not wind, making for a great place to make some miso soup! We walked over to the summit, met some friends who ascended the DC route, took some pics, walked over to the summit register, packed up and headed down shortly after 10:00AM. Overall, a great climb and a great mountain. Would do it again any time! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 11:12 am | ||
| Guilty | Route Climbed: Day hike from Paradise (via D.C.) to top and back. Date Climbed: July15, 2005 | |
| The weather was sunny when I started late at 8am. After reaching Camp Muir, I was thinking of turning around with the high winds and storm clouds moving in. I decided to go until I felt it was to dangerous to climb, or the altitude gets to me. Towards the last 1/2 mile was the slowest, storm clouds rushing by so fast. The only way I was able to stay on my feet is having my ice axe stuck deep in the snow and attach to my harness. The last 100 yards was worst, I had crawl up to the summit ridge. Well, it took a long 7 hours to the summit. On the descent was worst, I felt the mountain wanted me now. It got worst. Finally the wind let up, and it started to snow. Then it was white-out conditions. It just became very bad condition to climb in. At Ingraham Flats two ranger where waiting for me in there tent. They where looking for another climber who climbs a lot without a solo permit. I'm glad I had mine. I hike the rest with one of the cute women ranger down to Paradise arriving at 7pm. Total time 11 hours. This is something I wouldn't do unless I had the experience from many years of mountain climbing in bad conditons. This is my third summit. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2005 11:18 pm | ||
| captainstokes | Route Climbed: Emmons Date Climbed: July 7, 2005 | |
| Rob O. and I packed our skis all the way to the summit, but the snow never softened up enough and we downclimbed all the way back to the Corridor before we could ski. And the skiing was terrible! death crust over slush. We saw the helicopters flying by - unknown to us at the time a rescue was taking place on the south side. | ||
| Posted Jul 15, 2005 2:08 pm | ||
| althegreek | Route Climbed: emmons(2003), disappointment(2002) Date Climbed: july 4 2003, august 2002 | |
| nice weather and great views both times. emmons was more of a slog though less crowded than dissapointment. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2005 6:33 pm | ||
| Goose | Route Climbed: Ingraham Direct Date Climbed: June 21, 2005 | |
| Our 5 man rope team (all but 1 had never done any mountianeering) made summit in 5 hours. As the first team up that day we had the pleasure of breaking trail and even had to re-route up a 15 foot near vertical face due to a crevasse. What a great day!!! | ||
| Posted Jun 23, 2005 4:21 pm | ||
| mtnsavy | Route Climbed: Kautz Glacier Date Climbed: Aug 1998 | |
| Afternoon sun sent several large ice avalanches through Camp Hazard. | ||
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 1:55 am | ||
| rblevins42 | Route Climbed: Ingraham Direct Date Climbed: June 15th, 2005 | |
| Fantastic Climb - Clear weather, extremely cold on the summit. We summitted in our down parkas. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2005 10:54 pm | ||
| Gorman | Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver Date Climbed: July 9, 2002 | |
| Picture perfect day for a summit. Blue skies as far as the eye could see. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2005 3:22 pm | ||
| alpine master | Route Climbed: Ingraham Direct Date Climbed: June 6 2005 | |
| Was part of Old Ickabod's team. His summit log is posted with detail a couple before mine. It was a much rougher day than I anticipated and very humling with the crevasse incident. Being dragged towards the crevasse was quite a rush, Wahoo!!! Our team did a good job pulling it together and reaching the summit. Thanks to my buddies for a great experience. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2005 11:37 am | ||
| Paul Burkholder | Route Climbed: Ingraham Glacier Direct Date Climbed: June 11, 2005 | |
| Our enthusiasm was curbed somewhat by the news that a fellow climber had died on our planned ascent route (Gib Ledges). Rest in peace Mike, and may your friends and family find comfort. We decided to do Ingraham instead. We found the going not technically difficult and route-finding was not a problem. However, it was physically strenuous (it is a big mountain). We reached the rim just after sun-rise expecting to be the only ones there, but a group of hardy Czechs were camped out in the crater! Thanks to my partners Al and Pat, with extra thanks to Ed, who did most of the planning and led the entire climb. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2005 8:45 pm | ||
| Old Ickabod | Route Climbed: Ingraham Direct Date Climbed: 6/6/05 | |
| Spectacular feeling to reach the summit! As I led through the Ingraham Icefall, a snowbridge I was crossing collapsed and I plunged 30 feet before being arrested by my two team members (dragging one of them 10 feet toward the crevasse). I sustained no physical injuries, but I was rocked emotionally. They hauled me up with spectacular leadership from the RMI Guides that came up behind us. My nerves were shot, but my commitment to the team was strong. We continued cautiously with Kevin Wright leading and we summited after 9 hours. We retraced our steps from 13,000 to Camp Muir in a whiteout. 13 hours roundtrip with two spectacular teammates. It was a true life changing experience, but I learned a lot on the trip. Rainier is now a huge part of my life. Special thanks to Kenny Hays who self arrested the moment he saw me disappear into the crevasse and to Kevin Wright for setting the anchor and assisting in the rescue just as quick! | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2005 6:40 pm | ||
| K_G_Wright | Route Climbed: Ingraham Direct Date Climbed: June 4 - 7, 2005 | |
| We successfully summitted; however, we had a couple near disasters including one crevasse rescue. Please see the trip report for details, and if you're considering this route this year, be hyper-vigilant and always ready for a crevasse rescue! | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2005 2:06 pm | ||
| tmmpeterson | Route Climbed: Disappoinment Cleaver Date Climbed: 7/24/04 | |
| Summited on a very busy day. Difficult to attend to bodily functions on summit, as stage fright overcame me. Some nuts camping in crater, selling soft drinks and programs. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2005 10:52 pm | ||
| sufferjoy | Route Climbed: Ingraham direct Date Climbed: May 28, 2005 | |
| Excellent weather: sun, almost no wind, warm, great visibility. Photo-report: http://public.fotki.com/ASK1/rainier_2005 May 26: ascent from Paradise to Camp Muir (~6-7 hrs) May 27: rest, play around May 28: ascent to the top (~13 hrs round-trip; ~9 hrs up, and ~4 hrs down; started ascent at 2am, summited by 11 am) May 29: rest, play, descent to Paradise Team: Dmitry Eremin, Lev Gorenshtein, Anton Karnoup, Polina Savchenko, Serguei Pachtchenko, Vitaly Autin, Sergey Mikhailov. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2005 10:28 am | ||
| kolbi2112 | Route Climbed: Ingraham Direct Date Climbed: May 30-31, 2005 | |
| Began at 1am from Muir under perfect conditions. Light snow at 3am turned to full blown blizzard conditions at about 5am (13,200') so we had to turn back. ID route was in great shape but is expected to fall apart in the next couple of weeks. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2005 3:59 pm | ||
| mt_daydream | Route Climbed: Gibraltar ledges Date Climbed: May 26-27, 2005 | |
| Andreas (from Switzerland) and I climbed the Gibraltar ledges on Friday. Had the mountain all to overselves with just one other team going up the ID route. We got lost below the Gib rock on the way up and wasted more than 1.5 hrs traversing some 55 degree snow and ice (and traversing all that hard parts back:). Got back on route and finished the technical part under perfect conditions. Andreas was feeling tired and hence we decided to turn back once we could access the gentle upper slopes. The ID route was way on the right side and there were a lot of crevasses in between. So we decided to go up all the way to the crater. At around 13,500 ft, we saw the wands on the ID route to our right, and traversed the glacier towards them. Headed down after a brief rest. ID was in great shape. I got fried by the sun (and altitude) on the way down and was quite happy to get to Camp Muir. Overall, a fun route under great conditions! | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 5:53 pm | ||
| mountaineer17 | Route Climbed: Kautz Glacier Date Climbed: June 19, 2004 | |
| other than having to dig into 45 degree slope to camp before the summit, it's pretty similar to Disappointment Cleaver route (except a bit more technical and a few more Ice Falls to cross under. | |
| Posted May 23, 2005 8:15 pm | ||
| edlins | Route Climbed: Liberty Ridge Date Climbed: May 11-14 | |
| summited Liberty Cap in a whiteout Friday May 13, 2005. trip report | |
| Posted May 16, 2005 5:51 pm | ||
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