Mt. Adams 3 days before Mt. Rainier, Too much?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:16 am
I just signed up for a Mt. Rainier DC climb with IMG for next August 2012. Our climb in Tues-Friday. On Tuesday we meet at IMG at 2pm to do a gear check and meetings. Wednesday-Friday are the actual climb. We plan to fly into Seattle on Saturday, which would give us Sat-Mon and half a day Tuesday of free time. We want to get in one more climb BEFORE Mt. Rainier. To me, Sunday seems like the best day for this. We would have Monday & Tuesday to rest since Tuesday is gear check and meetings. One idea was the south spur route on Mt. Adams. We want to do it in one day since we won't have any overnight gear besides a sleeping bag. Do you guys think this is too big of a mountain to hit 3 days before we hike Rainier? We want to do something to move and stretch our legs a bit before the big show. If not Adams, do you guys have any recommendations for something we can do before Rainier? We are coming from NY and thought Adams would help acclimatize a bit.