Mount Rainier-Disappointment Cleaver, June 2011

Mount Rainier-Disappointment Cleaver, June 2011

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Photos of Rainier and the Disappointment Cleaver route:

Mount Rainier-Collossus of the Cascade range.
Mount Rainier

Photos of Mount Rainier taken during a June 2011 ascent of the Disappointment Cleaver route i did with a couple freinds. We ascended to Camp Muir late in the day and got into our tent around 2 AM, just as the guided parties were leaving for the summit. We left for the summit around 5 AM, and after a ridiculous, miserable struggle(we were all completly out of shape at the time) we made it to the top. On the descent we had a breif whiteout, but later had a beauteful cloud deck below us. Unfortunatly I was so exhausted at the time, that I was blind to the world. I hope to climb Rainier again when I am in better physical condition, I assume it would be much more enjoyable.

Mount Adams seen from the base of Mt Rainier
Mount Adams seen from low on Mount Rainier.
Mt Rainier-Stormy weather on the way to Camp Muir.
Mount Rainier looking menacing, on the approach to Camp Muir.

Mount Saint Helens seen from the Disappointment Cleaver route of Mount Rainier
Mount Saint Helens visible, just above Camp Muir, at dawn.
Sunrise behind Little Tahoma Peak.
Sunrise behind Little Tahoma Peak.

Snacking on the Dissapointment Cleaver route
Snacking on the Dissapointment Cleaver route
Blood red sunrise behind Little Tahoma Peak-Disappointment Cleaver route of Mount Rainier
Blood red sunrise behind Little Tahoma Peak

Passing the high camp on the Dissappointment Cleaver route of Mount Rainier
Passing the high camp on the Dissappointment Cleaver route
Fixed rope on the way up the DC
The most exposed part of the Disappointment Cleaver route

JD and I reaching the top of Mount Rainier
JD(left) and myself(right) reaching the crater rim at the top of Mount Rainier
The summit crater rim of Mount Rainier
View from the crater rim of Mount Rainier


Exhasted and beaten at the summit of Mount Rainier
JD Sacklin and myself staggering up the final few feet of Mount Rainier.
View from the summit of Mount Rainier
View from the summit of Mount Rainier

A ocean of clouds on Mt Rainier
Cloud deck beneath Camp Muir on the way home.
Mighty Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier, seen from the descent from Camp Muir.



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