Mount Rainier Climber's Log

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endo.the.timber

endo.the.timber - Mar 12, 2015 11:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2013

my 1st summit  Sucess!

DC route guided by RMI. My 1st summit on a major peak

Flaaendue

Flaaendue - Jan 16, 2015 11:41 am Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011

Mountaineering 101  Sucess!

Record August Snowfall year...spent an extra day at camp muir learning team belay...successful summit

Rainier is the gateway for a life-long addiction of thin mountain air.

Cal

Cal - Jan 14, 2015 8:28 am Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2014

via Emmonds  Sucess!

A great snow treadmill, crowded as a shopping mall. Most interesting part was the scramble to Schurman down the prow the day before. Summit of nearby Pinacle Peak more interesting than summit of Rainier because Rainier summit is huge. But was a good workout for sure! Did in 2 days; day 1 to glacier camp, day 2 to summit and down to White River campground.

siekkid

siekkid - Jan 5, 2015 4:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2013

DC Route  Sucess!

Summited via the DC Route. Great weather, although it was in the single digit temps at sunrise around 13,000 ft.

McKenna

McKenna - Dec 22, 2014 12:04 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2013

Still crying  Sucess!

Such a beautiful mountain. I'll never be the same.

Rkapman

Rkapman - Dec 1, 2014 4:54 pm Date Climbed: May 17, 2013

DC 3 Day route  Sucess!

started the 15th, camped at muir, the 16th made it to ingram flats, the 17th sumit day! started at 2am summit around 7am back paradise around 4. Snowing the 16th but calm on the 17th. One of the funnest climbs ive done!

mcross

mcross - Nov 7, 2014 3:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2013

DC route with friends  Sucess!

Got hooked on climbing after an unsuccessful trip with IMG in 2012. After that trip, I was determined to stand on Rainier's summit, but never again wanted to pay for a guide service (great experience, but expensive!) I purchased/studied 'Freedom of the Hills' and spent as much time on the mountain as I could. A year later, I got some friends together, taught them all that I had learned, and we stood on the summit. Trip of a lifetime!

moonspots

moonspots - Oct 20, 2014 11:30 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2012

long time goal  Sucess!

Started mountain climbing at 61, and am quite captivated by it all.

larch32

larch32 - Oct 19, 2014 9:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2014

Boy howdy  Sucess!

Climbed the Emmons-Winthrop route over two days. Worth considering the single-push approach next time.

Jmoeesq

Jmoeesq - Sep 29, 2014 10:54 am Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2011

Discretion is the Better Part...

Muir/DC Route - We spent one day ascending to Muir, camped there for 2-3 days waiting for summit winds to die, made an attempt but still got turned around high on the DC w/ 50+mph winds. Several guided groups also turned around - probably only one or maybe two teams pushed on to the summit. We opted to retreat due to the enormous danger we felt the winds were posing. Purchase was too difficult and sketchy on the DC, and we didn't have enough gear to make running belays w/ only two of us. Temps/wind chills were very low, but the views were magnificent! Camping at Muir wore us down, though.

careyjd - Sep 2, 2014 8:56 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2014

DV route summer ascent  Sucess!

DC route w/ RMI, wonderful weather, not a cloud in the sky, warm day but parkas still nice on upper mountain. Fantastic experience!!

nhberes

nhberes - Aug 25, 2014 4:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2014

Summit via DC  Sucess!

Awesome weather. Clear skies and cold. Made to the summit crater at 6:45 and up to Columbia Crest about 7:10. Incredible climb.

losboats - Aug 17, 2014 7:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2014

DC during super moon  Sucess!

Summited via the DC on Sunday morning, 8/10, under the super moon. Gorgeous weather, clear skies, very little wind. Couldn't ask for much more. Muir was full so we camped below Anvil Rock. Left Muir at 12am, summited at 7:45am.

Fensterschlechter

Fensterschlechter - Aug 16, 2014 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2014

Kautz Ice Chute, descend DC  Sucess!

Party of 2, 3 day outing. Paradise to 1st bivy below Turtle. Ice chute was in good shape. Route does not go over top of Wapowety Cleaver, rather stays on upper Kautz to gain the ridge coming off of Point Success. Was following a party of 8 and flagged route. Some crevasses are pretty wide with rapidly melting snow bridges! Late summit and 2nd bivy on Disappointment Cleaver. Weather was warm, lows at night no less than ~40F, less than 5 mph wind.

Vic Hanson

Vic Hanson - Aug 10, 2014 9:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2014

DC Route  Sucess!

Hiked up to Muir Camp in 4 hr. 20 min. on Friday with Jason, Doug and Tim, left there at 12:30 that night, reached the summit at 7:25 Sat. morning under clear skies.

Canuck89

Canuck89 - Aug 9, 2014 5:28 am Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2014

DC route  Sucess!

First time on this mountain and used the DC route to summit. Nice weather and met some great people at Camp Muir!

BradBartick

BradBartick - Aug 3, 2014 7:11 pm Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2009

DC route 2009  Sucess!

With Bruce Lacroix. Had to assist a guy escape from a narrow crevasse due to snow bridge collapse. Lots of rockfall on the cleaver. 2 days, 1 night.

bb - Aug 2, 2014 2:00 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2014

DC  Sucess!

DC route. Car to car 17 h 15 m. I'm an average hiker.

Virginia14er

Virginia14er - Jul 28, 2014 12:26 pm Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2014

Keeps Getting Better  Sucess!

This year was the 2nd year in a row to the top. Went up last year with IMG via DC, summit 7/20/13. Then, my wife wanted to go. So, here we go again. Returned with IMG again, both of us summited (actually, all 12 climbers in our group were successful.) I can't say enough good stuff about IMG. Beautiful weather both years. I have to say, after being on the mountain 3 times now, it gets better each time. First year with RMI was not successful. But with each successive year, what was once a chore is now becoming more routine, so you can smell the roses along the way, so to speak.

nsward

nsward - Jul 21, 2014 2:19 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2014

Great Weather on the DC  Sucess!

We had perfect weather and extra days to ensure a summit.
[Day 1] 8am--arrive at Paradise. 8:45am--leave the trail head. 2:45pm--arrive at muir, set up camp, melt water, eat, and practice self arrest. 6pm--sleep.
[Day 2] 8am--leave Muir. 9:40am--arrive at Ingraham Flats, set up camp, melt water, eat, prepare packs for summit, and sleep.
[Day 3] 10pm--wake up, eat, drink, and rope up. 10:50pm--leave Flats. 5am--summit in time for the 5:20 sunrise. Enjoyed summit for half hour. 9am--back down at the Flats.

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