forjan - Jun 4, 2007 3:10 am Date Climbed: May 30, 2007
Liberty Ridge
Spectacular weather all 4 days we're up there. Climbed with Dave German and Brad Mastros. Took 11.5 hrs to summit from Thumb Rock. Crowds and bottleneck at the crux. I spent over an hour waiting for Dave & Brad to climb the ice as they themselves were waiting for the 3-person Russian team to finish climbing (the Russians arrived first at the base of the ice and we didn't want to rain down tons of ice on them). All 4 teams, including ourselves, decided to camp out on the summit crater as we're all spent. Next day (Thurs, May 31st) we descended the Emmons-Winthrop glacier and down to the White River campground trailhead. TR to follow soon.
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Date Climbed: July 5, 2004
Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
After a failed attempt in June 2003, this time we nailed it. Our Los Angeles/Chicago team summited Rainier Monday, July 5th, 2004. All 7 of us summited--- rope team #1: mdostby, Steven Sauter, jimconsid, Gibran Begum; rope team #2: agorokhov, Jamie Norris, myself.
We left Camp Muir at 12:15am and reached the summit crater rim at 9:20am. We unroped at the crater rim and then everyone went at their own pace to tag the true summit (Columbia Crest: 14,411'). I made the summit at 9:37am. Then, after the mandatory summit pictures, we all headed down at 10:00am. We were luckly to have excellent weather and perfect route conditions for the most part. Most of us were spent after the climb and decided to stay an additional night at Camp Muir before heading out to Paradise the next day. We had our celebratory dinner at Puerto Vallarta Mexican restaurant in Eatonville, WA. Great food! I highly recommend to eat here after your climb.
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Date Climbed: June 18, 2003
Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
No summit. We reached 11,900' (just a few hundred feet below the top of the Cleaver).
Our team: Mike (mdostby), Alex (agorokhov), Murray Zichlinsky and myself. We had been planning this trip for the past 6 months. We even practiced crevasse rescue out of a bridge in the Los Angeles area.
We hiked in on a sunny Tuesday (June 17th) to Camp Muir. However, before leaving Paradise, we knew the weather forecast was calling for poor weather in days ahead. We thought we could beat the incoming bad weather---we were wrong. We roped up and started walking away from Camp Muir at 1:40am Wednesday June 18th. Crossed the Cowlitz Glacier, up thru Cathedral Gap (we encountered some idiots dislodging all kinds of rocks from above), skirted a few crevasses thru the Ingraham Glacier and by sunrise at 11,900 feet we decided to call it quits. The combination of high winds, inclement weather, and 2 team members who felt tired prompted us to turn around at this point. We safely made it back to Camp Muir, broke camp and headed down to the Paradise parking lot. We plan to try again next summer (July 2004).
iceworm - Jun 4, 2007 2:43 am Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007
Kautz Glacier
Great Climb! Always dreamed of doing this since I can remember. Kautz had a few hairy spots, second ice cliff was interesting to climb with a 90cm old school ax. No complaints, amazing climb! Best of luck to all others attempting this season, keep pushing, it's worth!
I've never done anything tougher in my life than summit Rainier.
Day 1. Arrived at Camp Muir at about 5pm.
Day 2. Woke up at 12:45am, left Camp Muir at 2am, summitted at 11:45am, arrived back at Camp Muir at 4pm. (Wasted a *ton* of time on the descent due to a "stupid move" by a climbing partner.)
Day 3. Made the descent from Camp Muir to Paradise in 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Brutal, but worth it!
Art Vandalay - Jun 4, 2007 12:43 am Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007
Great Climb
via Ingraham Glacier Direct. Awesome climb, great day, good weather.
kelseymkrause - May 29, 2007 2:48 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2007
Ingraham Direct
This was a very hard but rewarding mountain to climb. Weather changes very fast. It was very cold on top.
dankras - May 15, 2007 1:08 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2007
tons of snow compared to many mountains awesome climb lots of fun
Jerry S - Apr 22, 2007 6:10 pm Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2007
Lucky day
Left Camp Muir on April 19th around 4am, arrived at the summit in 6hr 5min. I was with a group of 9 clients and 4 guides from RMI to arrive at Columbia Crest. It was an amazing day and I arrived at the summit wearing only a long sleeve base layer shirt on top - that's how nice it was. It was probably 45F on the summit.
Due to the massive amounts of snow (vs a summer attempt), we came up the Ingraham Glacier Route and made a pretty direct path up to the summit. Most of the crevasses were bridged over and limited route finding was necessary by our lead guide.
What an incredible day. Since the park has been closed to the public since the November rain storms, I believe we were the first people to summit since November.
We were so lucky to have such an incredible day.
hikerbrian - Mar 20, 2007 12:42 am Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2004
Emmons-Winthrup
Very enjoyable climb.
The edge - Mar 14, 2007 4:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2005
HP #49
Well guess what... only two to go....
Randolf; Blue ... Congrats...
We all made it to the very top of Rainier...
It was crazy windy but guess what... only one left...
Here we come Gannett Peak, WY
skunk ape - Feb 27, 2007 1:52 am Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2003
DC
My wife and I climbed it on our 9th aniversary, had a great time passing guided groups, met a lot of cool people.
By far the baddest peak in the lower 48. My first summit was by the Kautz Glacier, second by Liberty Ridge. Wish I lived closer - I'd be in much better shape.
Hotfeet - Feb 25, 2007 7:30 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006
Disappointment Cleaver
What a wonderful Mountain. I had the time of my life. I can hardly wait until I can climb it again. Summit #1
lukic - Feb 20, 2007 10:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006
My favorite place
This particular time was the third time I've summited Rainier (second for the summer of 2006) and my roomate and I spent the night on the summit. It was a leisurely 3 day trip up the Emmons in almost ideal weather (a little drizzle while bivied up the Emmons on top of the corridor).
mancopa - Feb 20, 2007 1:23 am Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2005
Best and Worst day
What an experience. We had nice weather, with a little bit of snow while we slept at Muir. I'd say this was one of the hardest things i've done, but was also one of the most satisfying. I hope to do lots of other great peaks like Rainier.
mbollino - Feb 16, 2007 4:47 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006
DC
Great straightforward climb. Spent an extra day at the high camps which made the summit day feel alot easier than previous Rainier climbs. Even with the crowds Rainier is a always a great experience.
Lberty Ridge Wanted to avoid the crowds on DC Route and be alone well i avoided the crows untlill near tev summit . and was notalone met a guided gruop on they upo I thik the guide posts here
ibndalight - Feb 1, 2007 8:09 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2006
Disappointment Cleaver
We had a perfect clear, cold day to climb the Disappointment Cleaver route on Mount Rainer we made the summit a little before 7am.
no snow and a dry year made for very challenging conditions on the dissapointment cleaver route. no one had summited due to a very open glacier. we found a way through it by going a differnt way, but still not very difficult. had trouble jumping a big crevasse on the way up and really screwed up my knee jumping it on the way down. us and two others were only ones to summit that day...at least 30 people tried, even a guided group.
long way down with a hurt knee, no climbs for awhile after that.
forjan - Jun 4, 2007 3:10 am Date Climbed: May 30, 2007
Liberty RidgeSpectacular weather all 4 days we're up there. Climbed with Dave German and Brad Mastros. Took 11.5 hrs to summit from Thumb Rock. Crowds and bottleneck at the crux. I spent over an hour waiting for Dave & Brad to climb the ice as they themselves were waiting for the 3-person Russian team to finish climbing (the Russians arrived first at the base of the ice and we didn't want to rain down tons of ice on them). All 4 teams, including ourselves, decided to camp out on the summit crater as we're all spent. Next day (Thurs, May 31st) we descended the Emmons-Winthrop glacier and down to the White River campground trailhead. TR to follow soon.
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Date Climbed: July 5, 2004
Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
After a failed attempt in June 2003, this time we nailed it. Our Los Angeles/Chicago team summited Rainier Monday, July 5th, 2004. All 7 of us summited--- rope team #1: mdostby, Steven Sauter, jimconsid, Gibran Begum; rope team #2: agorokhov, Jamie Norris, myself.
We left Camp Muir at 12:15am and reached the summit crater rim at 9:20am. We unroped at the crater rim and then everyone went at their own pace to tag the true summit (Columbia Crest: 14,411'). I made the summit at 9:37am. Then, after the mandatory summit pictures, we all headed down at 10:00am. We were luckly to have excellent weather and perfect route conditions for the most part. Most of us were spent after the climb and decided to stay an additional night at Camp Muir before heading out to Paradise the next day. We had our celebratory dinner at Puerto Vallarta Mexican restaurant in Eatonville, WA. Great food! I highly recommend to eat here after your climb.
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Date Climbed: June 18, 2003
Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
No summit. We reached 11,900' (just a few hundred feet below the top of the Cleaver).
Our team: Mike (mdostby), Alex (agorokhov), Murray Zichlinsky and myself. We had been planning this trip for the past 6 months. We even practiced crevasse rescue out of a bridge in the Los Angeles area.
We hiked in on a sunny Tuesday (June 17th) to Camp Muir. However, before leaving Paradise, we knew the weather forecast was calling for poor weather in days ahead. We thought we could beat the incoming bad weather---we were wrong. We roped up and started walking away from Camp Muir at 1:40am Wednesday June 18th. Crossed the Cowlitz Glacier, up thru Cathedral Gap (we encountered some idiots dislodging all kinds of rocks from above), skirted a few crevasses thru the Ingraham Glacier and by sunrise at 11,900 feet we decided to call it quits. The combination of high winds, inclement weather, and 2 team members who felt tired prompted us to turn around at this point. We safely made it back to Camp Muir, broke camp and headed down to the Paradise parking lot. We plan to try again next summer (July 2004).
iceworm - Jun 4, 2007 2:43 am Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007
Kautz GlacierGreat Climb! Always dreamed of doing this since I can remember. Kautz had a few hairy spots, second ice cliff was interesting to climb with a 90cm old school ax. No complaints, amazing climb! Best of luck to all others attempting this season, keep pushing, it's worth!
Cascade Scrambler - Jun 4, 2007 1:19 am Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2007
Ingraham DirectI've never done anything tougher in my life than summit Rainier.
Day 1. Arrived at Camp Muir at about 5pm.
Day 2. Woke up at 12:45am, left Camp Muir at 2am, summitted at 11:45am, arrived back at Camp Muir at 4pm. (Wasted a *ton* of time on the descent due to a "stupid move" by a climbing partner.)
Day 3. Made the descent from Camp Muir to Paradise in 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Brutal, but worth it!
Art Vandalay - Jun 4, 2007 12:43 am Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007
Great Climbvia Ingraham Glacier Direct. Awesome climb, great day, good weather.
kelseymkrause - May 29, 2007 2:48 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2007
Ingraham DirectThis was a very hard but rewarding mountain to climb. Weather changes very fast. It was very cold on top.
dankras - May 15, 2007 1:08 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2007
Ingraham DirectPerfect day; windy uptop.
LonePeakFreak - Apr 27, 2007 1:17 pm
Ingraham DirectHighly recommend a night at the historic Paradise Inn. Looking out over the clouds at sunrise was incredible.
snowclimber12 - Apr 22, 2007 10:31 pm
lots of snowtons of snow compared to many mountains awesome climb lots of fun
Jerry S - Apr 22, 2007 6:10 pm Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2007
Lucky dayLeft Camp Muir on April 19th around 4am, arrived at the summit in 6hr 5min. I was with a group of 9 clients and 4 guides from RMI to arrive at Columbia Crest. It was an amazing day and I arrived at the summit wearing only a long sleeve base layer shirt on top - that's how nice it was. It was probably 45F on the summit.
Due to the massive amounts of snow (vs a summer attempt), we came up the Ingraham Glacier Route and made a pretty direct path up to the summit. Most of the crevasses were bridged over and limited route finding was necessary by our lead guide.
What an incredible day. Since the park has been closed to the public since the November rain storms, I believe we were the first people to summit since November.
We were so lucky to have such an incredible day.
hikerbrian - Mar 20, 2007 12:42 am Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2004
Emmons-WinthrupVery enjoyable climb.
The edge - Mar 14, 2007 4:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2005
HP #49Well guess what... only two to go....
Randolf; Blue ... Congrats...
We all made it to the very top of Rainier...
It was crazy windy but guess what... only one left...
Here we come Gannett Peak, WY
skunk ape - Feb 27, 2007 1:52 am Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2003
DCMy wife and I climbed it on our 9th aniversary, had a great time passing guided groups, met a lot of cool people.
lizrdboy - Feb 26, 2007 6:11 am
I Love RainerBy far the baddest peak in the lower 48. My first summit was by the Kautz Glacier, second by Liberty Ridge. Wish I lived closer - I'd be in much better shape.
Hotfeet - Feb 25, 2007 7:30 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006
Disappointment CleaverWhat a wonderful Mountain. I had the time of my life. I can hardly wait until I can climb it again. Summit #1
lukic - Feb 20, 2007 10:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006
My favorite placeThis particular time was the third time I've summited Rainier (second for the summer of 2006) and my roomate and I spent the night on the summit. It was a leisurely 3 day trip up the Emmons in almost ideal weather (a little drizzle while bivied up the Emmons on top of the corridor).
mancopa - Feb 20, 2007 1:23 am Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2005
Best and Worst dayWhat an experience. We had nice weather, with a little bit of snow while we slept at Muir. I'd say this was one of the hardest things i've done, but was also one of the most satisfying. I hope to do lots of other great peaks like Rainier.
mbollino - Feb 16, 2007 4:47 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006
DCGreat straightforward climb. Spent an extra day at the high camps which made the summit day feel alot easier than previous Rainier climbs. Even with the crowds Rainier is a always a great experience.
Rick F - Feb 3, 2007 7:18 pm
Great ClimbLberty Ridge Wanted to avoid the crowds on DC Route and be alone well i avoided the crows untlill near tev summit . and was notalone met a guided gruop on they upo I thik the guide posts here
ibndalight - Feb 1, 2007 8:09 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2006
Disappointment CleaverWe had a perfect clear, cold day to climb the Disappointment Cleaver route on Mount Rainer we made the summit a little before 7am.
highice - Jan 30, 2007 9:14 pm
variation of normalno snow and a dry year made for very challenging conditions on the dissapointment cleaver route. no one had summited due to a very open glacier. we found a way through it by going a differnt way, but still not very difficult. had trouble jumping a big crevasse on the way up and really screwed up my knee jumping it on the way down. us and two others were only ones to summit that day...at least 30 people tried, even a guided group.
long way down with a hurt knee, no climbs for awhile after that.