devnull4 - Jan 10, 2008 2:04 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006
The DC
One of my favorite summits ever!
wrigleyd - Jan 5, 2008 12:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
DC with a night at Ingraham
Spent a night at Camp Muir, a night at Ingraham Flats, then summited after a 1am start in blowing, icy conditions near the summit.
jeffryrocksu - Jan 1, 2008 1:37 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2004
RAINIER
CLIMBED THE DC ROUTE THEN THE 4 DAYS LATER CLIMBED EMMONS ROUTE THAT WAS A BLAST!!
MountainHikerCO - Dec 31, 2007 12:44 am Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2005
DC
We spent 3 nights at Muir. The first night a storm came through so we chose to wait. We went for the summit on the second night/morning. After returning from the summit we were just tired enough to enjoy spending a third night at Muir.
bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 9:12 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
Done...
Reach the top twice via the Emmons Glacier once during the summer and once during the fall. 2 failed attempts via Camp Muir in the fall.
lcarreau - Dec 7, 2007 10:56 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 1984
DC Route in 1984
When I made my sucessful summit climb of Rainier in 1984,
there were no cell phones or i-pods. Our guide was Randy
Sackett. We had to hurry it along past the cleaver. Two
climbers were left behind there. The snow conditions were
for the most part favorable. You never know on Rainier!
bgriffs - Nov 27, 2007 2:04 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
Great Experience
Amazing!
JonW - Nov 19, 2007 4:20 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007
DC
Summited via the DC route. A lot of fun. Stayed a Muir after summiting and enjoyed a wonderful sunset and great night of camping.
TRR - Nov 13, 2007 9:47 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007
Emmons Route
Nice long hike up. Cold night start but a beautiful clear day.
k2360tnf - Nov 6, 2007 6:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006
Summited
Summited the DC route
panweilin - Oct 25, 2007 2:48 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006
Summit in whiteout
Stayed at Muir Camp the night before. Surprisingly there were only few people in the hut during the Independence weekend. We could hardly see anything around at the summit plateau due to the whiteout.
We planned on summiting from the south side (Camp Muir). It was pretty late in the season, so the size of the crevasses made navigation difficult. We got up 2am on summit day and started our ascend at 3am after a good night's sleep in Camp Muir's public shelter. However, we had difficulties finding the trails. From talking to other climbers at CM, I knew that we had to go around the Disappointment Cleaver and reascend on the other (east) side.
I didn't know that we actually had to cross over even further onto Emmons Glacier. So we started wandering around looking for these little red flags but only found old ones that seemed to have been abandoned a while ago. Anyhow, my partner was already pretty tired from the day before after not having slept well for two nights straight and he started complaining about his hurting legs early on. So we decided to turn around noonish and made it back to CM 2.5 hours later. After an hour-long nap we descended
towards Paradise Visitor Center, which was painfully long after a long day on the mountain. We arrived shortly after sunset. I'll try again next year earlier in the season and with more water supplies. Boiling snow is a painfully slow process and the glacier water didn't taste very well either ;)
Blackmouth - Sep 26, 2007 3:07 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007
Bound to Happen
After a very succesfull year I was bound to have a failed attempt. We tried the Emmons glacier route from Shurman. The forecast was for a storm with terrible winds and the forecast was dead on, but a day early. We made it to about 11,000 feet before the weather turned us around. There is always next year.
80F day on the Muir snowfield, nearly cooked us! On the plus side, it never got below 40F at basecamp that night, and the summit was nice and warm the following morning. Went via the DC route, one large crevasse with suspect snowbridge (RMI put a ladder across it days later, apparently).
mad maximus - Sep 5, 2007 1:11 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
DC Alternate
Reached the summit at 8:00am. Alternate route under DC. Windy as hell above 12/13k .
Gorgeous! The trail going up dissapointment cleaver was very well trodden down. Impossible to get lost... Seeing the blue serracs was impressive. Can't wait to go back! We saw 3 boulders the size of cars fall near Ingram Glacier. eeeek! Walk quickly!
travelin_light - Aug 25, 2007 1:31 am Date Climbed: May 30, 2004
DC
Saw a shooting star explode in the sky over on our way to the summit at about 2:00am. Even made a noise! Still can not believe to this day. I will have to double check my date is right...
devnull4 - Jan 10, 2008 2:04 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006
The DCOne of my favorite summits ever!
wrigleyd - Jan 5, 2008 12:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
DC with a night at IngrahamSpent a night at Camp Muir, a night at Ingraham Flats, then summited after a 1am start in blowing, icy conditions near the summit.
jeffryrocksu - Jan 1, 2008 1:37 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2004
RAINIERCLIMBED THE DC ROUTE THEN THE 4 DAYS LATER CLIMBED EMMONS ROUTE THAT WAS A BLAST!!
MountainHikerCO - Dec 31, 2007 12:44 am Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2005
DCWe spent 3 nights at Muir. The first night a storm came through so we chose to wait. We went for the summit on the second night/morning. After returning from the summit we were just tired enough to enjoy spending a third night at Muir.
bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 9:12 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
Done...Reach the top twice via the Emmons Glacier once during the summer and once during the fall. 2 failed attempts via Camp Muir in the fall.
lcarreau - Dec 7, 2007 10:56 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 1984
DC Route in 1984When I made my sucessful summit climb of Rainier in 1984,
there were no cell phones or i-pods. Our guide was Randy
Sackett. We had to hurry it along past the cleaver. Two
climbers were left behind there. The snow conditions were
for the most part favorable. You never know on Rainier!
bgriffs - Nov 27, 2007 2:04 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
Great ExperienceAmazing!
JonW - Nov 19, 2007 4:20 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007
DCSummited via the DC route. A lot of fun. Stayed a Muir after summiting and enjoyed a wonderful sunset and great night of camping.
TRR - Nov 13, 2007 9:47 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007
Emmons RouteNice long hike up. Cold night start but a beautiful clear day.
k2360tnf - Nov 6, 2007 6:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006
SummitedSummited the DC route
panweilin - Oct 25, 2007 2:48 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006
Summit in whiteoutStayed at Muir Camp the night before. Surprisingly there were only few people in the hut during the Independence weekend. We could hardly see anything around at the summit plateau due to the whiteout.
YetiBauer - Oct 1, 2007 7:24 pm
Kautz EmmonsKautz July 06 summit
Emmons July 01 summit
Tahoma May 00 unsuccessful due to hot weather
msihl - Sep 26, 2007 12:54 pm Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2007
Route Climbed: DC/Emmons GlacierWe planned on summiting from the south side (Camp Muir). It was pretty late in the season, so the size of the crevasses made navigation difficult. We got up 2am on summit day and started our ascend at 3am after a good night's sleep in Camp Muir's public shelter. However, we had difficulties finding the trails. From talking to other climbers at CM, I knew that we had to go around the Disappointment Cleaver and reascend on the other (east) side.
I didn't know that we actually had to cross over even further onto Emmons Glacier. So we started wandering around looking for these little red flags but only found old ones that seemed to have been abandoned a while ago. Anyhow, my partner was already pretty tired from the day before after not having slept well for two nights straight and he started complaining about his hurting legs early on. So we decided to turn around noonish and made it back to CM 2.5 hours later. After an hour-long nap we descended
towards Paradise Visitor Center, which was painfully long after a long day on the mountain. We arrived shortly after sunset. I'll try again next year earlier in the season and with more water supplies. Boiling snow is a painfully slow process and the glacier water didn't taste very well either ;)
Blackmouth - Sep 26, 2007 3:07 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007
Bound to HappenAfter a very succesfull year I was bound to have a failed attempt. We tried the Emmons glacier route from Shurman. The forecast was for a storm with terrible winds and the forecast was dead on, but a day early. We made it to about 11,000 feet before the weather turned us around. There is always next year.
DBaker - Sep 17, 2007 6:13 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2007
Hot!80F day on the Muir snowfield, nearly cooked us! On the plus side, it never got below 40F at basecamp that night, and the summit was nice and warm the following morning. Went via the DC route, one large crevasse with suspect snowbridge (RMI put a ladder across it days later, apparently).
mad maximus - Sep 5, 2007 1:11 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
DC AlternateReached the summit at 8:00am. Alternate route under DC. Windy as hell above 12/13k .
dr_gonz - Sep 4, 2007 3:34 pm
RainierGreat mountain, great company, great weather. Good times.
Clodhopper - Sep 3, 2007 8:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2007
Modified EmmonsLeft around 1130pm, summited at about 800am. Beautiful day looking down on the cloud deck. Can't wait to go back. Wonderful views.
tigerlilly - Aug 29, 2007 6:36 pm
beautiful mountainGorgeous! The trail going up dissapointment cleaver was very well trodden down. Impossible to get lost... Seeing the blue serracs was impressive. Can't wait to go back! We saw 3 boulders the size of cars fall near Ingram Glacier. eeeek! Walk quickly!
travelin_light - Aug 25, 2007 1:31 am Date Climbed: May 30, 2004
DCSaw a shooting star explode in the sky over on our way to the summit at about 2:00am. Even made a noise! Still can not believe to this day. I will have to double check my date is right...