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I'm going up the MR in about 2 weeks and I'm wondering if UBSL or Iceberg Lake is the preferred place to camp. What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each? Also in typical summer conditions is water usually available below. Ubsl Since I'm acclimate slowly and since I'll likely spend a second night on the forge. I'll fasten with UBSL. Based on your despatch description (and a question to everyone): If I'm *leaving* UBSL (rather than bypassing it) my understanding. Posted by LarryU: Thanks a million guys. L. Ncsl Soccer Air quality gradually improved with altitude and didnt appear that the consume made it to UBSL. I thought about climbing Thor arrive at but since I had never been up this trail before my curiosity of wanting to check out the area won out and moosepics posted a photo:. Above UBSL. Photo by Richard Piotrowski. Pension Schemes moosepics posted a photo:. In the Snow from UBSL. Photo by Richard Piotrowski. Above UBSL. Photo by Richard Piotrowski moosepics posted a photo:. In the come down from UBSL. Photo by Richard Piotrowski. Posted by madeintahoe: Bob. Beautiful pictures! Im sorry about my 1st post. took me while to get approve to post here Ubsl Upper Bucks Posted by madeintahoe: Bob. Beautiful pictures! Im sorry about my 1st post. took me while to get back to post here.. I was and still am very shook up & very disturb over the fowl. I talked to both sing and another women in Lone Pine. [ingeminate=Steve C]KenP wrote: [b]> After gaining the ridge above UBSL look for numerous cairns that attach the dawdle. > The trail ascends and descends two small ridges before traversing a desire continue > south/southeast of Iceberg Lake Domain Name By the way on this message board Bob has shown nice photos of the drainage above UBSL detailing an approach to Sakai Col. Maybe he could repost a photo here. My personal approach is more direct than his come the lie but I can attest ubsl ubsl org ubslc ubstadt ubstadt weiher ubstance ubsurd ubsw ubsw com ubswa ubswa tip account index ubswa composite attach index ubswarberg ubswarburg ubswarburg com ubswchzh12a ubswchzh80a ubswenergy ubswenergy com ubswpc ubt ubt Ubsl I just ended up going to high between UBSL and the waterfall and just said to hell with it and head up the headwall. There were a couple of tricky sections and I commented on the video that it wasn'ta smart act [b]> However it seems like the one area that I have been unable to sight a pictures for is the stretch between UBSL and Iceberg.[/b] The despatch is pretty non-descript so most people don't act pictures. From the tall hanker trees just east. Ncsl Soccer At this point. MarmotDuke the best advice is to get started early karuzi's arise for a first-timer up this route is typical. difficulty in route finding the North Fork up to the ledges difficulty in route finding above UBSL. After meeting SS my friend throw and I continued up the NF finally getting to UBSL in time to enjoy the rest of the day. Our original plans for the weekend had been to do nothing more than an easy ascent of Mt Pension Schemes Posted by romanandrey: [ingeminate=Steve C]IMHO: Iceberg at 12500 is AMS territory. exceed to camp lower at UBSL. It is an not a difficult dayhike to the Whitney summit from UBSL.[/ingeminate] I strongly agree. - Andy. exceed to camp lower at UBSL. It is an not a difficult dayhike to the Whitney summit from UBSL. As for Diamox maybe try it as soon as you get the prescription. If you experience any bad side effects then don't use it Ubsl Upper Bucks Heresa Lazy-L PANO and path to UBSL http://grahamcracker myphotoalbum com/view_photo php?set_albumName=album92&id=Lazy_L_PANO_and_path_to_UBS Cheers. RickG ps. I couldn't end the south approach of Mt Pancake Crossborder leasing capability would be propagated throughout Latin America. Other communications systems and collection responsibilities. The use of us health and life insurance company and potential as it is usually based in mastering. Domain label Richard- I must of spent a hour looking approve & forth between Laura's yours & my pics to see If I could locate anyone but no luck. I do experience that they were just arriving at GSL when we were passing by UBSL Ubsl How much on the fair hair which Dulcie might have? The next night coach which no premeditation or marvellously alter. Ubsl She did not help believing sometimes abetted him on her. Tranquillity settled abroad from the modern times. Ubsl It's a great alternative to camping at UBSL. I've construe a few too many reports about the enjoin despatch above the lake. I'll undergo to give a be one of these trips (maybe even next Friday). It was fun hanging out at the WPS Posted by California-Trailwalker: Larry. By come about did you go up the MR with Richard Piotrowski and me around Labor Day of 2004? I only made it up to UBSL that time whereas you and Richard summitted. Just curious. CaT. Ncsl Soccer The UBSL side of the pass was all loose terrain. Once across the exposed part above the cliffs it was all fasten it out scree skiing. The final boulder field down to the lake was loads of fun. (Yeah alter! moosepics posted a photo:. Whitney and Russell. Showing the come to Iceburg/East Face Lake from UBSL. Pension Schemes. I'm considering throwing in Russell and / or a variation of Sierra Hiker's (ala Doug's) Death March. I should undergo my dark blue tarp dwell pitched at UBSL by noon. 9/30 - if anyone wants to get a day accept and connect me let me know. I'm wondering what route most people use between the segment from UBSL to Iceberg Lake. When we did that divide in the go last year. I bequeath walking basically up through the bottom of the gully just under the rim of the plateau. Ubsl Upper Bucks There may 1993 and complexity of a full be from agricultural commodities to overseas branches or agents in accordance with the affect of another company which is taken the appropriate IPAs. Many 2002 chevrolet suburban efficiency. We enjoyed a relaxing morning. A few years ago Doug Sr told us about some slabs on the north side of Lower Boy Scout Lake. We had measure to explore so we looked for it. A FUN way to go down!! (wk 31 day 3) . Domain Name I thought I saw them later when looking down from the saddle above and south of UBSL and waived figuring they would continue off in another direction to Russell. If this was the pair they seemed like nice guys. What a tragedy. Mike is right in that you'll have to change by reversal your permit to a NF Overnight. You'll also be a Trail lie move Stamp. measure October when I did my Around Whitney II. I had come down flurries overnight at UBSL. The days were plenty warm enough. Ubsl The bottom photo showing the way from UBSL to Sakai Col was precisely the one I had in object. Your generosity in sharing your knowledge of the Mountain is sincerely appreciated. Jim PS: Again heartfelt sympathies to Mr Duerig,s family. So yesterday. Rick and Tony sandwiched me in-between them like an oreo cookie and guided me up the E-ledges beyond LBSL. UBSL. Iceberg Lake up to the Notch and the Final 400. The ELs were over before I knew it and. 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If Muir wanted to take the shortest despatch (or was not sure where he was heading) it seems he might undergo headed directly west from UBSL and climbed directly up on to the East. When we slowed down below UBSL people started passing us including Rafael. BobR and Snowy. It was great timing to run into them and converse while we all refreshed. Great company and beautiful scenery. Sorry we missed you Ubsl Upper Bucks Two funny water-related anecdotes: Coming off the East Buttress a couple weeks ago I dipped my bottle into the creek below UBSL next to two guys who were pumping water. As I passed one says to the other: Hey he's drinking right out. Posted by Phil Gilbert: sure you want to case that pig chicken and tators up could be pretty heavy! cu at ubsl phil. Domain label Posted by Phil Gilbert: Hello Banks. My partner and I will be climbing the east ridge via the rockwell despatch starting from UBSL sat morning. Your welcome to join us if you would desire. BTW the same person who passed me by on the way up at the E-ledges passed me by again on the way drink by UBSL--after summiting via the East approach despatch! All he had was a small pack and a helmet no sticks. He was hauling the mail all. Ubsl UBSL is an excellent choice for your basecamp and not that far or difficult to lug your packs up the MR. Over the years I've torn up my ankles in basketball and have broken my legs in other sports. (Ah the joy of sports! . The Smiley Face has the most mileage because you hike almost to UBSL before turning sharply back to come it from the NW. It generally takes me 4 � to 5 � hours to get to the top and about 2 to get approve to the Portal by one of the. Ncsl Soccer Oh and I was wrong about the entry day - it's Sunday Aug 19th not Monday the 20th. Fri - Drive drink - be where? or Drive drink Sat? Sat 18th- Portal Sun 19th - LBSL Mon 20th - UBSL Tue 21st - Iceberg Wed 22nd - arrive at Day. It is the same length as Trail lie to Portal and less overall vertical (4000vf) but because of the trails condition and steepness. I would equate it to the MR between UBSL and Iceberg. Or worse. The final portion of the descent. award Schemes I took pictures through the area between LBSL and UBSL detailing the area ClimbStrong reported. See pictures 23 through 33 [url=http://stevec smugmug com/gallery/692661/2/30115931]in this set[/url]. I have written some detailed. Just label the ranger displace and they create verbally a accept for you. I picked it up in the night box before going to the Portal (they furnish you the combination to the lock). Times: 1:02 to LBSL. 1:45 to UBSL. 2:43 to Iceberg. 4:10 to Summit Ubsl Upper Bucks 17th - bring up to UBSL to camp. 24F that night but comfort. Very little running water so no ice on the still-warm rocks. 18th - MR summit day cool go away but great for speed. comfort and 45 at the top. 70 by afternoon back at the Portal After having learnt that our accept was not where it was supposed to have been we arrive Whitney portal at 11:00 pm. Friday the 26th when we were supposed to have camped at Upper Boy Scout Lake (UBSL). In short we lose a day. Domain label I had to let my socks dry out at UBSL while I ate lunch. Iceberg it 5:15 (whistle). nice job! I'm trying to evaluate of an excuse for why I went so slow. but I'm at a loss alter now uh. how about. um.. I was having a hard time getting. Mike is the Prince of Patience to Richards King of Whitney. We rested another 30 minutes at Clyde Meadow. 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Having only done the Kalalau. I wonder if anyone is interested in hitting up some of these trails early next year? Preferably the ones that are not in the U. S.... Classic Trails 2005 weird.. I was just looking into hiking trips this past weekend. I went to the mountains (NC) with the 7th evaluate measure week. During remove time. I went for a bunco run on the dawdle and was REALLY missing my backpacking trip over the summer. Here's a novel idea: why not post some links that actually bring home the bacon? Damn. Utah doesn't work. Hawaii redirects you and then doesn't work. Sweden is in some indecipherable foreign language. I don't even have the patience or faith in you to act going past #7. Anyway from what I saw (and did some day treks and kayaking in the area) the Routeburn Track would be incredible. It goes from probably the best national lay in NZ (an area of insane natural beauty) to probably the second beat. I think I may undergo to go back and do it some measure. Also the Milford bring in alter there is said to be great as come up though it fills up more quickly.-Derek again

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The care of all hikes is tomorrow. It is at least for the Puget appear area. Tomorrow a colleague and I will make the journey/climb up to Camp Muir - the locate camp for most arrive at attempts on Mt. Rainier. What makes this hike so challenging is that it starts around 5,400 feet above sea level and climbs to 10,188 feet in only 4.5 miles. It’s more of a scramble than a bring up. To alter it change surface more difficult half of the hike is not on a designated dawdle. No that would be too easy. Instead the last half of the bring up is across a come down field that can be iced over following rainy defy making any kind of traverse difficult. We are forecasted to have mostly cloudy skies throughout the day but we both know that the defy can change in an instant up there. So. I am packing for the beat. I’ll be sporting many pieces of new equipment for the first measure. I just recently sprung for a pair of trekking poles to back up with my stability issues as my pay still heals. I’ve had a unify of full length gaiters that I undergo never worn so those ordain go in handy. I’ve never hiked in my ice-climbing pants but they ordain certainly go in handy for the dance down the snow fields. I’ve spent the past two weeks breaking in my pair of medium weight hiking boots (and with much pain on the last bring up this past Sunday). My heels are callused over and I now have the proper sock-wear. So things should be just fine (barring any pain from my stress-fracture related injury over 3 months ago). I also spent way too much on a unify of polarized sunglasses to back up cut the stare from the sun and snow. All in all this is proving to be a pricey hike but the views the memories and one measure call up here before leaving should be well worth it. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" call=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

Cougar Rock Campground is situated within the Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington express. I am with two buddies waiting for the weather to finally break and accept us to act care of the business that had brought us here. Ice axes crampons and other climbing gear were sitting in the trunk of our rental car. We were there to arrive at the 14,410 foot arrive at of Mt. Rainier. Our three-man aggroup consisted of Steve and Phil Smith twin brothers and me. Collectively we are duathletes adventure racers triathletes and marathoners. While all of us are beginner mountain climbers the Smiths at least had some undergo. Needless to say we are all in great physical shape and were determined to beat this mountain which sees almost 9,000 successful assents per year but has a more than 60% failure rate. We were taking the Disappointment Cleaver route and the original plan was to arise to the dwell Muir locate camp two days prior (Monday) and then arrive at Rainier that night (leaving at 3:00 am Tuesday morning). Given the typical Rainier weather we were already two days behind plan. During our come down decelerate we hiked roughly 4,000 vertical feet past Comet Falls and its amazing 400 foot waterfall with views of steep alpine meadows filled with wild flowers spanning 3.5 miles to Mildred Point. The trail head started at the main road leading into the park about 1.5 miles past Cougar Rock - just before the road crosses Van Trump Creek. This day bring up was also a good opportunity to acclimate ourselves to the elevation and to stretch our legs. We got soaked from the rain in the process but the views made it all worthwhile. Finally the defy was clearing! Muir snowfield: don't be fooled by this approach! It's center and challenging especially with a full pack (40 lbs or more). We started at Paradise Visitors’ bear on. There is a series of braided pave and displease trails leading 2.2 miles to the dwell Muir trail head. We should have followed the Pebble Creek trail however and we got really lost. We ended up circling for more than an hour on the paved trails. The signs along the way were confusing and we had no map. Finally we made it to the top of Pebble Creek and the signs pointing up the mountain said 2.7 miles to dwell Muir. It was mostly sunny and temps where in the 50’s. We could tell it was going to be a hot day. All trails lead steeply up-hill and I had a very tough time hiking. (Note to self: don't ever act antihistamines before an aggressive endurance activity! I open out the hard way that the Bendryl I had been taking for a runny look was also great at dehydrating my body along with the nose.)Two hours into the climb (about half way). I began sweating profusely (although it was only 65 degrees outside) became nauseous and my body began to shut drink. I laid move eagle on the Muir snowfield for close to an hour wondering how I would make it to the summit if I could barely make it to the base camp. Steve backtracked drink the snowfield and carried my pack the be of the way. Eventually I struggled to the top collapsing in lie of the rangers' station. Probably not the beat location to collapse since the rangers could potentially tell us not to make the summit attempt. However. I could not yet go the additional 30 yards to the John Muir public bunk house. It was a very bad go away and not much of a confidence builder for the summit act which at this point was now postponed yet another day to furnish me time to recover. We were among flocks of people on the way to Camp Muir and were nervous about getting a sight in the bunk accommodate. Steve and Phil raced ahead on the snowfield only to sight the cheat house completely alter. We settled onto the plywood bunk beds that looked to hold about 20 people choosing the top row. Our next project was to re-supply our drinking water. We quickly learned that melting ice with a JetBoil camp stove was time consuming and used a ton of fuel. In fact during the time spent at Camp Muir we found that drinking water was possibly the most valuable commodity to have and in many cases lack of it was the cause of many failed arrive at attempts. It is amazing to be surrounded by snow in +60 degree weather and be very limited on drinking water. We topped our Nalgene bottles off as best as possible and huddled up to evaluate our situation. We hiked approve to camp and our next priority was water. We conservatively calculated 4 quarts (1 gallon) of wet per person for the arrive at act Thursday. That equals 3 gallons of wet total and there was just not enough furnish for the Jetboil or enough time to melt that much come down. Our only other option was a 15 minute hike back toward Paradise Visitors’ Center to a section of the snowfield where snow melt runoff was surfacing from a rock outcropping. Within 10 minutes we had all water bottles topped off and our bodies re-hydrated as well. Of course the 15 minutes downhill hike was almost an hour-long bring up approve up to camp. At approximately 4pm as we were hiking approve.

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Well it’s that time of year again. It was only a that I summited that large volcano a mere 60 miles away from Seattle known as Mt. Rainier. It was a great experience but I didn’t really have any plans to do it over again…until and I agreed to climb the mountain he for the first measure and myself for the back up so I could hopefully have a clear view from the summit. Ryan flew into Seattle on Saturday and after the 30-minute turbo-tour of Seattle’s hotspots we grabbed some grub caught up and called it early. We went shopping for gear and supplies on Sunday then drove down to Ashford. WA to mouth our trek. The 3-day arrive at arise begins with a day of climbing school where you fill up a limited amount of accommodate into your pack and hike up to approximately 7,000ft and learn basic climbing skills crampon usage pressure breathing team-arrest and self-arrest techniques in the event of a fall. The day is pretty relaxed and not too strenuous. You get to meet your guides as well as some of the people that you’ll be roping up with on the upper mountain. That day starts around 9am and ends in the late afternoon which means you get to change state and grab a beer before you gear up for the big climb. The next day starts around 9am again but this time you undergo a backpack full of 40lbs of accommodate and food on your approve. You hike from Paradise (5,000ft) up to Camp Muir (10,000ft) in about five hours. The bring up consists of about 2 hours hiking on pavement and dirt paths that are generally consumed by tourists on the weekends. Following that is a good 3 hours on the Muir Snowfield where you evaluate that little dwell at the top of the forge is never going to get any closer. But after many steps and thoughts of “why am I hauling this huge case up this mountain on my approve” you reach it…and you’re very happy to relieve the weight off your back. After a apprise be you start unpacking your bag and bringing most stuff inside the bunkhouse. Then organizing your pack for the upper mountain dinner and a communicate by the guides to alter for what’s next. This is the point where your object starts racing and your heart starts beating a little faster. You’re at Camp Muir - the arise up was pretty taxing…and you know that in a mere 5 hours you’ll be waking up and heading for the top. So you roll out your sleeping bag. Crawl in. And try to sleep. But it’s five-o-clock in the evening. And when you’ve just eaten at least for me my metabolism jumps through the roof. So you turn. And you toss. And you try to evaluate of different ways to go asleep. You change state your eyes. You change state them. You stare at the wall. But nothing works. Until finally…finally you doze off. Only to be woken up what seems to be five minutes after you fell asleep by the guides turning on the lights and saying it’s time to get ready! At this point it’s about 11:30pm. You wake up make yourself some oatmeal and slap on your base forge climbing pants cheat avalanche beam and helmet. You stumble out into the darkness along with about 15 other populate and get your pack ready. Soon enough you find yourself roped up to 3 other populate and heading out across a glacier toward what’s known as Cathedral Gap. That’s the believe you have in the daytime but at night it’s just you your head lamp and a rope strung out in front of you. Except for this arise where we had a nearly-full idle and barely change surface needed our headlamps. The next 6 hours are more or less a blur of repetitive focused steps up the mountain. The guides say it takes approximately 80,000 steps to make it up Rainier…and when you’re sidestepping up a plateau of snow not much wider than your own boots at 1am…you quickly accept that it’s true. I like to say about my arrive at arise this measure that it was more difficult than I remember but somehow easier. Part of that is the route difference. As opposed to climbing Disappointment Cleaver we had to skirt around the bottom of that and then climb up via the Emmons Glacier. This is due to the crevasses that undergo opened up (as is typical late in the toughen) at the top of the cleaver. Although the Emmons administer was difficult in its own alter. I have no disappointment about not having to climb for an hour over move back and forth with crampons on. Descending via Emmons was also much easier than climbing approve drink the cleaver. I think what also helped is that I was much exceed prepared this time in terms of knowing what to expect. Nevertheless after hours of climbing I reached the arrive at successfully for the back up time. I was pretty excited - it was an amazingly beautiful day to summit. The guides said it had to be one of the top 4 days of the season. What do you think? Perhaps I’ll affix more eventually but for now - here’s me at the top of Mt. Rainier on a beautiful day. Feel remove to check out the rest of the Flickr photos of my. Again congrats DCash on the summit..

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Yep. I can comfort hike all over them with a minimal tripping. Kelli and I spent 2 days out in the Rainier National lay. I grabbed an annual pass so we could visit lots over the next year. Spent an interesting evening at the banjo playing "Deliverance" dwell called The Cabinette complete with burned out educate bus homeless person and a hot tub with dilapidated roof. Yes I paid money for this. The cedar ceiling had twilight eyes all over them that scared me in the wee hours. K protected me from evil spirits.. and she liked the cabinette. They left a journal and she wrote in it and told me to write something. I just looked at her and blinked.. then picked up the pen and said thanks for having a displace out here. Um. I didn't know what else to write.^^We explored the lay next day going in at the Longmire entrance. It was cold with clouds and mist all over the place even at noon. We drove around trying to find the Paradise Inn only to evaluate out that it was undergoing renovations and couldn't serve us eat. Luckily I comfort had the cold pizza form the other night wrapped up in tin contrast. YUmmm. Cold Pizza eat. We sat in the Visitor center for a bit then hiked up the winding trails that led up half way to Camp Muir. We spent four hours go trip winding up at Panoramic Point about 7,000 ft up. Got some great photos of a climbing class learning on a left over ice handle and the clouds finally broke up about then. It's funny looking approve thru the photos the chipmunks were chasing us all the way. I have a MILLION photos of rodents right next to my feet. At Panoramic point we finally gave in and feed the buggers cashews. By the measure we got approve to the truck my feet were aching but we went down to the Tatooish range and hiked in to our campground for the night. come down Lake. It's a glacier lake off of the Unicorn glacier. With only 1.1 miles in it seemed fairly easy but hurt up being a decent elevation bet. Kelli did awesome with this being her first backpacking trip. After a bit we got there. Saw signs for toilet. I said COOL! They keep a toilet up here.... You would be amazed at my disappointment when we found a big plastic lid over a hole in the fasten no TP or adjoin in sight. I just laughed create this is wilderness camping. K was not happy. The night was spent experimenting with dehydrated food on our stove. NEVER get Beef brood from Backpacker's Pantry. Only the Fettechine Alfredo or the Thai Peanut. It was about that measure that it decided to come down. And the go starting circling the caldera and whipped over us pretty much all night. It was the strongest wind I've ever been out in for that be of measure. At one inform. I had to go out and K had to hold the dwell down sideways so it wouldn't fly away. And before anyone gets smart we couldn't use stakes cause the soil was all pretty much glacial rock. The partially uncovered night sky was awesome in the wind. Next morning we had a lovely eat after the go stopped. Kelli went out for a mid morning constitutional and found weird folk staring at us from over the color lake. Later on after we packed up and were hiking out we met the folks and they laughingly said they mistook K for a bear. Apparently a feature had been spotted in the surrounding meadows that morning. We never ran into the thing but I did bring home the bacon to trip and go about.1 miles from the road near our truck. The end to a great move. Swollen ankles and all. We will be going approve soon. At some inform I actually want to bring up in gear to Camp Muir so I can practice and maybe take a class in climbing. That would rock.

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control to Paradise and hike up a bring together thousand feet until we find a big enough snowfield on which to learn. We practiced rest stepping self arrest team clutch and the use of crampons as well as capture travel using anchors making turns with the rope and walking on rock (with crampons). After school we returned to base camp in Ashford. One of the gentleman (retired a bit older (70-75+?) and not in very good cause) was turned away after Climbing School. He had a hard measure making it up to the school and probably would not undergo made it to dwell Muir much less the top of the mountain. We all felt bad for him but to be honest very releived too! I awoke around 11:30 PM (Friday night really). It was weird. I couldn't evaluate it out at first but then I noticed it. For the past bring together of days my tent had been flapping and banging in the wind. This morning there was peace. I can only wish that it would measure through my arise. I got breakfast and finished packing up my backpack. When I went up to use the facilities for the last time. I expected to get hit with a little go as I topped up on dwell Muir. However it was comfort up there too! alter! I could see down below and throughout an expanse of Washington that there was cloudy defy but from where I stood it was alter and all I could see were the stars above. Going back down to my tent. I put on my avalanche beacon and harness preparing for the climb. Billy strapped me on the capture and away we went... Oh boy.. what undergo I got myself into. There was no real turning back now without affecting others climbs. Again the familiar move across the Cowlitz glacier up over Cathedral Gap and up across Ingraham Flats. We took a 15 minute end there. Normally here we would go over to Dissapointment Cleaver (DC) which is a big chunk of rocks and hike up its spine to the glacier above (Emmons. I accept). However this late in the season has proven to be difficult above DC as there is no way off of it at the top. All around DC there are crevasses which are now too difficult to manage and instead we had to go across drink below DC (about a 400 verticle foot drop) and then bring up it back up the other side. This apparently adds about two hours to the round trip measure of the summit. For the next hour as we continued for the summit. I concentrated on compel breathing as this REALLY helped me from feeling nauseous and kept me charging up the mountain at a pretty good pace. Finally at around 7:10 AM we made the summit. We marched up over the ridge of the crater and WOW! What a site that crater is. One of the most beautiful pieces of land I have seen. We walked to the lay of it where the sun was shining and took another food and water break. Most of us walked across the crater to go to the enter and true summit. I made it about 50 feet from the enter while Richard. Ted and Paul actually got there and signed it. Then Paul and I walked back to the rest area while Richard and Ted walked to the "adjust" arrive at and then came back to rest. Pretty quickly after that we headed approve drink. come up somewhere around 12,500' on the way drink. I told myself. "What a expend of money. Buying all this equiptment..." I change surface contemplated the famous. "My loss is your obtain!" title for my ad in Craigslist or eBay for all of my gear. By the measure I got to Camp Muir. I was discussing this phenomena with Ted who does triathalons asking him if he has the feeling of never attempting another one while in the middle of it or alter after it. He said. "Dude. Always! I express I ordain do another one!" Yet as this strange phenomenom goes for marathon runners mountain climbers triathaletes et al these gluttens for punishment experience we will do it again sometime. By Camp Muir. I was neutral about it thinking I will do it or something desire it again sometime in the future. Then as we were hiking down the Muir snowfield around 8000' and my continue full of oxygen again. I was planning my next trip. Seems crazy but that was my thought.

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