Climber46

I am considering climbing Mount Rainier...if I can find a climbing partner around Memorial Day weekend or the several days after with similar fitness and experience. May 25-30 is my schedule window. I have a lot of the personal equipment, plastic mountaineering boots, ice axe, crampons, helmet, harness, carabiners, prusik cords, pulley, and snow pickets. I do not currently have a dry-treated rope. I would like to do the DC route/Ingraham Direct route, depending on which route is currently in. My experience includes 37 Colorado 14ers, 67 New England Peaks in winter, various snow gullies on Mt. Washington, Mount St Helens, Mt. Adams, Mt. Thielsen, South Sister, Mount Hood(2 attempts), and Mount Whitney in snowy conditions. Daniel

FYI, I now have two partners for August 30-31. August 30 to hike to Camp Muir, and August 31 to make a summit attempt starting around midnight. It will be a full moon-hopefully the skies will be clear. I have summitted Adams(mostly snow), St Helens(all snow), Thielsen, Colchuck(small glacier), Dragontail, Whitney(mostly snow)and 2 attempts on Mt. Hood. For high-altitude experience, but I have also summited 27 14,000-foot peaks. My partner has summited a couple glaciated peaks over 17,000 feet in China. My other partner has climbed Mount Baker and Shasta and a number of other peaks in the Cascades with glaciers. Daniel Battin