Dr_Crash Posted August 31, 2004 Posted August 31, 2004 Climb: Mt Rainier-DC Date of Climb: 8/29/2004 Trip Report: Second time was the charm Gardner, Chriss and myself climbed Rainier through the DC route and summited yesterday morning. We slept at Ingraham Flats, and went from there to the summit at a moderate pace (including being stuck between a really slow team who didn't acknowledge our requests to pass them) in 5 hours. Conditions were great, except for the wind which was blowing at a sustained 40 mph and more. That wind got my down jacket as I was changing clothes at the top of cleaver after a break. That down jacket is now in a crevasse on Emmons next to the cleaver Conditions on the route are great. RMI again does a great job of maintaining the route. The trickiest part of the trip was crossing the 70 ft deep moat when getting on the cleaver, but even then, RMI had fixed a rope to use as a handrail and it was really simple. RMI is working on changing the route to avoid that crossing, so someone who goes later is likely to see something different. The mountain received 3 feet of snow since I was there 2 weeks ago, and as a result the cleaver is now snow (except for a couple of short rock sections). The other bonus is that the two crevasses you have to cross above the cleaver have bomber bridges, highway-like. All in all, an uneventful trip and a couple days spent with good people on the mountain. Very nice. Gear Notes: Shoulda secured my down jacket so it couldn't fly out... Quote
Dan_Larson Posted August 31, 2004 Posted August 31, 2004 Sounds nice , nothing like a couple of days up there to clear the head. Hoping to go in the next few weeks Quote
BreezyD Posted August 31, 2004 Posted August 31, 2004 Booyah! (except the part about the jacket ) Congratulations! Quote
wally Posted September 1, 2004 Posted September 1, 2004 post in the lost and found, I did and a briton went and got my glove on the emmons for me Quote
Dr_Crash Posted September 1, 2004 Author Posted September 1, 2004 I did post in Lost & Found. Brianna, thanks for the congrats. drC Quote
AJScott Posted September 1, 2004 Posted September 1, 2004 nice...mountain looked great that day...I was up skiing on the muir snow field on the 28th, and it was beutiful. FRESHIEZZZZ Quote
Plinko Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Some guy from Michigan coming down the mountain said he found a red jacket. Does it look like this ? Nah, I'm playin...but being bright red, it should be easy to spot down in those cravasses Quote
Dr_Crash Posted September 7, 2004 Author Posted September 7, 2004 Yes that is the same jacket I lost. It will be visible, it's just that I can't see why anybody would want to come near to those crevasses and moat right by the cleaver and Emmons. drC Quote
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