circle traverse around Rainier

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Folks,

 

my friend and I are considering making a technical traverse around Rainier (glacier, at about 10,000+ feet altitude). Would you offer any beta/suggestions/advise? Has anybody done it? What route is better to choose? How long would it take. We are both pretty decent mountaineers/ice climbers but we have only four days (July 4th weekend).

 

thanks a lot.

Boris.

 

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[Chad_A]

Folks,

 

my friend and I are considering making a technical traverse around Rainier (glacier, at about 10,000+ feet altitude). Would you offer any beta/suggestions/advise? Has anybody done it? What route is better to choose? How long would it take. We are both pretty decent mountaineers/ice climbers but we have only four days (July 4th weekend).

 

thanks a lot.

Boris.

 

If you don't already have it, you should check out the chapter in "The Challenge of Rainier" by Dee Molenaar that covers this. It's more historical than beta-spewing, but it could give you a good idea of what to expect. They traversed above 7000 feet, I believe, for the duration of the outing, and started/finished at White River.

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=V_9jjg7-VY8C&pg=PA197&dq=Dee+Molenaar&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=oGZCUa8mg_Za17j9fputaE6jH38

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Thanks!

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Thanks a lot! I just ordered it from Mountaingear.com.

 

Boris.