2014 JUL 8-10 - Mt. Rainier (4,392 m), WA

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-12 19:31:04

PHOTO: Little Tahoma Peak across Emmons Glacier, Mt Rainier, WA

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-12 19:41:48

Emmons Glacier, has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmons_Glacier

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-12 20:37:23

Arriving at camp Schurman (elev. 2,900 m )

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 04:37:58

PHOTO: Camp Schurman, Mt Rainier, WA

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 07:36:42

Climbing Mt Rainier via Emmons Glacier route. Commercial trip clients resting above camp Schurman visible at left middle.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 08:29:49

Glacier wands are used to mark known (but of course not all) crevasses: beneath this innocent looking snow surface lay a deep hole. 8)

PHOTO: Above camp Schurman, overlooking Winthrop Glacier, Mt Rainier, WA

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 09:47:51

A commercial guide (Mountain Madness) hauling two exhausted clients to camp Schurman, Emmons Glacier, Mt Rainier, WA.

Reference: Mountain Madness: Mt Rainier - cost $1,750 July 7-11 (FULL)
http://www.mountainmadness.com/a ... er#dates-and-prices

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 10:14:54

Rainier has it all - big glaciers, big elevation gain, and a big reward!

http://www.mountainmadness.com/a ... verview/description

PHOTO: Feeling good!

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 10:45:42

Need to be careful out here. Still, one of us attempted to dive (yes, head down!) right into this crevasse on the return. 8)

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 11:13:46

Summit!

信不信，由你，反正我是信了!

Standing on the top of Mt Rainier (4,392 m), the highest peak in the Cascade Range and the most heavily glaciated mountain in the "lower forty-eight." Hard to believe only ten months ago her best Grouse Grind time was whooping two hours!

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 11:36:18

Expect times between 7-9 hours up and 4-5 down.

http://www.mountainmadness.com/a ... verview/description

Our time: camp Schurman to the Summit - 5h50m and 3h35m back down 8)

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 12:24:26

Previous summer this route (Emmons Glacier from camp Schurman) had two serious climbing accidents involving several people whom I personally climbed with or people who knew me. One accident was fatal.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/br ... t-rainier-1.1373507

PHOTO: Going home. Downclimbing a step just below the summit of Mt Rainier.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 12:55:41

Crevasses are harder to detect when walking down on the glacier, so one should take mental note of those on the way up. This photo taken shortly before taking a dive.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 13:42:34

When snow bridges become soft later in the day they can collapse under body weight, so if possible, better to jump over. ( Practice! )

PHOTO: jumping over snow bridge ended head down, but stopped short over a crack. Note that all attached gear sustained such a fall - usually a climber would lose a snow picket or ice axe slipping out of the loops.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 14:27:43

PHOTO: Camp Schurman from Emmons Glacier, Mt Rainier, WA

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 14:31:26

Moon over Little Tahoma Peak

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 14:32:41

We arrived back to camp Schurman when sun just disappeared behind the mountain ridge.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 15:03:20

Sunset over Puget Sound from camp Schurman, Mt Rainier, WA

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 15:10:26

”你爬了那么多次贝克山，每次再看它感觉怎么样？“ －我被问

回答是:
"The haunting past. The trust we've lost, the friends we've hurt." - D240

PHOTO: Mt Baker, WA is 212 km away from camp Schurman, Mt Rainier, WA. We climbed it 5 days earlier.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2014-7-13 15:41:41

Leaving camp Schurman

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