Twenty years ago today, just about this time of day (slightly before 8 AM PDT), my rope team and I reached the rim of the Mount Rainier summit crater. I wrote in some details about that Mt. Rainier Summit Climb two years ago, on…
[I wrote the initial draft of this account on August 9, 2014, on my way home from Seattle. I’ve finally gotten around to proofreading and publishing it here on FASTalk.] As I sit in SEA-TAC, returning home from another great trip…
I just noticed today is the 18th anniversary of my Mt. Rainier summit climb. Though I’ve been back many times to hike the Wonderland Trail (and other wonderful trails around my favorite mountain), August 5, 1995 is the only time…