Mt. Rainier 雷尼爾山 - 四千米級的挑戰 2011

WanchaiBoz

At 14,410 feet(4392m), Mount Rainier 雷尼爾山 is the most prominent peak in the Cascade Range. It dominates the landscape of a large part of western Washington State. The mountain stands nearly three miles higher than the lowlands to the west and one and one-half miles higher than the adjacent mountains. It is an active volcano that last erupted approximately 150 years ago.

Mount Fuji in Japan is Mount Rainier's sister mountain. Visitors from Japan have noted a strong resemblance between the two volcanoes. Mount Rainier is honored to have a contingent of volunteers from Japan come to the park each year for two weeks to work on a project.

On July 29, 2011 after weeks of preparation, our team reached the summit of Mount Rainier at 10am via DC route (Disappointment Cleaver). Wind was gusting at 30km/h but it was an epic day on the mountain!

beijihu

Congratulations! :pics:

It's hard to reach the summit, well done.
:hx:

Dada

:sofa:  :pics:

starlight

Great job, Rick!   :b.cool:  :cb:  :wyy:

everie

:cool!:  :aa10:

Congratulations to the achievements!

西行客

恭喜，这个攀登落差大，有意思！

很想9月有时间去爬，哪位愿意牵头，做队长，我来做队副！

英子

祝贺祝贺！

休息之后说说如何找的队，费用多少，训练了多久？给大家参考一下。

WanchaiBoz

英子
.....休息之后说说如何找的队，费用多少，训练了多久？给大家参考一下。

I will have all the necessary info's in the latter posting for sure!  :wink:

WanchaiBoz

ZT some of the photos taken by the team!

野隐

:smcf:  :hx:

菜菜的问一句，会有高原反应吗？

WanchaiBoz

beijihu, Dada, starlight, everie, 西行客, 英子

Thank-you for your encouragement!  :kx:

WanchaiBoz

野隐
....菜菜的问一句，会有高原反应吗？

Yes but it depends on the person and it has nothing to do with your age and physical strength. There was a few times around 3500m I felt like throwing up but the key is to have water and food every single hour and this's a MUST! Keep yourself hydrated and well fed.

Most of the climbers were doing fine but they all had minor issue. Most common one is stomach ache coz they rushed themselves to the summit without regulating their breathing!

googoo

Congradulations! 敬仰！

hello_kitty

西行客
恭喜，这个攀登落差大，有意思！

很想9月有时间去爬，哪位愿意牵头，做队长，我来做队副！

:aa5:  :aa5:

WanchaiBoz

For those of you who are interested there is the Rainier Mountain Festival on Sept 10th and 11th in Ashford, WA.

Mountaineers like Jim Whittaker, Dave Hahn, Melissa Arnot and Ed Viesturs will be there doing the presentations.

http://www.rainierfestival.com/index.html









Ulyana went and had a great time.

WanchaiBoz

Day 1 Olympia - Seattle - Olympia

Woke up at 4am and drove all the way to Olympia, WA The Capital of Washington State! The driving was uneventful and got there around 8ish! We met up at Dan's (Team Lead) home!

WanchaiBoz

After the BIG breakfast and we headed back to the house and pulled out all our gears on the lawn for inspection. Dan, Patch and Bill gone thru all our gears and determined what's needed to purchase/rent. I had majority of the gears except water purification tablets and several slings/cords. Told to rent the Plastic Mountaineering Boots  :sm5f: since we are on the mountains for five straight days and the regular leather/suede boots just wouldn't cut it! Why? Regular boots will get wet and you can't remove the liner to dry inside your sleeping bag at nite. Depends on the current mountain temperature, your boots might get freeze up overnite!

We headed back to Seattle and our first stop was Second Ascent for the boots rental. My regular size is 8.5 and told to get 9.5 instead. Totally one size up!!! Second most important thing was to get a pair of socks liner! I picked up a pair from SmartWool that made with Merino Wool. It was the best decision I'd ever made! I had no blister what so ever during the entire trip and thanks for the professional advice from the sales staffs at Second Ascent.

Ed Viesturs & Peter Whittaker: Plastic vs Leather, mountaineering boots

格格

恭喜恭喜，过程很羡慕，PP也很漂亮。

WanchaiBoz

Next stop is REI Flag Ship store in Seattle. More shopping for all the ladies. More freeze dried foods and snacks. More last minutes shopping for clothing. It was 7pm by the time we finished and headed toward the German Pub for dinner and drinks.

WanchaiBoz

Day 2 Olympia - Ashford - Paradise

Met up at 9ish and headed toward Mount Rainier's Paradise. Stopped at local supermarket for branch, foods and last minute java rush! Yesterday's nice weather had turned worst overnite! Cloudy with showers in the forecast! Darn! We stopped at Ashford and visited  RMI (Rainier Mountaineering, Inc.). Entered the park thru Nisqually and paid $15 (per car) entry fee!

By the time we reached Paradise park lot, the showers had turned to rain! Not good at all! We're debating if we should retreated back to Cougar Rock camp site for the night and wait for better weather the next day. In the meantime Bill and Patch went ahead and registered us with the Climbing Pass $43 per person.