{"id":19044,"date":"2018-04-13T09:11:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T17:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=19044"},"modified":"2018-04-13T09:11:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T17:11:44","slug":"training-on-rainier-at-its-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/13\/img-news\/training-on-rainier-at-its-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Training on Rainier at its Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 13, 2018<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19044 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Expedition-Style-Camp-Nathan-Berry.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[19044]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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Snowy winter weather, wind, and variable terrain gave our Denali Seminar team exposure to all aspects of expedition climbing. Over the last 6 days they&#8217;ve experienced expedition camp maintenance, crevasse rescue scenarios, navigation training, fixed rope courses and, of course, the joys of sled hauling.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the weather had the last word and lead guide Nickel Wood made the call to bring the team out a day early. Today they&#8217;re focusing on the details of more advanced haul systems used to extricate climbers from a crevasse in the comfort of our Ashford HQ training facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Nice work team!<\/p>\n<p>Robert Jantzen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 13, 2018 As always Rainier has provided a great training venue this week. Snowy winter weather, wind, and variable terrain gave our Denali Seminar team exposure to all aspects of expedition climbing. 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