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<\/a>Is your name on the 2011 Summit Board or will it be on 2012's?<\/p><\/div>\n
Snow is falling at Paradise<\/a> on Mt. Rainier bringing another summer to a screeching halt. It never fails, the summer flies by before we even know it started\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 climbers come and go and guides pack, climb, unpack & repeat. Before we know it climbers and guides alike are all gone, back to work, or off on a fall rock climbing adventure before ski season officially begins.<\/p>\n Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s have a look at how this summer went here in the Cascades of the Pacific Northwest:<\/p>\n We had solid success on Rainier this summer even though things got off to a rough start from a weather standpoint. We had some lower than normal freezing levels and a wetter than average May & June. The good news is that the weather didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop people from getting to the top \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it just made things a little tougher, colder, wetter, and maybe hindered the views a little which in all honesty made for some bigger than normal smiles on the faces of climbers having earned their summit in some less than ideal conditions! July and August were great months especially since the snow stuck around a lot longer than usual making for easier walking on the lower trails. September was great, as George always says, but only lasted 2 weeks this year. \u00c2\u00a0Storm after storm rolled in bringing with them various forms of precipitation and winds, which at times, topped out at over 100mph making climbing almost impossible.\u00c2\u00a0 All that said, our number one goal (safety) stood strong; we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a single serious incident all season long.<\/p>\n On the upper mountain on the Fuhrer Finger Route. (Photo by Chris Meder)<\/p><\/div>\n We ran several new programs inside Mt. Rainier National Park this summer, enjoying summits of Mt. Rainier via the Fuhrer Finger route as well as a guided ascent of Little Tahoma \u00e2\u20ac\u201c two great options for anybody who has summitted Rainier in the past and is looking for a new or different objective while still enjoying the beauty and challenge of Mt. Rainier.<\/p>\n On the guide front, Josh McDowell took this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prize (Presented by Outdoor Research<\/a> of course)<\/em> for the most days on the mountain with 78 days. He also holds the record for the most bacon consumed this summer with close to 700 slices and is also the reigning pancake making champion – the Triple Crown on Rainier.<\/p>\n Up in the North Cascades<\/a> we ran several trips on Mt. Baker as well as a ton of private climbs on mountains like Torment, Forbidden, Eldorado, Shuksan, Sharkfin Tower, \u00c2\u00a0including great routes like Fischer Chimneys and the Torment-Forbidden Traverse among others. Climbing in the North Cascades is a popular next step for our climbers after a successful climb on Mt. Rainier. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re able to set up smaller private groups allowing our climbers and guides to reunite on other, often more technical, climbing objectives.<\/p>\n Any way you look at it we had a great summer. Everybody worked hard scheduling and outfitting our 50 plus guides & 1000 plus climbers on over 100 climbs, on numerous routes and mountains over the course of the last 5 \u00c2\u00bd months.<\/p>\n We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out of white gas, the tents need to be repaired, the boots need to be de-funked, and the hot chocolate is running dangerously low which means it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to take a breath and a \u00c2\u00a0quick break<\/a> then get fired up about next summer<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be here before we know it.<\/p>\n Tye Chapman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 5, 2011 Snow is falling at Paradise on Mt. Rainier bringing another summer to a screeching halt. It never fails, the summer flies by before we even know it started\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 climbers come and go and guides pack, climb, unpack & repeat. 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