June 28, 2016
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- Mt. Rainier is big.
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- Woo Hoo!
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- IMG Luke Reilly enjoying a Merle-back-ride.
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- The DC Team before heading to Camp Muir.
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- Emmons Team en route to camp.
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- Emmons team snow school.
The annual JanSport climb of Mt. Rainier is in full swing! On Sunday 16 of JanSport’s finest showed up for their gear check. This year, JanSport’s finest consists of some sales reps, distributors & some employees from their corporate headquarters and features climbers from as far away as Israel & Brazil. Things got off to a bumpy start when their bus got a flat tire en route to IMG. After a 45 minute delay (in the 7-11 parking lot) things were back on track.
Once at IMG we got straight to work with the gear checks. We had dinner reservations & hotels to get to so things were a little more condensed than normal but nothing these guys couldn’t handle! Gear checks done – in the vans and on the way to the Alpine Inn for the Emmons Team
Things were back to normal on Monday. The Emmons team hit the trail early and made their way to camp on the Inter Glacier in good form. The DC team went over to the Edith Creek area for a mountain day school.
Today the teams were both on the move. The Emmons team made their way to Camp Schurman while the DC team moved up to Camp Muir.
The teams are in good hands:
Guides on the DC: George Dunn, Emily Johnston, Jonathan Schrock & Dustin Balderach
Guides on the Emmons: Luke Reilly, Austin Shannon, Josh McDowell & Justin Merle
All is well on Mt. Rainier!
Tye Chapman