June 21, 2012 Justin Merle just called in from the summit plateau at 2:10 pm PDT after his team topped out on Liberty Cap, a false summit on the mountain, but the end of the technical difficulties on the Liberty Ridge route. They have a couple of hour’s slog over to the true summit, then […]
June 20, 2012 Good news from Liberty Ridge! Justin Merle called in this afternoon at 2pm PDT. The team is doing well. They spent last night on lower Curtis Ridge at  7,000’ and got an early start this morning, walking by 6am. They made good progress climbing the Carbon Glacier to the foot of Liberty […]
June 14, 2012 Even George Dunn turns around from time to time! The group left the flats and after reaching the top of the cleaver they encountered some slopes they just weren’t comfortable with, so they stopped, took some photos and headed back to the Ingraham Flats. A great effort by all on a beautiful, […]
June 13, 2012 IMG Guide Eben Reckord called from Camp Schurman this morning to report that they were shutdown at roughly 12,500ft. They awoke to sustained winds nearing 30mph and they only increased as the team moved higher on the mountain. When they turned around the winds were estimated at ~60mph, just too stiff to […]
June 12, 2012 IMG Guide Eben Reckord reports that all is well on the NE side of Mt. Rainier. The team had a good climb to their first camp yesterday and are now en route to Camp Schurman (9500ft) where they’ll rest up this afternoon and this evening before their summit attempt in the morning. […]
June 11, 2012 When the JanSport team pulled into the parking lot yesterday it marked the official start to the 40th JanSport Climb of Mt. Rainier. The hustle and bustle of the gear check, the rental department pillaging, and the general organized chaos that is the start to every climb quickly ensued. It always sorts […]
June 9, 2012 Another rough weather pattern has settled on Mt. Rainier the past week or ten days bringing with it a good amount of snow and wind. Our team at Camp Muir hung tight overnight and is hunkered down for another night.They’re dug in, warm and relatively dry. Down lower on the mountain is […]
June 7, 2012 Every year “the boot question” comes up and every year we break the hearts of people who haven’t read the boot FAQ section when they show up here in May/June to climb Mt. Rainier in their shiny, brand new, ‘single boots’ and we tell them they can’t wear them. So, in the […]
May 29, 2012 IMG lead guide Jenni Fogle called in from the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning at 9:30am as they started back down from the summit. The team topped out earlier in the morning, with 100% success! The weather isn’t absolutely perfect but it is good enough to summit. Jenni reported high cirrus […]
May 28, 2012 We’ve seen some ups and downs (no pun intended) on Mt. Rainier this season! May started out with some mid-August type weather putting everybody is a great mood! But, that weather was quickly followed up with 3 feet of snow and some high winds reminding us that it was in fact May, […]
