{"id":954,"date":"2010-07-04T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T21:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=954"},"modified":"2010-07-04T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T21:55:19","slug":"question-of-the-day-what-do-i-climb-after-rainier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/04\/gear-questions-answers\/question-of-the-day-what-do-i-climb-after-rainier\/","title":{"rendered":"Question Of The Day: What Do I Climb After Rainier?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 4, 2010<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/photos\/alps\/2008\/breithorn-base.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"112\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The base of Breithorn, IMG guide Jeff Ward on the right. (photo: Tracy Purcell)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We get this question quite frequently&#8230; The answer depends on your goals and objectives. For additional  experience on glaciated peaks that get you a few thousand feet higher  than Rainier, consider the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/mexico.shtml\">Mexican Volcanoes<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/ecuador.shtml\">Ecuador Volcanoes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/elbrus.shtml\">Mt  Elbrus (Russia)<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/alps.shtml\">Classic Climbs in the Alps<\/a>, and our  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/alaskan-ascents.shtml\">Alaskan Ascents in Wrangell\/St. Elias National Park<\/a>. For  additional skill training, consider our Expedition Seminars on Rainier  or our popular climbs in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/cascades.shtml\">North Cascades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption  alignright\" style=\"width: 219px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/photos\/bhutan\/main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"87\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Tiger&#8217;s Nest  Monastery (Bhutan). <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you prefer to just walk up to higher altitude without dealing with  crampons and ice axes, then any of our treks like: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/kilimanjaro.shtml\">Kilimanjaro<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/bhutan.shtml\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/machu-picchu.shtml\">Machu Picchu<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-trek-nepal.shtml\">Everest Base Camp<\/a> would be a great fit as all of these treks combine lots of walking with high mountains and great  cultural opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4, 2010 We get this question quite frequently&#8230; The answer depends on your goals and objectives. For additional experience on glaciated peaks that get you a few thousand feet higher than Rainier, consider the Mexican Volcanoes, the Ecuador Volcanoes, Mt Elbrus (Russia),\u00c2\u00a0 Classic Climbs in the Alps, and our Alaskan Ascents in Wrangell\/St. Elias [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear-questions-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}