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Climbing Northwest
Mount Rainier climb calls for gearing up
Published: 05/20/08 13:56:14
Getting fit for climbing
Published: 05/20/08 13:56:14
Getting ready for Rainier
Published: 05/20/08 13:56:14
When climbing, know your limits
Published: 05/20/08 13:56:14
Rookie mountain high
Published: 05/20/08 13:56:14
Five years ago, while reading an article on the power of writing out goals, 35-year-old South Hill resident Chad Sauders grabbed a slip of paper and jotted down a lifelong dream: “I will climb Mount Rainier.”
It’s 9 a.m., and we can see for 100 miles in any direction. But there’s something surreal about the view.
John Osmundson will drive 40 miles or more to get a good deal on hiking boots.
Editor’s note: The News Tribune is chronicling the adventures of a group of local novice climbers as they try to bag the volcanoes of the Northwest. Last year, the group climbed Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams. This summer, the group is training for an August attempt of Mount Rainier. Chad Sauders loves hunting so much, he has a gun rack on his mountain bike.
Not since the days of the Pony Express has checking the mail been such a workout.
Mount Adams was the second climb for the High Pointe Community Church Outdoor Club of South Hill. The novice climbers, who summited Mount St. Helens on June 11, plan to work their way up to Mount Rainier, checking off other Cascade peaks such as Mount Baker and Glacier Peak along the way.
The thought hits me at 8,365 feet, as I lie on my stomach with a disposable camera in my right hand and my elbows hanging just over the rim of Mount St. Helens' colossal crater.
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