climbergirl blog

On Sunday (Anne’s B-day!), we left camp just after 1am, for our summit bid of Rainier. There was one other team who left before us, so we were 2nd in line. Or at least we were momentarily…

We were traveling really slow as a group, so we were continually being passed by other parties. By the time we got to the crux section, there were 10 other parties waiting to go through that section.

It was a huge back-up. Sigh.

I got quite cold standing around, so I’d layer up. Then, we’d move a little bit and I’d get warm, so I’d shed the layers. It was a frustrating experience. It probably took us about 2 hours to get to the crux and get past it. If it’s this bad on Rainier, I couldn’t help but think how horrible it must be on Everest, where the stakes are so much higher! (more…)