Mount Rainier, United States

... 000 feet down, fourteen hours.  Whew!  I finished the day off with two hamburgers and two bags of chips.  I would later found out that big day climbs like this can burn up to as much as 10,000 calories.  Mount Rainier - check. 

... with good weather for most of this trip. Today the tide turned. We actually spent the entire day in and around Mt. Rainier National Park without ever seeing the majestic mountain! We were able to enjoy a hike at the lower elevation Longmire Visitor Center ...

12/08/07                Today we headed up to Crystal Mountain for the first day of skiing since last February.  We left Seattle with Justin, one of Amy's co-workers, and his ...

Mount Rainier National Park is a memorable place, but we couldn't see the mountain at all that day, due to the low cloud ceiling. I think I had one peek at it the whole time we were in WA because it is no longer visible from my dad's, there's a forest of ...