Around the Bend Friends ®: Mt. Rainier Expedition

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Mt. Rainier Expedition - July 2018

Mt. Adams in Distance (Photo: Melanie Ahrens)

Patrick Connor (AtBF Club Member) - 2nd Time up Ranier

So brother Patrick was on Rainier last week for the second year in a row. He said it was a much tougher route this year, as it was a two-day trek vs. three last year. Monster second day as you go from Muir Camp at 10k to the summit and then all the way down to the lodge, a 9000' descent. It was a 16-hour day. I just got off the phone with him. His quads are still sore some five days later. ~ Mike OC

... Getting to Know You ... (Photo: Pat Connor)

Snow School (Photo: Pat Connor)

Summit Day (Photo: Pat Connor)

Ten Adventurers (Photo: Pat Connor)

Camp Muir 4pm Meeting - Bedtime 6pm (Photo: Melanie Ahrens)

Above the Clouds Sunrise (Photo: Tim Redzorro)

Serious Climbing (Photo: Tim Redzorro)

Must have been AMAZING! (Photo: Pat Connor)

Summit (Photo: Tim Redzorro)

All Ten on Summit (Photo: Hunter Reed)

More Summit (Photo: Hunter Reed)

Late Afternoon? (Photo: Pat Connor)

Crag (Photo: Hunter Reed)

Descent in Darkness (Photo: Hunter Reed)

Single File Descent (Photo: Hunter Reed)

Seeing Tents Below (Photo: Hunter Reed)

Previous Route (not this year's)

1 comment:

Las Vegas Cockapoo said...: Wow, that was nice of Kay to post all that. Please tell her much appreciated and that the AtBF gang has played a large role in my late in life enthusiasm for higher altitudes. Pat Connor; July 18, 2018 at 12:10 PM

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Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom."-Thomas Jefferson

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."-Nathaniel Hawthorne

Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-wisdom-quotes.html

Desiderata - things wanted or needed; the plural of desideratum:

“Happily-ever-after” and “eternal love” appear to be the desiderata of the current generation.

GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Mt. Rainier Expedition - July 2018

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